Jasper Smith

2 weeks ago | chronicle.com | Jasper Smith

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights was swamped before President Trump took a sledgehammer to it. In the last decade, the number of discrimination complaints has more than doubled, while the number of investigators has been cut in half. Last year, the office had a staff of 588 people, most of whom were lawyers responsible for handling more than 22,000 complaints. In 2021, the first year Joe Biden was in office, more than 900 open cases were four or more years old.

2 weeks ago | shorturl.at | Jasper Smith

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights was swamped before President Trump took a sledgehammer to it. In the last decade, the number of discrimination complaints has more than doubled, while the number of investigators has been cut in half. Last year, the office had a staff of 588 people, most of whom were lawyers responsible for handling more than 22,000 complaints. In 2021, the first year Joe Biden was in office, more than 900 open cases were four or more years old.

1 month ago | rb.gy | Jasper Smith

William A. Jacobson thinks America has a race problem. Anti-Black racism, the Cornell University law professor says, is wildly exaggerated. Some Black Lives Matter activists are anti-American fascists. And it’s white people who are now more likely to be the victims of discrimination. Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for less than $10/month.

1 month ago | chronicle.com | Jasper Smith

William A. Jacobson thinks America has a race problem. Anti-Black racism, the Cornell University law professor says, is wildly exaggerated. Some Black Lives Matter activists are anti-American fascists. And it’s white people who are now more likely to be the victims of discrimination. In 2020, students, alumni, and law professors tried — unsuccessfully — to get Jacobson fired for a series of blog posts they perceived as creating a hostile learning environment for Black students.

1 month ago | shorturl.at | Jasper Smith

Greg Carr was teaching his class on the African roots of hip-hop in January at Howard University when a colleague knocked on his door and flashed on his phone a headline. Ibram X. Kendi, the famed and polarizing antiracist scholar and historian, would be joining Howard’s faculty this summer to lead a new Institute of Advanced Study. Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for less than $10/month.