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Trump and other Republicans, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, view DEI as a form of reverse discrimination against whites that ...

State legislative sessions around the country are coming to a close, and fights over public versus charter school funding and ...

MIT's decision to end its DEI office comes amid a probe by the Trump administration investigating the school for engaging in ...

President Trump’s sweeping dictate to end what he terms “unlawful DEI practices” is meeting fierce resistance. The National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers and the ACLU all ...

Iowa joins a wave of red states supporting President Trump's fight against DEI with a new law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds.

or sex education. The effort to limit DEI in public schools mirrors a similar push in 2023 to ban DEI in public universities and colleges in Texas. That 2023 law, SB 17, reshaped equity-based ...

Iowa's new law prohibits state-funded diversity, equity and inclusion activities in schools and local governments, effective July.

Ohio education advocates who oppose Senate Bill 1, which will ban DEI in higher education, are collecting signatures in an attempt to allow voters to decide the bill at the ballot box.

State efforts to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are accelerating during Donald Trump's second term.

San Jose State University, the University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University are moving forward with cultural ...