In the Headlines
ASPA and the Frederickson Center curate recent news stories and other headlines related to SEDI topics as they relate to this center's work. View those links below.
This list is not exhaustive; contact us if you have a news story or resource that you would like us to consider.
New office to promote equity and inclusion within Connecticut state government to be established
July 2024, Fox 61 in Hartford
Colleges Revise Race-Conscious Scholarships
July 2024, Insight Into Diversity
Equity: The State of the States
July 2024, Barrett and Greene
Little Progress Has Been Made in Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps in U.S. Health Care; Federal Government Should Act to Fix Structural Inequities
June 2024, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
Most Americans approve of DEI, according to Post-Ipsos poll
June 2024,
The Washington Post
What HR professionals can learn from the relationship between comms and diversity execs
June 2024, TLNT: The Business of HR
Older women are being significantly shortchanged by medical research
June 2024,
The Washington Post
Colorado to study systematic racism under new law — if commission can raise enough money
June 2024,
Denver Post
Research Finds Significant Racial Disparities in Medicaid Re-enrollment
June 2024,
New York Times
Celebrating the Centennial of American Indian Citizenship
Spring 2024,
Governing
70 years later, 1 in 3 Black people say integration didn’t help Black students
May 2024,
The Washington Post
Rethinking the glass ceiling
May 2024, BingUNews
Five agencies join Justice in pledge to protect civil rights against AI-fueled discrimination
May 2024,
Government Executive
Black Minnesotans have made income gains, but wide disparities persist
May 2024,
Star Tribune
Report: State by state, how segregation legally continues 7 decades post Brown
May 2024,
Route Fifty
‘Invisible’ no more: States move to hire people with disabilities
May 2024,
Route Fifty