File photo: US defense secretary Pete Hegseth (Picture credit: AP) The US department of defense has begun implementing a directive to remove transgender troops from military service, following a green light from the Supreme Court earlier this week. US defense secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo on Thursday outlining that openly identifying transgender personnel must […]
Government workers, green card holders, teachers, and student journalists across the US are asking editors to remove their names from old news stories, fearing backlash from President Donald Trump’s administration for views or identities now considered “politically risky.”According to Poynter’s Kelly McBride, some government employees and others have asked journalists to remove their names from […]
In a major policy shift, the United States’ air force academy has removed race, gender, and ethnicity as factors in its admissions process. This move comes after a lawsuit alleged that the institution’s approach to building class diversity was discriminatory. According to a justice department court filing on Friday, the decision was formalised in early […]
