U.S. Spends $80 Mil to Train Minorities to Collect Health Data with Race, Socioeconomic Inequities

The U.S. government is spending $80 million to train thousands of minorities in public health technology and improve health data collection involving race and ethnicity. It is part of the Biden administration's efforts to "root out pervasive health and socioeconomic inequities" in the nation's healthcare system, according to an announcement issued this month by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). "Ensuring that diverse representation is better reflected all throughout our health care system is priority for the Biden-Harris administration," said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, a former California attorney general who served a dozen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. "With this funding, we will be able to train and create new opportunities for thousands of minorities long underrepresented in our public health informatics and technology fields."

Schools' critical race theory plans could violate the Constitution, state laws, says watchdog group

The Washington Times

In Massachusetts, the Wellesley Public Schools system was already reeling under controversy for a series of events tied to "diversity, equity and inclusion" when a conservative watchdog group announced it had obtained records showing that schools use "affinity spaces that divide students and staff based on race."

Judicial Watch Sues HHS for Information on COVID-19 and Illegal Immigration

Judicial Watch

The FOIA request was prompted by the April 15 congressional testimony of Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. In her testimony, Dr. Walensky said: "The CDC is providing technical assistance to the Office of Refugee Resettlement for the people who are leaving the DHS [Department of Homeland Security] and Customs and Border Protection."

Virginia Gives Illegal Immigrants In-State Tuition at Public Colleges, Aid for Private Universities

Judicial Watch

Starting this fall Virginia will offer illegal immigrants discounted in-state tuition at taxpayer-funded colleges as well as financial aid to attend private universities. This month the state's governor, Ralph Northam, signed the new law during a heavily publicized visit to Marymount University, a private Arlington college with an enrollment of about 3,200. "These students have grown up in our communities across Virginia," the Democrat lawmaker said during the signing. "They've attended the same schools as their classmates and neighbors, they have taken the same tests, they have played on the same teams, eaten in the same lunch rooms and even gone to the same dances. They are valued members of our communities, and they are Virginians in every sense of the word except for immigration status – something that was chosen for them, not by them, by families just wanting a better life for their children."