EEOC Lawsuit Claims NY Times Wrongly Denied White Male Editor a Promotion May 6, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel The New York Times was sued on Tuesday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which accused the newspaper of...
Trump Administration Targets Dismantling of Already-Weakened DEI May 4, 2026 By Jeff Green After a remarkably successful effort to extinguish diversity, equity and inclusion programs at US employers, federal officials are stepping up...
NFL’s Rooney Rule Meets Biggest Challenge in Trump’s DEI Crackdown April 27, 2026 By Simone Foxman The most-recognizable diversity policy in sports is facing the biggest challenge in its history. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who...
IBM Agrees to Pay Government $17 Million in DEI Settlement April 13, 2026 By Chad Hemenway In the first outcome of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, IMB has agreed to about $17...
Trump’s Demand for Admissions Data Sends Wary Colleges Scrambling March 24, 2026 By Liam Knox Colleges are racing to comply with President Donald Trump’s demand for sweeping admissions data and bracing for those records to...
Amex, Deere, J&J Abandon Board Diversity Rule, Activist Says February 25, 2026 By Jeff Green American Express Co., Deere & Co. and Johnson & Johnson have dropped diversity criteria for selecting new board directors, according...
US Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Trump’s Efforts to Ban DEI February 9, 2026 By Nate Raymond A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a challenge to a move by President Donald Trump’s administration to ban diversity,...
Nike Facing Probe Over Alleged Discrimination Against White Workers February 5, 2026 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination said in a court filing on Wednesday it is investigating Nike...
Federal Trade Commission Warns Law Firms About DEI Hiring February 2, 2026 By Mike Scarcella The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it had written to 42 law firms warning them about diversity, equity,...
US Justice Department Using Fraud Law to Target Companies on DEI, WSJ Reports December 30, 2025 The Trump administration has launched investigations into the use of diversity initiatives in hiring and promotion at major U.S. companies,...