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• A posthuman play

  15-05-2025 22:46 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Antiquities, through 6/1 at Goodman Theatre
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• Paulette Granberry Russell on the Fight for DEI, Free Speech, and the Future of Higher Education

  15-05-2025 16:00
  
  In a powerful interview with The Chicago Defender, national DEI leader Paulette Granberry Russell discusses civil rights, student activism, and the urgent threats facing American democracy and higher education under Trump-era executive orders (Photo Courtesy of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education).
  By James S. Bridgeforth, Ph.D. and Alexander Efird
  The battle over free speech and the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in America has reached a boiling
  
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• Black Women Lost Most Jobs Among All Workers In April: Report

  15-05-2025 14:00
  
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  Black women lost more jobs than other demographics in April, highlighting the effects of the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion, according to a report.
  While the overall unemployment rate for April 2025 remained stagnant, Black women lost 38,000 jobs and their unemployment increased by 106,000, data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows.
  The unemployment rate for Black women rose to 6.1 percent, which is a full percenta
  
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• IDHS workers protest management, staffing issues

  15-05-2025 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  This month in labor news: The people signing you up for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and Medicare are protesting poor working conditions, and Chicago museum workers are celebrating union wins while one union alleges retaliation from its bosses.  IDHS workers in Lincolnwood allege “toxic management,” accessibility issues  Workers at an Illinois Department of Human […]
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• This Week In Black History May 14-20, 2025

  15-05-2025 03:00
  
  MAY 14
  1885—Erskine Henderson, an African American jockey, wins the Kentucky Derby on “Joe Cotton”—a horse trained by Alex Perry—an Af­rican American trainer. Henderson was the sixth Black jockey to win the coveted race. Indeed, Black jockeys and trainers dominated the Kentucky Derby from 1875 to 1902. However, while some of the reasons are not entirely clear, it appears that as the race became more and more prosperous, Black jockeys and trainers were forced out
  
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