How Trump Is Fueling the Backlash Against DEI
In 2020, outrage over the murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by a White police officer, ushered in sweeping efforts to ...
Who is Andrea Lucas? Meet the acting chair of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Appointed by President Donald J. Trump, Andrea Lucas is leading the EEOC with plans to reshape decades-old ...
What we can VERIFY about the repeal of the 1965 equal employment opportunity executive order
President Trump revoked a Civil Rights-era anti-discrimination rule for federal contractors, but the action doesn’t repeal ...
These companies are standing by their DEI policies amid backlash
While some companies steer away from diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, others are sticking with their previous ...
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Executive Orders Target DEI Programs and Gender Protections
On the first day of his presidency, January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued two executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and ...
What Trump revoking the Equal Employment Opportunity executive order means for businesses and workers
Trump on Tuesday rolled back the 60-year-old Equal Employment Opportunity executive order. Here's what that means for ...
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Civil Rights Lawyer Weighs In On Trump’s Major Blow to the Equal Employment Opportunity Act
The Root spoke with Bakari Sellers, attorney and son of civil rights legend Dr. Cleveland Sellers, about the impact of ...
Anti-Trumpers Are So Worried About Misinformation They’re Spreading It Themselves
On TikTok, X, Instagram, and more, people are dodging news to avoid the doom — and spreading conspiracies in the process ...
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State Law Considerations Under a New Administration
As eyes turned toward Washington this week and what employers anticipate on a range of labor and employment law issues, ...
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Did Trump kill ‘Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965’? Here’s why that claim caused confusion
Rossein said some people might have confused Johnson’s 1965 order with the 1964 Civil Rights Act he signed into law that went into effect July 5, 1965. That law created the Equal Employment ...
Amid concerns over Trump's DEI executive order, Michigan civil rights attorney says workers have other protections
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 includes a provision banning employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. It also established the Equal Employment Opportunity ...
Trump revoked an anti-discrimination hiring rule. Here’s what it means.
Lyndon B. Johnson’s Executive Order 11246, promoting affirmative action in federal contracting, was among the number of DEI policies targeted by the president.