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.
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) announced it will continue to push diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in public schools—despite direct instructions from the Trump administration to cease such programs.
A prominent Ohio newspaper is under fire after it was accused of deliberately cropping a black Republican lawmaker from a photo taken during the signing of legislation aimed at eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs from public colleges and universities. The Cleveland Plain Dealer published an edited version of the image that excluded Rep. Josh Williams (R-Sylvania Township), the first black Republican elected to the Ohio House and a lead sponsor of the bill.
During a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on April 3, Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) recounted how she secured a public defender position by emphasizing her race.
