In an overhaul of an agency President Donald Trump has described as being infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists,” the Education Department cut $600 million in grants to teacher training programs, which it characterized as supporting divisive ideologies

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Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho told the House of Lords’ International Women’s Day debate that there has been a ‘degradation’ in tech industry culture.

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Programs meant to help autistic students study science have been caught in the Trump administration’s war on DEI, Eric Garcia reports

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We would like to hear from those working in diversity, equity and inclusion and how they feel about Trump’s rollbacksDonald Trump has signed two executive orders aimed at unwinding the federal government’s decades-long push to ensure an inclusive workplace that reflects American society.The Trump administration ordered all US federal employees working in diversity offices to be put on paid leave and their programs ended, although a judge recently blocked the orders. Continue reading...

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Comedian and Daily Show host argues DEI leaders are ‘doing what they can, not what they should’

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The pharmaceutical firm has followed several companies which have dropped diversity goals amid pressure from President Donald Trump, who has slashed federal DEI schemes.

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Canadian event loses three sponsors who also do business in the US to avoid being seen as supporting LGBTQ+ rightsPride Toronto, one of the largest celebrations of LGTBQ+ people in North America, is reeling from the loss of three major sponsors who have pulled funding after Donald Trump’s purge of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes in the US.Kojo Modeste, the executive director of the Canadian event said that the sponsors who also do business in the US are seeking to avoidbeing seen as supporting LGBTQ+ rights. Continue reading...

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Schools and colleges across the U.S. face a Friday deadline to end diversity programs or risk having their federal money pulled by the Trump administration, yet few are openly rushing to make changes

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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says it's critical that the nation be out in front when it comes to artificial intelligence

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Vote vindicates tech company’s decision to uphold diversity initiatives as other firms give into pressure from presidentApple shareholders voted down an attempt to pressure the technology company into yielding to Donald Trump’s push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its workforce.A proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research – a self-described conservative thinktank – urged Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives currently in the Trump administration’s crosshairs. Continue reading...

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Alan Galindo mans the phones in what has been quite the 24 hours in Scottish football

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The lawsuit against the President was filed by several LGBTQ+ groups, including the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the GLBT Historical Society, and allege that the orders violate the rights of transgender and non-binary people

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Executive orders eliminated diversity programs and spending in federal government and pressured private companies and government contractors to do the same

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A federal judge has blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion

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Watch live as Donald Trump hosts a Black History Month reception at the White House on Thursday, 20 February.

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ends internal inclusion efforts and ‘social advocacy’ grants, scrubbing site of commitmentThe for-profit charity organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan has done an about face on its commitment to corporate diversity.Executives at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) informed employees on Tuesday evening that the organization would in effect do away with both internal and external diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, according to an internal email and other correspondence viewed by the Guardian. In late January, leaders at CZI reassured staff that its longstanding support for DEI was not changing. Zuckerberg’s company Meta announced it would terminate its DEI programs a month prior, in the days before Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Continue reading...

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The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president’s fight against “wokeness” and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply

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Ditching DEI initiatives will curry favour in the Oval Office. It will also alienate the workforces bosses rely onThe mask has slipped and the gloves are off. A company which in 2022 boasted that it had exceeded its target, “spending $1.26 billion with US certified diverse suppliers”, is now ending diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.That company is Meta (formerly known as Facebook), whose chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, announced DEI dismantling shortly before he had a prominent seat at Donald Trump’s recent inauguration. Perhaps from that privileged spot he was able to imbibe some of the “masculine energy” he says he wants to see at work.Stefan Stern is co-author of Myths of Management and the former director of the High Pay Centre. His latest book is Fair or Foul: the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition Continue reading...

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