Pentagon restores webpages of Black veterans, Navajo Code Talkers and others after outcry
Jackie Robinson, shown here in military uniform signing a contract with a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers, is among the veterans whose Department of…
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With Trump’s crackdown on DEI, some women fear a path to good-paying jobs will close
Lauren Sugerman maintained and repaired elevators in the 1980s. She says she got the job because of a 1965 executive order that required federal contractors…
Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites
Across the federal government, agencies have been busy scrubbing photographic and written references about women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community from…
Arlington National Cemetery stops highlighting some historical figures on its website
Graves with flags for Memorial Day are seen in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., on May 27, 2024. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide…
Block on Trump’s executive orders restricting DEI programs is lifted
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 14, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP…
Over 50 universities are under investigation as part of Trump’s anti-DEI crackdown
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon arrives to President Trump’s joint address to Congress on March 4 in Washington, D.C. Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images hide caption…
War heroes are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge
Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro prepares to hike to her platoon’s defensive position during patrol week of Infantry Training Battalion near Camp Geiger, N.C., in 2013.…
If you see something (woke), say something
An empty elementary school classroom is seen on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 in the Bronx borough of New York. Nationwide, students have been absent at…
NPR’s chief diversity officer to retire, with DEI in the political spotlight
NPR Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods announced his retirement on Wednesday. He has been at NPR since 2010. Allison Shelley/NPR hide caption toggle caption Allison…
Joy Reid fired from MSNBC amid network shakeup
Joy Reid speaks in New Orleans in 2024. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE hide caption toggle caption Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ESSENCE Political commentator and…