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Fewer Universities Require DEI Pledges From Faculty Candidates: Report Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Requests related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for faculty job candidates in higher education have decreased dramatically - at least on paper - since President Donald Trump began his second term, a new report from Heterodox Academy says. University of Michigan students pass signage on campus displaying the university's Core Values in Ann Arbor, Mich., on April 3, 2025. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images This includes the removal of required pledges in cover letters or...

UK Government Plots Digital ID Lockdown On Every Phone In Lockstep With Big Tech Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, The Labour government in Britain is accelerating its assault on digital privacy under the well-worn banner of child protection. Fresh plans leaked to the press reveal ministers intend to compel Apple, Google and other tech firms to restrict smartphones so thoroughly that a digital ID will be needed to use them with unfettered access. The mechanism comes in the form of expanded age verification that effectively demands digital identification for device setup...

Countdown Begins: Former Central Bank Advisor Warns Food-Price Shock Could Hit "Within 6 To 9 Months" Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center and a former advisor at the Bank of Russia, warned on X that the near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered an energy shock that risks morphing into a "slower, more consequential story": fertilizers. "A near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz is triggering a supply shock that will show up in food prices 6–9 months from now," Prokopenko wrote on X, adding, "Putin's gains...