Diversity and Inclusion

Nadirah Simmons talks to WPR’s “BETA” about her pop culture history book, “First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changes the Game.”

The State Bar of Wisconsin will change its definition of “diversity” for a paid summer clerkship program for law students under a partial settlement of a lawsuit challenging how the organization spends mandatory dues paid by attorneys. 

Green Bay’s school district superintendent resigned Saturday following controversy over statements caught on a hot mike during a radio interview. Superintendent Claude Tiller Jr. resigned Saturday. The Green Bay Area Public School District Board of Education voted unanimously to accept his resignation Saturday at a special board meeting. The board issued a statement following the…

Former Washington Post features reporter Bethonie Butler has released a comprehensive and perhaps definitive book, “Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond.”

Wisconsin State Superintendent Jill Underly said Wednesday she would have voted against the deal the Universites of Wisconsin struck with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Underly, who serves on the Board of Regents in a non-appointed role, did not attend the virtual meeting Dec. 13 where the deal was approved 11-6. She said she was in…

Beginning in fall 2024, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will cover the full cost of an undergraduate degree for students who are members of one of the 11 federally recognized Indigenous tribes in Wisconsin. The school is also launching a five-year pilot program to cover in-state tuition and fees for students pursuing a law or medical…

The ACLU of Wisconsin filed records requests with six school districts on Wednesday, following book bans and challenges to reading materials largely targeting books with LGBTQ+ and racial themes. In letters to Menomonee Falls, Howard-Suamico, Waukesha, Elmbrook, Elkhorn, and Kenosha Unified school districts, the ACLU said removing books from school libraries threatens the First Amendment…

In what the superintendent said may be the largest student reading material challenge in the nation, 444 books have been taken out of circulation in the Elkhorn Area School District. Superintendent Jason Tadlock said one parent requested that 163 books at Elkhorn Middle School and 281 books at the high school be removed on Nov.…

The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents has scheduled another vote for Wednesday to reconsider a GOP deal that would release employee pay raises in exchange for new limits on campus diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Regents scheduled the vote for Wednesday at 5 p.m. following a closed-door meeting Tuesday. The meeting was recommended by…

For months, the Universities of Wisconsin and Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have been at odds over diversity initiatives on public campuses. An ongoing Republican argument has been that the UW System is lacking in “diversity of political thought,” which should be the focus instead of racial diversity and the perceived “ideological campaigns” that Vos,…