North Carolina ties for third in Defending Education’s first 50-state RISE rankings. The state scored highest on teacher policies, parental rights, and foreign influence, and lowest on DEI.

Texas Comptroller Don Huffines announced an executive order ensuring that not one dime of taxpayer money flowing through his agency goes to discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ...

Capital Pride Alliance's Ryan Bos warns that shrinking sponsorships, rising costs, and political hostility threaten the LGBTQ+ organizations that serve communities year-round.

To help every state establish universal high-speed internet access, The Pew Charitable Trusts has identified four ...

NIH is being sued over rejecting research grants that include terms included on a banned keyword list; plaintiffs allege it ...

The Trump administration is making universities afraid to support diversity — and counting on them to retreat. Last month, the Treasury Department and IRS proposed rules that threaten to strip private ...

Orlando Sentinel Voters Guide candidate profile for Gabriel Jude Wozniak, a Libertarian, who is running for Florida State ...

New Zealand votes in a general election on November 7 with opinion polls pointing to another close contest between the ruling ...

Vernellia Randall, Weekly Racial Justice Briefing — April 20–26, 2026 Current Issues and Developments, racism.org (April 27, 2026). This week’s developments show a coordinated attack on racial equity ...

Beth Pugh Farrell is running for Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District. Read her candidate questionnaire from INDY ...

Max Ganorkar is running for Congressional District 4 in North Carolina. Read Ganorkar’s candidate questionnaire from INDY.

Democrat Heather Jones-Brown and Republican Alyson DeMoss will square off in the Nov. 3 election to replace outgoing ...