Welcome back to Velio on MSNBC. I'm Charles Coleman Jr. . filling in for Ally today.Now, since returning to office, Donald Trump has dismantled decades old agencies and initiatives which were initially designed to protect black Americans and other marginalized communities. He has justified these actions by claiming he's rooting out racial discrimination disguised as diversity, equity, and inclusion. But as Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Nicole Hannah Jones points out in a new york a new essay for the New ...

In February 2025, Nanzong and his son Stanley filed a lawsuit against the University of California system alleging racial discrimination against Asian-Americans in the college admissions process. Stanley Zong was no ordinary applicant. By age 18, he had demonstrated such exceptional coding prowess that Google hired him at an L4 position, typically requiring a PhD or equivalent experience.After rigorous technical interviews with five Google engineers, he created Rapid Sign, a free e-signing service built on ...