Best Read Diversity Headlines
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#1 Conservative Activist Uses Civil War-Era Law to Challenge Corporate Diversity
Sep 26 2023 // The anti-affirmative action activist behind the successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to race-conscious college admissions policies is trying to use a Civil War-era law designed to protect formerly enslaved Black people...
#2 Corporate America Is Rethinking Diversity Hiring as Legal Challenges Rise
Nov 22 2023 // The same conservative activists who helped gut race-related college admissions at the US Supreme Court have now set their sights on corporate diversity programs, barraging airlines, tech giants and law firms with lawsuits...
#3 Anti-DEI Shareholders Are Attacking Corporate America’s Diversity Programs
Aug 12 2024 // For conservative groups, losing big at company annual meetings is still winning. That’s because their growing presence at the shareholder gatherings is simultaneously disrupting management plans and generating...
#4 Appeals Court Upholds Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule
Oct 19 2023 // A U.S. appeals court upheld Nasdaq’s board diversity rule on Wednesday, requiring companies listed on the exchange to have women and minority directors on their boards or explain why they do not. In a lengthy...
#5 Tesla Drops Minority-Worker Language After Musk’s Rants Over Diversity Initiatives
Feb 1 2024 // Tesla Inc. removed language about minority workers and supporting employee resource groups from one of its regulatory filings after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s recent comments criticizing diversity...
#6 Group That Sued Pfizer Over Diversity Program Loses Appeal
Mar 7 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by a conservative group opposed to diversity initiatives in medicine that challenged a Pfizer fellowship program designed to boost the pipeline of Black,...
#7 Supreme Court Leaves Intact Elite School’s Diversity Policy
Feb 21 2024 // A divided US Supreme Court refused to question an admissions policy at a competitive Virginia public high school, turning away contentions that the program was designed to reduce the percentage of Asian-American...
#8 NFL Diversity Policies Are Racist, Conservative Group Says
Feb 7 2024 // A conservative U.S. legal group has accused the National Football League (NFL) and its teams of engaging in discrimination through its influential “Rooney Rule,” which requires teams to interview at least one...
#9 Deere Retreats From Diversity Measures After Online Attacks
Jul 17 2024 // Deere & Co., the world’s top farm machinery maker, is pulling back from diversity measures in the face of conservative criticism, the second agriculture-related company in less than a month to bend to such...
#10 Women in Finance Criticize City of London’s ‘Tokenistic’ Diversity Efforts
Jan 18 2024 // Testimonies from 40 women across banking, insurance, and asset management in Britain describe diversity and inclusion initiatives as often “tokenistic,” and lacking the “teeth” to make a change in...
#11 Honeywell Defeats Fired Engineer’s Appeal Over Diversity Training
Jul 11 2024 // Honeywell did not violate workplace anti-discrimination laws by firing a white engineer who refused to participate in mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion training after the Black Lives Matter movement began, a U.S....
#12 Conservatives Challenging Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule Appeal to Full 5th Circuit
Oct 26 2023 // A conservative group that lost a challenge to Nasdaq’s board diversity disclosure rule appealed the decision on Wednesday, requesting a full court review and saying that the rule discriminates based on race and...
#13 State Bar of Wisconsin Agrees to Change Diversity Definition in Lawsuit Settlement
Apr 8 2024 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin association representing attorneys agreed last week to change the definition of “diversity” to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a conservative law firm that argued its...
#14 UK Finance Watchdog Plans on Diversity Targets a ‘Bad Idea,’ Minister Says
Apr 19 2024 // Plans by Britain’s financial regulator to require firms to set targets for improving diversity could be counterproductive, UK business and women minister Kemi Badenoch said on Thursday. The Financial Conduct...
#15 People Moves: California Commissioner Make Appointments to CAARP, CIGA Board and Insurance Diversity Task Force
Nov 21 2023 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara reappointed members Bernardo de la Torre, Cynthia Strathmann and Doug Heller to the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan (CAARP) Advisory Committee. Deepika Srivastava and...
#16 People Moves: Lara Appoints New Members to California Insurance Diversity Task Force
Jun 14 2024 // Ricardo Lara California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara appointed Alycia Anderson, Kelly Huang and Marquita Thomas to the state’s Insurance Diversity Task Force. The task force oversees the department’s...
#17 People Moves: Lara Makes Appointments to California Curriculum Board and Insurance Diversity Task Force
Apr 29 2024 // Ricardo Lara California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara made several appointments to the state’s curriculum board and insurance diversity task force. Lara named Aretha Hartley as the newest member of the...
