Noem says Coast Guard will remove divisive language on hate symbols from policy

Coast Guard drops change after backlash

References in U.S. Coast Guard policy calling hate symbols "potentially divisive" were removed Thursday, and a U.S. senator said she would lift a hold she placed on a nomination for the service's top job.

Coast Guard scrubs 'potentially divisive' label for swastikas, nooses

The U.S. Coast Guard scrubbed controversial wording from a workplace harassment manual that categorized swastikas and nooses as "potentially divisive" rather than explicit hate symbols. The turnaround comes just days after the policy went into effect. Following the policy reversal, the Senate moved quickly to confirm Adm. Kevin Lunday as the Coast Guard’s commandant. Two Democratic senators, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Jacky Rosen of Nevada,…

Coast Guard commandant confirmed after hate symbol language deleted

Sens. Jacky Rosen and Tammy Duckworth previously blocked Adm. Kevin Lunday’s nomination in protest of the service’s guidance on hate symbols.

After backlash, US Coast Guard drops language calling swastikas and nooses ‘potentially divisive’

In a message to Coast Guard personnel, acting commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday said the revisions had been “completely removed” from the policy manual

Lawmakers force Coast Guard to maintain ban on swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

After pressure from Capitol Hill — including a blockade by Democratic senators of the confirmation of the Coast Guard commandant — the Coast Guard struck from its disciplinary policies language describing swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive,” rather than as explicitly banned hate symbols. The Washington Post initially reported that the language around displays of such symbols would be changed last month, prompting bipartisan outrage fr…

U.S. Coast Guard policy change regarding swastikas, nooses draws concern

Members of Richmond’s Jewish community are raising concerns after the U.S. Coast Guard implemented a new workplace harassment policy that reclassifies symbols like swastikas and nooses as "potentially divisive," rather than explicitly labeling them as hate symbols.