Opinion | The Guardian USFeb 19
The BBC’s Lord of the Flies shows why diverse casting doesn’t always work | Darren Chetty https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/19/lord-of-the-flies-bbc-diverse-casting-story #Race #RaceInEducation #Television #Books #Culture #UkNews
The BBC’s Lord of the Flies shows why diverse casting doesn’t always work

William Golding’s classic tale is about civilisation, ‘savagery’ and empire – can a a colour-blind cast do that justice, asks writer and academic Darren Chetty

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US news | The GuardianSep 9, 2025
In a Trump era, Black students flock to HBCUs, ‘where their history isn’t being erased’, says Spelman College president https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/spelman-college-president-beverly-daniel-tatum-trump-hbcu #Trumpadministration #Raceineducation #USuniversities #Israel-Gazawar #Antisemitism #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #USnews #Race
In a Trump era, Black students flock to HBCUs, ‘where their history isn’t being erased’, says Spelman College president

Beverly Daniel Tatum on antisemitism, ‘the hardest in the US’, and DEI as the White House targets higher education

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US news | The GuardianJun 29, 2025
Trump sent ‘explicit’ threat to cut funds from University of Virginia, senator says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/trump-threats-university-of-virginia-mark-warner #Trumpadministration #Highereducation #Raceineducation #USuniversities #USeducation #USpolitics #Virginia #USnews
Trump sent ‘explicit’ threat to cut funds from University of Virginia, senator says

Mark Warner says school would face slashes to jobs and financial aid if its president did not resign over DEI practices

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US news | The GuardianMay 1, 2025
North Carolina helps kids earn college degrees in high school. It’s a lifeline for immigrant families https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/01/north-carolina-college-program #Trumpadministration #Raceineducation #Highereducation #USuniversities #USimmigration #NorthCarolina #DonaldTrump #USeducation #USpolitics #Schools #USnews #Race
North Carolina helps kids earn college degrees in high school. It’s a lifeline for immigrant families

A community college program has been instrumental in helping Latinx students in the state access higher education, while educators fear they’ll become Trump’s next target

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Opinion | The Guardian USApr 26, 2025
Alert! Gwyneth Paltrow is eating pasta | Arwa Mahdawi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/26/alert-gwyneth-paltrow-is-eating-pasta #Trumpadministration #Reproductiverights #ColumbiaUniversity #DominicanRepublic #Raceineducation #GwynethPaltrow #Israel-Gazawar #Mentalhealth #Transgender #Feminism #Abortion #PeppaPig #UScrime #Health #Women #Haiti #Magic #Gaza #Sex
Alert! Gwyneth Paltrow is eating pasta again

The actor announced the change on her podcast. Apparently this is international news – and it has a serious side

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 9, 2025
HillmanTok: a Cosby Show-inspired college is thriving on TikTok even as Black education is under threat https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/09/hillman-tiktok-hbcu-black-education #Trumpadministration #Raceineducation #BlackUSculture #USuniversities #USeducation #Socialmedia #USpolitics #BillCosby #Culture #TikTok #USnews #Race
‘HillmanTok’: how The Cosby Show inspired resistance to Trump’s war on Black education

A riff on the university setting of A Different World, the world’s first crowd-sourced HBCU is expanding online

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US news | The GuardianFeb 2, 2025
Wrecking ball: Trump’s war on ‘woke’ marks US society’s plunge into ‘dark times’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/02/trump-woke-dei-culture-wars #BlackLivesMattermovement #WashingtonDCplanecrash #Trumpadministration #Raceineducation ##MeToomovement #DonaldTrump #Republicans #USeducation #USpolitics #USnews #Race
Wrecking ball: Trump’s war on ‘woke’ marks US society’s plunge into ‘dark times’

President’s ‘culture war’ crusade targets DEI and LGBTQ+ rights in bid to spread rightwing agenda, experts say

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Science | The GuardianDec 10, 2024
Publisher reviews national IQ research by British ‘race scientist’ Richard Lynn https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/10/elsevier-reviews-national-iq-research-by-british-race-scientist-richard-lynn #Raceineducation #Genealogy #Worldnews #Farright #Science #UKnews #Race
Publisher reviews national IQ research by British ‘race scientist’ Richard Lynn

Elsevier investigates journals by scientist who created discredited rankings of countries’ intelligence

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US news | The GuardianDec 5, 2024
Trump promises a crackdown on diversity initiatives. Fearful institutions are dialing them back already https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/05/trump-dei-initiatives-colleges #Trumpadministration #UScampusprotests #Raceineducation #USuniversities #DonaldTrump #Project2025 #USeducation #USpolitics #Education #Walmart #Florida #USnews #Race
Trump promises a crackdown on diversity initiatives. Fearful institutions are dialing them back already

As the president-elect and his allies plan a multi-pronged attack on DEI policies, companies and campuses are complying with threats even though they don’t have to

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USSep 10, 2024
Mel B among Britons taking fight against afro hair discrimination to parliament https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/10/mel-b-britons-world-afro-day-hair-discrimination-parliament-equality #Discriminationatwork #Raceineducation #EqualityAct2010 #Lifeandstyle #Work&careers #Women'shair #Men'shair #Education #Worldnews #Politics #Fashion #Beauty #UKnews #Money #Race #Law
Mel B among Britons taking fight against afro hair discrimination to parliament

World Afro Day campaign urges MPs to update Equality Act to make afro hair a protected characteristic

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