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US Court Halts Minority Grant Programme at Centre of Legal Challenge

The Fearless Fund must pause its Strivers Grant Contest, which awards funds to Black women entrepreneurs, pending the outcome of a lawsuit from a conservative group alleging such grants are unconstitutional.
New lawsuits are stoking fears that corporate diversity efforts are the next target following the Supreme Court’s June decision striking down affirmative action programmes in higher education.
New lawsuits are stoking fears that corporate diversity efforts are the next target following the Supreme Court’s June decision striking down affirmative action programmes in higher education. (Getty)

A US federal court has ordered The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm that invests in minority-owned brands to pause applications for its grants amid a

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