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Secret Service decries rightwing blame on female agents over Trump shooting

Secret Service official says it is an ‘insult’ to imply women unqualified to be agents based on gender

The Guardian - US · Jul 18, 2024

As VCs pledge support for Trump, Fearless Fund's Arian Simone keeps fighting for diversity

VCs are at odds when it comes to DEI.

Fortune · Jul 17, 2024

US Right Takes Aim At Women Secret Service Agents Who Protected Trump

As questions swirl over how a would-be assassin managed to get anywhere near Donald Trump, some conservatives are blaming the Secret Service for hiring the women agents who threw themselves into the line of fire to protect the former president.

International Business Times · Jul 17, 2024

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GOPers blame women for Trump shooting

Right-wingers claim “DEI got someone killed" because there were women on Trump's Secret Service detail

Salon · Jul 16, 2024

How an assassination attempt on Donald Trump turned into a toxic DEI debate

The suspect is a male shooter, but it’s female Secret Service agents who are under scrutiny.

Fortune · Jul 16, 2024

How did DEI get mixed up in the fallout over the Trump assassination attempt?

Conservative commentators, CEOs, and politicians are blaming Trump’s assassination on the hiring practices of the Secret Service, and female agents in particular.

Fortune · Jul 15, 2024

The woman who runs the Secret Service must answer for Trump assassination attempt

Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle is in the hot seat after the Trump assassination attempt.

Fortune · Jul 15, 2024

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Republicans increase attacks on Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s political future hangs in the balance

Republicans have suggested that the former senator, ex-California attorney general, and current vice president is unqualified, accusing her of having a ‘low IQ’ and of being a ‘DEI’ hire

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2024

Seb Gorka: Kamala Harris a "DEI hire"

The former Trump official joins a group of Republicans who have referred to the vice president as a diversity hire

Salon · Jul 10, 2024

Ex-Trump aide calls Harris a "DEI hire"

Elected Republicans are increasingly using the term as a de facto racial slur

Salon · Jul 8, 2024

Boebert calls Jean-Pierre “DEI hire”

The Colorado rep., who obtained a GED in 2020, called the Columbia grad and first Black press secretary a DEI hire

Salon · Jul 5, 2024

Lauren Boebert blasted for calling White House press secretary ‘DEI hire’

‘I couldn’t care less about what @PressSec has to say today,’ Boebert says as she calls on Biden to take to the podium

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024

Musings on the state of DEI—and a goodbye

Support for diversity, equity, and inclusion is cyclical, as time has shown.

Fortune · Jul 3, 2024

Black farmers' association calls for Tractor Supply CEO's resignation after company cuts DEI efforts

The National Black Farmers Association is calling on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO to step down, days after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2024

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Fortune · Jul 1, 2024

Tractor Supply reversed its DEI stance to appease right-wing critics

The company will cut all diversity-focused jobs and withdraw DEI goals after criticism of its LGBTQ-inclusive stance.

GamesRadar · Jun 28, 2024

After the vitriol aimed at Assassin's Creed Shadow's Yasuke, Ubisoft's CEO denounces "hateful acts" toward devs

"I want to make it clear that we, at Ubisoft, condemn these hateful acts," says Yves Guillemot

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2024

5 ways anti-diversity laws affect LGBTQ+ people and research in higher ed

Over the past year, nine states have banned diversity, equity and inclusion policies and programs in higher education. More than 20 others have similar legislation in the works.

Fortune · Jun 24, 2024

Elon Musk and other DEI critics are latching on to ‘MEI,’ a new hiring catchphrase

A startup CEO’s blog post is gaining traction among the anti-DEI crowd.

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Fortune · Jun 20, 2024

How the psychology of fraud drove a rising DEI star to steal $5M from Meta and Nike

Barbara Furlow-Smiles is facing a five-year prison sentence for siphoning millions from her employers.

The Guardian - US · Jun 20, 2024

US universities are reinstating SAT scores. Experts say it will exacerbate racial inequality

After offering test-free admissions, some US schools are reversing course, claiming it will help under-resourced students – but critics say it will do the opposite

Fortune · Jun 19, 2024

‘Sometimes, the facts don’t matter’: Attacks on DEI are an anti-capitalist war on American prosperity

Corporate America has a chance at self-interested redemption by shifting from the demonized term DEI to fundamental fairness.

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2024

Court blocks grants to Black women entrepreneurs in case that could restrict DEI efforts by companies and charities

In a 2-1 vote on June 3, 2024, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit held that the Fearless Foundation – the charitable arm of the Fearless Fund venture capital firm – must suspend its Strivers Grant Contest. The contest is limited to Black women…

Fortune · Jun 12, 2024

She was a top DEI manager at Facebook. Then the feds came.

Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a former DEI manager at Facebook and Nike, was sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud.

Fortune · Jun 12, 2024

How a Facebook and Nike executive secretly pulled off a $5 million scam

Barbara Furlow-Smiles was a DEI manager for Facebook and Nike. She's now facing a five-year prison sentence.

Fortune · Jun 10, 2024

The Fearless Fund grant for Black female business owners was ruled discriminatory by an appeals court. Here’s what may happen now.

Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based VC firm, made headlines last week when a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Miami ruled that the firm suspend its Strivers Grant Contest. So, I thought I’d try to figure out what happens next and how Silicon Valley is…

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