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The article "Cultural Policy" deals with the measures taken by the European Union to support the cultural sector after the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. UNESCO estimates that worldwide about ten million jobs have been lost in the cultural and creative industries. The European Parliament calls for increased cultural promotion and the inclusion of the cultural and creative industries in financial support instruments. The Slovenian Presidency of the Council focuses on the preservation of European cultural heritage from the perspective of ecological sustainability, while the French Presidency of the Council focuses on the revival of the cultural and creative industries. The European Commission has published guidelines for the safe resumption of activities in the cultural and creative sector and has called on Member States to make use of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the cultural sector. The financial volume of the Creative Europe cultural promotion program has been increased and measures have been taken to support Member States. The United Kingdom has lost access to ongoing EU programs after Brexit. There are also other programs with a cultural or creative industry focus, such as the New European Bauhaus and the European Agenda for Culture. The European Parliament calls for the fight against racism through art and culture and proposes to strategically include the topic of recovery and resilience of the cultural and creative industry in future work plans. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the policy of the Michigan-based Henry Ford Health System that protects healthcare professionals from the racist and biased demands of patients. Topics discussed include the obligation to treat all patients despite their personal characteristics under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), the policy guidelines for operational leaders responding to requests to change assigned care providers, and effect of COVID-19 on the policy education rollout.

Focusing on the library of Frauen*solidarität/Women's Solidarity the article discusses strategies against sexism and racism in subject cataloguing. As Frauen*solidarität is part of a development policy network and later joined the Austrian Library Network/Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund the feminist practice of subject indexing of Frauen*solidarität is shown in relation to the thesaurus TWSE and to the SWD/GND. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the experience of racism and attitudes toward ethnic diversity among German high school students of Turkish descent in Berlin, Germany. The author surveys diversity, anti-racism, and anti-discrimination efforts at both the school and the city and state levels, problems with the underlying philosophical principles of equality, and possible links between ethnic and racial stereotypes and gender stereotypes.