New York Times sued by US employment agency over diversity goals
The agency says the paper used race and sex goals in a 2025 deputy editor hiring decision and seeks back pay and damages.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued The New York Times in Manhattan federal court, alleging the paper violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by using race- and sex-based hiring goals in 2025.
- Following an employee complaint last year, the EEOC investigated the hiring process before conciliation efforts failed on April 21; EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas has refocused the agency to pursue cases aligned with President Donald Trump's agenda.
- Internal Slack exchanges and a 2021 'Call to Action' diversity report guided hiring decisions, the complaint alleges; four candidates reaching the panel interview stage matched demographic characteristics the Times sought, bypassing a more qualified white male applicant.
- Potential changes to newsroom promotions may follow this legal challenge to The Times' diversity and inclusion programs, and the newspaper faces significant legal risk under Title VII despite not immediately responding to comment requests.
- Mounting pressure on diversity policies across the U.S. media sector continues as the action reflects a broader trend of the Trump administration using regulatory tools to target media organizations, including a recent review of ABC station licenses.
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Sues NY Times
As so-called “antiracist” author Ibram X. Kendi argues: “The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy for present discrimination is future discrimination.” And that fundamentally racist worldview can now easily be seen infiltrating various facets of American culture, including the mainstream media. But the Trump administration has made it clear that allegations of blatantly anti-White policies and actions wil…
The Trump Administration filed a lawsuit against The New York Times, claiming that the newspaper’s employment policies discriminated against a white employee. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed its lawsuit in the South District of New York. According to the lawsuit, the anonymous employee had been an editor in the company since 2014 and worked as a senior editor of the international section when he applied for a position as deputy…
EEOC is suing the New York Times for discrimination * WorldNetDaily * by Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal
Source link The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued The New York Times on Tuesday for allegedly discriminating against a white male editor applying for a promotion, whom it claims was passed over in favor of a less-qualified nonwhite female. The EEOC alleged in a press release that the Times was devoted to DEI policies, short
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