Target faces a 40-day boycott after reversing DEI policies About 110,000 people have signed up for ‘Target Fast’ which coincides with Lent The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025
What Is 'Target Fast': Black Consumers Kickstart Target Boycott For 40 Days Over DEI Betrayals The 'Target Fast' boycott, timed with Lent, uses Black economic power to seek corporate accountability and investment in Black banks. International Business Times UK · Mar 6, 2025
‘We’re going backwards’: the Black student unions being defunded on US campuses Black student unions at US colleges are fighting to stay in operation as state laws targeting DEI initiatives threaten their existence The Guardian - US · Mar 5, 2025
Linda McMahon wastes no time using Day 1 to announce ‘overhaul’ of Department of Education Trump has repeatedly said he wants McMahon to ‘put herself out of a job’ and shut down the department The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2025
US DEI professionals: how have Trump’s executive orders affected your work? We would like to hear from those working in diversity, equity and inclusion and how they feel about Trump’s comments The Guardian - US · Mar 3, 2025
Texas leaders defend Black official after lawmaker’s public interrogation of DEI policies left her in tears The topic was a budget request from a state agency. The exchange grew emotional when a lawmaker pressed for answers about a strategic plan that praises diversity. The Texas Tribune · Feb 28, 2025
Republican senators threaten not to boost Texas public universities’ funding over DEI ban In a letter, Sens. Brandon Creighton and Paul Bettencourt said they found “numerous” violations of the law, but didn’t provide specifics. The Texas Tribune · Feb 28, 2025
Companies may be rolling back their diversity policies but investors keep voting down anti-DEI shareholder proposals Investors at Costco, Apple, and John Deere have all rejected anti-DEI proposals within the past month. Fortune · Feb 28, 2025
DNI Gabbard Exposes Inappropriate Chats In National Intelligence Agencies Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard addresses inappropriate chats in national intelligence agencies, leading to terminations and significant fi... Top News · Feb 28, 2025
Collateral damage in war against DEI Senate Republicans flagged thousands of grants as “woke DEI” research. But what does that really mean? Salon · Feb 27, 2025
Texas Legislature proposes $400 million cut to higher ed as Dan Patrick threatens university budgets over DEI At a public event last week, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said higher ed would get less funding if they don’t “kick DEI out of their schools,” a few weeks after lawmakers proposed a massive cut to public universities. The Texas Tribune · Feb 27, 2025
Pentagon orders new purge of social media sites to dump diversity, inclusion mentions by March 5 Building lethality in the military may be the buzzword for the new Trump administration, but busywork and paperwork have become the reality at the Pentagon, as service members and civilian workers are facing a broad mandate to purge all of the department’s social media sites and untangle confusing personnel reduction… The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025
Renaissance Noir: A New Era of Black Progress 2025 and Beyond Morehouse alumni and Dr. Julius Garvey, board of directors at the Marcus Garvey Institute for Human Development, are leading a new black empowerment movement. International Business Times · Feb 26, 2025
Texas Senator Files 'Parental Bill of Rights' to Extend State's DEI Ban in Public Schools Earlier this month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said "schools must not push woke agendas on our kids," adding that "schools are for education, not indoctrination." Latin Times · Feb 26, 2025
Reason · Feb 26, 2025 John McWhorter: Is 'Wokeness' Finally Dead? New York Times columnist and linguist John McWhorter discusses the rise and fall of "woke," DEI and affirmative action, and his new book on the history of pronouns.
International Business Times UK · Feb 26, 2025 KPMG US Joins Deloitte In Scrapping DEI: The 'Big Four' Retreat From Diversity KPMG also quietly removed its annual transparency reports which detailed the company's efforts to increase hiring among women and minority groups.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2025 Do Trump and co want a world reclaimed by straight white men? It’s not certain they’ll get it Trump calls diversity policies ‘immoral’ and Badenoch says they’re ‘poison’. But businesses know multiculturalism is good for the economy, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
Fortune · Feb 25, 2025 Attacks on DEI assume a level playing field where none exists—and threaten America’s future prosperity Nowhere is the danger more apparent than at the intersection of race and gender—and for Black breadwinner moms in particular.
Top News · Feb 24, 2025 Watchdog Group Uncovers NCI's DEI Grant Spending NCI allocates millions for DEI in medicine, facing criticism and changes under different administrations.
The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2025 Hegseth says Trump ‘deserves’ to hand-pick advisers in defense of Pentagon firing spree White House has fired C.Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, chief of the Navy and vice chief of the Air Force
Fortune · Feb 22, 2025 America’s foremost DEI shareholder activist warns that anti-diversity groups are forcing companies to underperform Removing obstacles to women and people of color creates a true meritocracy, and shareholders know that’s good for business, says Andy Behar, CEO of As You Sow.
Fortune · Feb 21, 2025 Kelly Stonelake says her lawsuit against Meta alleging sexual discrimination and a culture of silencing women has struck a chord Kelly Stonelake hopes her case against her former employer will help change the environment for women who still work at Meta.
Latin Times · Feb 20, 2025 Fox News Host Ripped Apart After Pleading With DOGE to Be 'Less Callous' After Veteran Friend Gets Laid Off: 'That Is Literally DEI' In a matter of days, Fox News host Jesse Watters went from commending DOGE for culling the federal workforce to asking his colleagues to be "less callous" when discussing layoffs.
Marie Claire · Feb 20, 2025 Yes, Men Are Struggling—But Dismantling Women's Progress Isn't the Answer There's another, better option.
Top News · Feb 20, 2025 Lawsuits Filed Against Trump's DEI Executive Orders Legal challenges against Trump's executive orders on DEI raise constitutional concerns and social justice issues.