Target CEO Cornell to meet with Sharpton to discuss DEI rollback as civil rights leader considers boycott

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 11:20 UTC

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Target CEO Brian Cornell will meet with the Rev. Al Sharpton as the company contends with a slump in foot traffic after walking back some DEI initiatives.

Trump threatens Harvard’s tax-exempt status after university refuses to cave to demands – US politics live

found 2025 › Apr › 15 (Tue) @ 15:10 UTC

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President threatens to tax leading US university like a political organization after it defies demands including shutting down DEI programs

Obama and Yale faculty back Harvard as Trump cuts $2bn, alle…

Kennedy Center director snipes at musician for ‘vapidness’ over DEI concerns

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 19:50 UTC

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Trump ally Richard Grenell sends series of hostile emails to Yasmin Williams despite saying he was ‘too busy’ to do so

The Kennedy Center’s interim executive director, Richard Grenell – a staunch ally…

Legal Defense Fund exits Meta civil rights advisory group over DEI changes

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 18:40 UTC

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Meta ending DEI programs, getting rid of factcheckers and changing content moderation policies led to LDF’s decision

On Friday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced its decision to exit Meta’s exter…

Trump says 5 more law firms will provide $600 million total in free legal work for causes he supports

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 17:20 UTC

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Trump said all five firms also agreed not to "engage in illegal DEI discrimination and preferences" and commit to "Merit-Based Hiring" as part of the deals.

US law firms quietly scrub DEI references from websites to appease Trump

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 14:50 UTC

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Changes at two dozen prestigious firms underscore Trump’s successful intimidation campaign against legal profession

Nearly two dozen US law firms have quietly scrubbed references to diversity, equity …

US supreme court allows Trump administration to freeze teacher-training grants

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 22:15 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Millions in grants that would promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives may be frozen following ruling

The US supreme court is letting the Trump administration temporarily freeze $65m in tea…

Trump demands UK universities which get funding from US prove none of it is spent on woke DEI projects or research

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 13:15 UTC

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Donald Trump is demanding British universities which receive funding from the USA prove the money is not being spent on ' woke ' research in a new crackdown.

Are Trump’s tariffs for real or an AI hallucination? I’m afraid the answer is both | Marina Hyde

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 12:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Amid claims that a chatbot helped shape the key calculations, the president is now off playing golf. He’ll find the world economy in a bunker

There’s a scene in the very first episode of Yellowstone w…

Trump administration reportedly warns European companies to comply with anti-DEI order

found 2025 › Mar › 29 (Sat) @ 18:48 UTC

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The Trump administration has reportedly sent letters to European companies asking them to comply with a U.S. executive order banning DEI initiatives.