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Again for the third time, FIYAH Literary Magazine is hosting the Ignyte Awards to highlight the excellent work by people of color in speculative fiction.

On both sides of the Atlantic there is a significant pay gap between men and women in architecture. In April 2019, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) issued new guidelines as it emerged that the pay gap in architecture is 15-percent in the UK. According to statistics from 2017, the...

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Virginia Bureaucrats Map Out Anti-Racist Reeducation Plan | Opinion Asra Nomani and Elizabeth Schultz , Parents Defending Education On 5/11/21 at 5:30 AM EDT On Thursday, parents in Fairfax County, Va., one of the countrys largest school districts, got a disturbing email. Superintendent Scott Brabrand said he is "revising" the districts "Controversial Issues Policy," which protects students from biased teaching, and developing a new "Anti-Racism, Anti-Bias Education Curriculu...

May 7, 2021 The superintendent at a major school district in Virginia is eyeing critical race theory training, Parents Defending Education highlighted in an incident report. The district has also contracted for four years with an influential New York consulting group that could get millions of dollars to push the racist ideology on a district where parents have been strongly objecting for years. Scott Brabrand, superintendent for Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax, Va., which operates wit...

A school in Ashburn, Va. / Getty Images Alex Nester • May 6, 2021 7:00 pm Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia could shell out up to $280,000 of taxpayer funds for a pricey equity consultant to develop an "anti-racist" curriculum for public school students. Superintendent Scott Brabrand announced the school would develop "a new Anti-Racism, Anti-Bias Education Curriculum Policy" in an email sent to parents Thursday, which was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The district wi...