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In billionaires’ brawl over DEI, Bill Ackman knocks Mark Cuban’s rebuttal to Elon Musk: ‘I fell for the same trap’

The billionaires debated diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts following the resignation of Harvard’s Claudine Gay.

Fortune

Elon Musk slammed for saying DEI is ‘another word for racism’

Billionaire Mark Cuban told Tesla CEO that diversity was good for business

The Independent UK

Al Sharpton says ousted Harvard chief was ‘scapegoat’ in fight against diversity

Civil rights leader hosts protest outside office of alumnus who spearheaded campaign to remove Claudine Gay and criticized DEI

The Guardian - US

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Claudine Gay pens op-ed describing racism after resigning in turmoil from Harvard University

Ms Gay’s experience is ‘merely a single skirmish in a broader war to unravel public faith in pillars of American society,’ she wrote

The Independent UK

Mark Cuban hits back after Elon Musk criticizes business diversity initiatives

Entrepreneur says DEI initiatives benefit companies after Musk called them ‘just another word for racism’

The Guardian - US

Claudine Gay’s resignation had nothing to do with plagiarism

Her resignation is merely the latest episode in the right wing’s assault on education – a project that has increased in its virulence in recent years

The Guardian - US

Protests against Harvard donor outside New York office led by Reverend Sharpton

Protests erupt outside Harvard donor's office as Reverend Al Sharpton leads the charge. Controversy surrounds Harvard's recent personnel changes and calls ...

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Higher education under attack: Harvard president ousted in conservative battle

Harvard's ousted President warns of a broader war against higher education as she steps down amid pressure, fueling speculation of a coming reckoning.

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MIT President under scrutiny for handling campus anti-Semitism

Join us as MIT graduate student Talia Khan shares her firsthand experiences with anti-Semitism on campus and calls for real change to ensure student safety.

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First Thing: Documents linking associates to Jeffrey Epstein unsealed

Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, David Copperfield and Prince Andrew among high-profile names in court documents. Plus, 20 easy, mind-expanding ways to be more creative

The Guardian - UK

DEI ideology exposed: Plagiarism and anti-Semitism scandals rock elite universities

Discover the heated debate surrounding the controversy at Harvard, where DEI and allegations of plagiarism collide. Is diversity under attack or is academi...

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Resignation of Harvard President Sparks Controversy Amidst Plagiarism Allegations

Explore a fiery op-ed response and reactions to the resignation of former Harvard president, President Claudine Gay, with a touch of unconventional wit.

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Ousted Harvard president Claudine Gay warns of ‘a broader war’ in op-ed

A day after resigning, university’s first Black president says the call to testify on antisemitism at elite colleges was ‘a well-laid trap’

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Harvard had no choice but to let Gay step down, private equity say

Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund exec, calls for Penny Pritzker, Harvard Corp’s board chair, to resign

Fortune

Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman takes aim at DEI 'ideology' after Harvard president's resignation, claiming it's anti-capitalist

“Under DEI’s ideology,” Ackman wrote, “Capitalism is racist, Advanced Placement exams are racist, IQ tests are racist, corporations are racist."

The Independent UK

Second administration official resigns in protest of Biden's support for Israeli war in Gaza

A Department of Education policy adviser has resigned to protest the administration’s military support of Israel’s war in Gaza, as well as its handling of fallout from the war at home and abroad

Reason

Does A.P. Really Think Conservatives Invented Plagiarism Accusations?

The media response to Claudine Gay's ouster has been ludicrous.

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The Independent UK

Harvard seeks to move past firestorm brought on by school President Claudine Gay's resignation

Harvard University is trying to move past the firestorm brought on by the plagiarism allegations, congressional testimony and resignation of Claudine Gay, the school’s first Black president

The Guardian - US

‘A bully’: the billionaire who led calls for Claudine Gay’s Harvard exit

US hedge fund manager Bill Ackman posts 4,000-word screed decrying ‘racism against white people’ after Gay’s departure

The Guardian - US

‘Racist, vicious’: academics decry rightwing attacks on Claudine Gay

As the right celebrates the resignation of the Harvard president as ‘victory’, concerns rise over equality initiatives in universities

The Independent UK

Bill Ackman blasts Harvard diversity policy in 4,000 word essay

The Pershing Square CEO, himself a Havard alumnus, posted a 4,000 missive on X in which he called for overhaul of university’s board

Salon

Harvard prez resigns, citing attacks

“This is an attack on every Black woman in this country who’s put a crack in the glass ceiling," says Al Sharpton

The Independent UK

Alan Dershowitz posts 31-minute defence video after Epstein documents unsealed

Dershowitz issued a 31-minute response titled ‘The Epstein list and guilty by association’ following the unsealing of 40 Epstein-linked legal filings on Wednesday

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Harvard Protests Escalate After President's Resignation Sparks Racial Controversy

Join us as Cornell William Brooks discusses the resignation of Harvard's first black and second woman president and the racial animus behind it. A thought-...

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