Multiple federal judges issued rulings on Thursday temporarily halting the Trump administration’s efforts to pull funding from schools involved in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities. The rulings came after lawsuits were filed by civil rights groups and the nation’s largest teachers' unions.
Illinois college campuses are feeling the heat as the Trump administration’s campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives picks up momentum. Dozens of institutions nationwide, including several in Illinois, are under federal investigation for alleged racial discrimination tied to DEI programs, with the threat of losing federal funding looming large.
The Mayo Clinic is rebranding its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts under the new label “belonging,” in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning such programs.
The O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) released undercover footage of Jonathan Ferrer, the Human Resources Director at Summit Public Schools—a charter network operating in California and Washington—admitting to making hiring decisions based on race and political ideology.
Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, one of the world’s leading research institutions, has announced the complete dismantling of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in response to a new executive order by President Donald Trump. The decision follows a federal mandate tying future research funding to the termination of DEI-related activities, which the administration argues have politicized science and sidelined merit.
Arizona’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Horne, has issued a clear ultimatum to the Kyrene School District: drop the progressive diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) language from official policy, or forfeit over $1.5 million in federal funding.
A recent undercover video released by the conservative watchdog group Accuracy in Media (AIM) appears to show Heather Klišanin, an administrator at the University of South Florida (USF) St. Petersburg, discussing methods to circumvent Florida's law banning public funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
Harvard University has announced it will not comply with a sweeping list of demands from the Trump administration, even as the White House reviews $9 billion in federal funding to the Ivy League institution. The administration's orders include dismantling all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs, implementing viewpoint diversity audits, and reforming admissions to eliminate race-based preferences.
Florida Institute of Technology President John Nicklow is under fire after being recorded discussing efforts to reword diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) language in university programs to secure $7 million in government funding. The footage, released by O'Keefe Media Group (OMG), has sparked renewed scrutiny of how taxpayer dollars are tied to ideologically-driven academic agendas.
