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USDA Blocks Funds to States Pushing DEI, Gender Ideology
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is attempting to withhold funding from states that violate the Trump administration’s policies of dropping initiatives on gender ideology and diversity, equity, and inclusion. However, Democrat attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia are suing in federal court to restore what they say is a cumulative $74…Fred Lucas -
SILENCING PARENTS? Christian School Facing DEI Accusations Imposes Policy Seeking to Police Text Messages
Amid accusations that it supports “diversity, equity, and inclusion” behind the scenes, a Nashville Christian private school is requiring parents to sign a code of conduct that forbids certain text messages and conversations and reportedly threatened legal action against a news outlet. According to two Lipscomb Academy parents who spoke to The Daily Signal on…Tyler O’Neil -
Note to the Woke: Mandated ‘White Supremacy’ Struggle Sessions Violate the First Amendment
During the “Great Awokening” in 2020, something snapped inside left-leaning Americans. Many of them decided that not only was America institutionally racist, but it was also their duty to abuse their positions to force “anti-racism” and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” on the rest of us. Corporations and school districts subjected employees to DEI struggle sessions…Tyler O’Neil -
Brendan Carr Shows How It’s Done by Moving Policy, Elimination DEI
As the three members of the Federal Communications Commission head to the Hill Wednesday for their first joint appearance before the Senate Commerce Committee, all eyes will be on Chairman Brendan Carr. The energetic agency head blazed a trail of MAGA media policy, reinvigorated the public-interest doctrine, destroyed diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at Fortune 500 companies,…Daniel Suhr -
Chick-fil-A Doubles Down, Keeps DEI on the Menu
It’s one thing to catch a local Chick-fil-A rebelling against Christian values—and quite another for headquarters to defend it. After this month’s revelation that an Orem, Utah, location was publicly supporting same-sex marriage in a congratulatory post on Facebook, several disappointed customers reached out to corporate, hoping for an apology—or at least clarity—on what they saw as…Suzanne Bowdey -
The Inescapable DEI Albatrosses
A few Democrat officeholders, activists, and pundits are finally coming to their senses that their brand is toxic to a majority of the American people. The Biden administration killed what was left of it in a number of ways. First, it serially lied to Americans about the cognitive decline and cancerous condition of President Joe…Victor Davis Hanson -
DEI Enthusiasts Allowed the Free Palestine Movement to Get This Far
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Recently, two Israeli diplomatic employees in Washington, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were shot. Apparently, the…Victor Davis Hanson -
Lockheed Martin Phases Out Key DEI Policy After Questions About Anti-Christian Double Standard
Major defense contractor Lockheed Martin announced Thursday that it will phase out employee resource groups, which divide workers along racial, LGBTQ, and activism lines, after President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders and after shareholders expressed concern about an anti-Christian double standard. “As we shared in January, Lockheed Martin took immediate action to ensure compliance with…Tyler O’Neil -
Wilder Boycotts Desegregation Commemoration Over Youngkin’s DEI Policies
Until this past weekend, there was only one place you had a chance to see all of Virginia’s living governors come together in the same place, and that was at the inauguration of the next one. But on May 17, in commemoration of the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education…Joe Thomas -
David Hogg’s Sacrifice at the Altar of DEI Shows Why Democrats Are Losing Young Men
The rise and fall of left-wing media darling David Hogg demonstrates exactly what the Left is all about and why the Democratic Party is losing young men. Hogg, a 25-year-old gun control activist turned pillow salesman (that’s probably inaccurate since he never actually sold any pillows) turned party organizer clearly aimed to be a mover and shaker in the…Jarrett Stepman -
‘ONLY THE BEGINNING’: IBM’s Rejection of DEI Will Spark a ‘Corporate Realignment,’ Shareholder Says
IBM’s latest moves rejecting woke orthodoxy and the diversity, equity, and inclusion movement will spark a “corporate realignment” against DEI, one of its shareholders predicts. The shareholders for International Business Machines Corporation—better known as IBM—will meet Tuesday, one day after the company announced a $150 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing. The Heritage Foundation, one of…Tyler O’Neil -
Nearly 400 Colleges and Universities Refuse to Close DEI Offices
A recent report from an education watchdog has found that colleges and universities across the nation are still operating diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and programs, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order demanding an end to DEI initiatives among any organizations that receive federal funding. Defending Education, the higher education arm of Parents Defending Education,…S.A. McCarthy -
DEI DOMINOES COLLAPSE: Yet Another Major Company Drops the Human Rights Campaign’s Index
The company that imports Corona beer into the U.S. rejected the diversity, equity, and inclusion movement Tuesday. Constellation Brands—which owns the rights to sell the Mexican-made beers Corona, Modelo, and Pacifico in the U.S.—told employees that it would cease DEI practices, stop working with the LGBTQ activist group the Human Rights Campaign, stop using the…Tyler O’Neil -
NASA Nominee Plans to Prioritize America First Agenda in Space, Not DEI
Under the Trump administration, the next mission to the moon will advance the “America First” agenda through space exploration, rather than the Biden administration’s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. While the Biden administration infused DEI into NASA’s operations, President Donald Trump’s nominee for NASA director, Jared Isaacman, will use his background as an entrepreneur, commercial…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
Purging DEI From the Smithsonian Is No Easy Task
President Donald Trump’s decision to clean house at the Smithsonian Institution is a necessary next step in his ongoing crusade to claw back cultural ground that the Left has spent decades capturing. This new action should be far-reaching and profound and sweep away such dangerous ideas as the Latino Museum. The executive order the president issued late last week, on…Mike Gonzalez -
Harvard and DEI: An Expensive Lesson
The U.S. Department of Education is calling on colleges to account for racist and antisemitic incidents on campus—and its move to withhold taxpayer dollars from violators has gotten university officials’ attention. The University of Michigan just disbanded its multiyear, multimillion-dollar boondoggle in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and Columbia University agreed to align the school with…Jonathan Butcher -
DEI Is Dying
President Donald Trump ended federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Even before, companies were having second thoughts. Victoria’s Secret changed “diversity, equity, and inclusion” to “inclusion and belonging.” Now, even woke Disney, despite squandering $270 million shareholder dollars on a moronic new version of “Snow White,” joined the mob of companies dropping DEI programs….John Stossel -
The DEI Higher Ed Machine Is Crumbling
The Trump administration is routing DEI regimes on college campuses. The University of California announced Wednesday that it would drop diversity statement requirements when hiring new faculty. The university’s provost, Katherine S. Newman, announced the move. “The requirement to submit a diversity statement may lead applicants to focus on an aspect of their candidacy that…Jarrett Stepman -
Pentagon Schools Instruct Use of Minecraft to Promote DEI Trojan Horse
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Defense’s school system touted the video game Minecraft as a tool for teaching social-emotional learning, a Trojan horse for diversity, equity, and inclusion. A Department of Defense Education Activity middle-school teacher sent an email to staff encouraging them to use Minecraft to teach kids to “develop important [social-emotional learning]…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
What Does DEI Have to Do With Preserving American Battlefield Memorials?
On President Donald Trump’s first day in office, he ordered all federal agencies to terminate all of their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and all DEI offices and positions, including “chief diversity officer” positions. One federal agency, the American Battle Monuments Commission, appeared to disobey that order until it came under scrutiny. Although Trump issued…GianCarlo Canaparo