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Major players in the anti-DEI movement: Here's who's pressuring Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, IBM, and other Fortune 500 companies to drop their policies

A guide to the people and activist organizations who paved the way for Donald Trump's attacks on diversity practices in corporate America.

Fortune · Feb 1, 2025

The Fearless Fund, Hello Alice, and Robby Starbuck

Some CEOs tell me they prefer to support DEI quietly. I wonder what’s been scrapped or put on hold.

Fortune · Oct 17, 2024

How 2 CEOs were united by legal battles to fund small businesses

Conservative activists targeted the Fearless Fund and fintech Hello Alice. The suits are behind them, and the funds are back in action.

Fortune · Oct 16, 2024

DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies in the workplace

Opponents of diversity programs are increasingly banking on an 1866 civil rights law meant to protect Black people from economic exclusion as a way to challenge corporate diversity and equity policies as well as funding to Black-owned businesses

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2024

As legal challenges mount, some companies retool diversity and inclusion programs

Conservative advocates have filed a growing number of legal challenges, encouraged by the Supreme Court’s June ruling ending affirmative action in college admissions

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2024

A federal appeals court blocks a grant program for Black female entrepreneurs

The suit was brought by Edward Blum, the man behind the case against Harvard College that led to the Supreme Court dismantling affirmative action in higher education in June.

WEKU · Oct 3, 2023

Judge refuses to immediately block grant program for Black women entrepreneurs

A federal judge in Atlanta is allowing a venture capital firm to continue offering a grant program only to Black women entrepreneurs

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

A small venture capital player becomes a symbol in the fight over corporate diversity policies

A venture capital firm that has backed buzzy new companies has become symbolic of the fight over corporate diversity policies

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

Lawsuit against venture capital for women of color is just a way to keep systemic racism in place

Edward Blum, who was behind the case that ended affirmative action in college admissions, has filed a lawsuit against the Fearless Fund, launched by two Black women entrepreneurs.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 13, 2023

Fund sued over grant program for Black women enlists prominent civil rights attorneys to fight back

Attorneys for an Atlanta-based venture capital firm being sued over a grant program investing in Black women have vowed to fight back against the lawsuit calling it misguided and frivolous

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023