Roger Goodell says NFL committed to diversity, despite Trump’s stance
Roger Goodell has doubled down on the NFL’s stance on diversity within its coaching ranks.For the second time since President Trump took office in January…
FCC chair opens investigation into Disney and ABC for DEI practices
The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into Walt Disney Co. and its broadcast subsidiary ABC over the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs,…
Remember when it was the right that got outraged over ‘banned words’?
Some of the fiercest blowback in recent years against “diversity, equity and inclusion” greeted Stanford University in 2022 when it launched the website of its…
As Trump attacks DEI, UC bans ‘diversity statements’ in faculty hiring
University of California leaders are eliminating a years-old practice of requiring faculty job applicants to submit “diversity statements,” a move that comes after the Trump…
SAG-AFTRA stands by DEI initiatives in contrast to studios
SAG-AFTRA is sticking with diversity, equity and inclusion, even as major forces in Hollywood distance themselves from such measures.The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television…
Hollywood’s vocal support of DEI was ebbing even before Trump
Amid calls for racial justice in 2020, Hollywood pledged to do better.Studios and entertainment companies committed to donating millions of dollars to civil rights and…
Hollywood diversity in decline despite audience demand: UCLA study
A new study examining the top films of 2024 has found that Hollywood is backsliding on its diversity efforts.The 2025 edition of the UCLA Hollywood…
Apple shareholders vote against pressure to scrap diversity policies | Business and Economy News
The proposal urged Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have recently rolled back diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.Apple shareholders have rebuffed…
Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI programs
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Trump that seek to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and…
Musk wants U.S. to ‘delete entire agencies’ from federal government
DUBAI — Elon Musk called on Thursday for the United States to “delete entire agencies” from the federal government as part of his push under President Trump…
FCC launches effort to ‘root out’ DEI programs, beginning with Comcast
The Federal Communications Commission has opened an inquiry into Comcast Corp.’s employee programs, stepping up efforts to “root out” diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that…
Disney softens DEI efforts with Trump back in office
Walt Disney Co. is changing some of its internal diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the latest move in the company’s slow pullback from such efforts.The…
Rob Manfred says MLB’s ‘values on diversity remain unchanged’
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Three days after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said his league would remain committed to its diversity initiatives, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred…
Alicia Keys declares ‘DEI is not a threat, it’s a gift’ in Grammys acceptance speech
While accepting the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the 67th Grammys on Sunday, Alicia Keys celebrated trailblazing female producers, her fellow musicians and the…
What do Trump’s executive orders on workplace diversity programmes say? | Civil Rights News
President Donald Trump has begun scaling back equal-opportunity programmes through two executive orders on his first day in the White House. Through these, he has…
Here’s a closer look at the executive orders Trump has signed so far
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has begun his promised flurry of executive action on Day 1. With his first batch of memoranda and orders, Trump repealed…
Meta, Amazon nix diversity, inclusion programmes ahead of Trump term | Donald Trump News
Conservative groups have denounced the programmes and threatened to sue companies over them.Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Amazon are winding down diversity programmes ahead of…
Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Here’s what he’s proposed
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration. The former president and now president-elect often skipped over details but through more than…
Trump would gut Social Security, Medicare just as boomers need them
Donald Trump was already in the classroom when Brown vs. Board of Education desegregated schools in 1954. He was about 30 before women were able…
The Sierra Club’s California members are torn over its mission. Can a new leader forge consensus?
When Bobbi Jo Chavarria was invited to join her local Sierra Club chapter’s political committee, she saw it as an effort by its members to…