Pentagon Says Contentious ‘Reproductive’ Travel Policy Used 12 Times in 2023, Averaging $3,700 Per Trip

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) revealed on Tuesday that a department policy to reimburse service members for leave time and travel expenses for abortion-related travel was used 12 times in a seven-month period last year after the policy went into effect. The DOD announced last February that it would grant administrative absence time and

Smithsonian Opens ‘Latinx’ Internship Program to All Races in Face of Legal Challenge

Move comes amid a flurry of lawsuits challenging racial preferences (Twitter/@USLatinoMuseum) The Smithsonian’s Latino history museum will no longer use race to evaluate applicants for its prestigious internship program, according to a settlement agreement released yesterday, the latest in a series of legal blows to race-based diversity initiatives in the wake of the Supreme Court’s