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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education, led by Linda E. McMahon under Donald Trump, is facing backlash. A social media post declaring “DEI is DEAD!” and featuring a gravestone labeled “DEI” is ...

What proportion of Americans do you think agree with a pro-diversity statement like “racial diversity benefits the country”? In a study run by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison asking ...

The national backlash to diversity, equity and inclusion practices is a strangely mixed bag for me and my colleagues in behavioral science who focus on developing and testing bias-reduction methods.

(ThyBlackMan.com) We have all been admonished to “never say never”, but I’m pretty certain that I’ll never understand John McWhorter, PhD., a professor at Columbia University and New York Times ...

Florida's attorney general says the NFL's Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for top jobs, is discriminatory.... Can the NFL's Rooney Rule survive the DEI backlash?

Attorney Artur Davis has spent his career fighting for workers who face discrimination. As a partner at HKM Employment Attorneys and former four-term congressman from Alabama, Davis has represented ...

Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter sent every weekday morning. The OG of DEI hiring policies is facing an existential challenge. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has advanced his ...

The NFL logo adorns the uniform of a referee prior to the start of Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots on February 8, 2026 in Santa Clara, Calif. The OG of DEI ...