US EditionWhat Congress Needs to Know About DEI (but Doesn’t Want to Hear)
UNITED STATES, JUL 16 – The Federal Communications Commission has pressured companies to drop diversity, equity, and inclusion programs as a condition for merger approvals, influencing corporate policies nationwide.
- On Friday, the FCC approved T-Mobile’s acquisitions of United States Cellular and Metronet, citing its decision to discontinue DEI initiatives as a key factor.
- The Trump administration has employed the FCC’s M&A approval power to pressure companies into abandoning DEI initiatives, aiming to curb diversity policies.
- T-Mobile has removed all mentions of DEI from its website and training manuals and eliminated all DEI roles and teams.
- This past week, the committee opened an investigation into FCC Chair Brendan Carr for weaponizing merger approvals to pressure companies into dropping DEI.
- In an effort to reshape school policies, the 'Eliminating “DEI” in Public Education' bill prevents institutional DEI offices but allows classroom discussion and independent study of DEI topics.
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Trump ends DEI initiative, US shareholders defy Maga push to keep diversity reforms alive
Despite Donald Trump’s executive order ending federal DEI programmes, US shareholders have overwhelmingly rejected anti-diversity resolutions. Corporate boards are adapting by rebranding inclusion efforts even as the White House intensifies its political pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the private sector.
US shareholders back DEI
Shareholders of large US companies overwhelmingly backed diversity, equity, and inclusion programs this year, despite Washington’s staunch resistance to such initiatives. An analysis found that across 24 companies, including Amazon, Disney, and Apple, anti-DEI shareholder resolutions were defeated by a margin of 98% to 99%, according to S&P Global. “They’re saying in Washington that no one likes DEI, well, 99% of shareholders actually do,” the h…
T-Mobile Removes DEI Programs Just In Time For FCC To Approve Mergers
Source: picture alliance / Getty Boy, I tell ya, 2025 has really been the year of finding out how many companies don’t value Black dollars. Cell service provider T-Mobile is the latest company announcing an end to its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives to appease the Trump administration. Last week, T-Mobile sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr stating it was ending its DEI in…
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Stacey Abrams Warns Companies Dropping DEI, ‘It Costs You’
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Throughout this year, we’ve seen company after company announce they’re dropping diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives to comply with the Trump administration’s assault on anything that benefits anyone who isn’t a straight, white man. While DEI removals may currently be a politically expedient move, lawyer and former Georgia Representative Stacey Abrams believes businesses will face long-term consequenc…
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