The Takeaway | DEI at a Crossroads: Protecting Progress in a New Political Reality - NationSwell

The Takeaway | DEI at a Crossroads: Protecting Progress in a New Political Reality - NationSwell

Among the new administration’s first actions were a handful of executive orders intended to “terminate DEI” in the federal government and the private sector. While those executive orders don’t change existing federal law, they send a strong signal about the near-term political context for DEI programs. Organizations are reassessing their approaches in real time, with some publicly announcing rollbacks and others defending their efforts. The envi…