US Senator Cruz List of "Woke" Science Includes Self-Driving Cars and Solar Eclipses

14 Feb 2025 | Abstracted from NPR

"The list included projects aimed at finding better ways of synthesizing new medications; studying how to make self-driving vehicles safer...Many of the research proposals that seem wholly unrelated to DEI were likely flagged because they included language about broadening the participation of women and underrepresented groups in science."

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