Harvard sued in alleged anti-white discrimination case, latest step in Trump crackdown on woke academia

The feds are suing Harvard University for data related to allegations its hiring practices discriminate against white men — the latest step in the Trump administration’s crackdown on woke practices in academia.In a lawsuit filed late Tuesday in a Massachusetts federal court, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused the university of failing to comply with an investigation launched last year into what it called “systemic discrimination” against white, Asian, male and heterosexual workers.In April 2025, Trump-appointed EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas filed a civil rights charge against Harvard, claiming its recruitment and promotion efforts violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employer discrimination.“Subpoena enforcement actions are a routine part of the EEOC’s enforcement process,” agency spokesperson Amanda Smith told The Post, explaining the latest step in the case.“Title VII gives the EEOC broad authority to obtain information necessary to investigate discrimination, including through court enforcement of its subpoenas.” Harvard has argued the investigation is retaliatory and part of the Trump administration’s broader attempts to muzzle prestigious, left-leaning universities.“The government has not concealed that its all-out campaign targets Harvard for the assertion of its constitutional rights,” the university’s lawyers wrote in a motion in June, adding that the case is “an attempt to get it to cave to the Administration’s ideological demands.”Lucas’ charge against Harvard last year came days after the university filed its own lawsuit against the federal government, arguing its freeze of $2.2 billion in research funding was “unconstitutional,” the uni’s lawyers have noted.A Harvard spokesperson said the university has been responding to the EEOC’s inquiries in good faith over the past year and it is prepared to continue defending itself against “illegal government overreach.” S...