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Iran’s ‘water bankruptcy’ will weaken regime and nuclear program, UN expert warns
Kaveh Madani of the United Nations University warns Iran’s severe water crisis threatens regime stability and could impact the country’s nuclear ambitions.
Transgender ex-lawmaker, first in state’s history, pleads guilty to federal child sex abuse charges
Stacie-Marie Laughton, who has been called the first openly transgender elected lawmaker in U.S. history, pleaded guilty to federal child sex abuse charges in Boston court.
Illegal immigrant dodges deportation for decade before allegedly killing man in DUI hit-and-run
Illegal immigrant with 2012 deportation order arrested for fatal DUI hit-and-run in Orange County after killing 71-year-old pedestrian Barry Tutt.
Experts warn of security risks to America’s kids as photos expose those up for adoption
In this Q&A, Ashley Brown, CEO of Selfless Love Foundation, talks about the importance of transforming America’s adoption process and protecting the rights of vulnerable children.
‘Handmaid’s Tale’ author claims she’s received more blowback from the left for not ‘preaching the sermon’
Margaret Atwood told CBS’ “60 Minutes” that she received more backlash from left-wing critics than conservatives over her dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Kelly Clarkson helps fans get engaged, renew vows during first Vegas show since ex Brandon Blackstock’s death
Kelly Clarkson returned to her Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace, facilitating a proposal and vow renewal during her first show following her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock’s death.
NFL Week 10 scores: Dolphins shock Bills, Matthew Stafford leads Rams to win
With the NFL heading into the home stretch of the 2025 season, several teams needed to pick up crucial wins as they jockey for playoff position.
NBA legend Lenny Wilkens, rare Hall of Fame inductee as player and coach, dead at 88
NBA legend Lenny Wilkens, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as both player and coach, has passed away on Sunday at 88 years old.
Billionaire Miriam Adelson voices support for Stefanik’s New York governor campaign launch
Philanthropist Miriam Adelson voiced support for Rep. Elise Stefanik’s New York gubernatorial bid during the Zionist Organization of America’s Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award Dinner.
Sierra Club embraced social justice, DEI after being ‘flush’ with cash — and then destroyed itself: NYT
A New York Times report documents how the environmentalist Sierra Club group imploded after trying to maneuver into diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in the last few years.
The report included many firsthand accounts of how racial activists were brought into the fold and then colonized the environmental mission, leading to the downfall of the organization.
‘That’s fine, Delia. But what do wolves have to do with equity, justice, and inclusion?’
The Sierra Club was one of the foremost influential environmentalist groups before it allowed social justice proponents to hijack its agenda, the report suggested. The result was a drop in donations and membership and a rise in layoffs.
A tax filing analysis showed that the group consistently brought in tens of millions of dollars more every year than it spent from 2015 until 2019. In 2020, it was about even, but the expenditures far exceeded revenue in 2022 and 2023.
“Sierra Club is in a downward spiral,” read a letter to the leadership from a group of managers.
The Sierra Club had about four million members and supporters in 2019 but has lost a whopping 60% of those since, the report claimed.
The report said the organization pivoted to expand its focus during President Donald Trump’s first term to include racial justice, labor rights, gay rights, immigrant rights, and other causes. That experiment failed so badly it had to fire Ben Jealous as executive director, whose previous job had been heading up the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
On the way there, the group aliened many of its dedicated volunteers.
It drove away longtime volunteers who loved the club’s single-minded defense of the environment, by asking them to fully embrace its pivot to the left. Some even felt they were investigated by the club for failing to go along. Many hard-core supporters felt the Sierra Club was casting aside the key to its success: It was an eclectic group of activists who had one, and sometimes only one, cause in common.
The Sierra Club also issued an “equity language guide” that warned employees against using problematic words, including “vibrant,” “hardworking,” “lame duck session,” and even the word “Americans.”
One Sierra Club director objected to a budget that paid for only two full-time employees to fight Trump’s policies on the Arctic refuge while funding the equivalent of 108 full-timers on DEI. They passed the budget despite his protest.
After former President Joe Biden won the election in 2020, the report said that the Sierra Club lost supporters over a public argument about making Israeli divestment an environmental issue. The group backed off on the issue but not before damaging support.
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One anecdote included in the report was a staff member’s response to an ecologist volunteer who opined that Sierra Club should seek more protections for the wolf population in Colorado.
“One of the staff said, ‘That’s fine, Delia. But what do wolves have to do with equity, justice, and inclusion?’” she recalled.
The Colorado chapter responded: “No one was investigated or accused of values misalignment on the basis of wolf conservation efforts.”
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