America’s Workplace Safety System Is in Disarray, as OSHA Bungles Anti-DEI Compliance
The erasure of safety documents because they contained keywords targeted by the administration’s push to purge diversity, equity, and inclusion-related language is only one consequence of Trump’s executive order.
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Axios to use 'Gulf of America' in compliance with Trump administration
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DOJ ordered review of ‘gender ideology’ compliance at child safety authority
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), the primary U.S. nonprofit fighting child sexual exploitation, said Friday that it is removing all references to transgender people ...NBC News - Feb. 7 -
It's time for us to address the anti-doping system - Djokovic
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Maga replaces DEI in America’s boardrooms
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Current FDIC staffing shortages 'threaten the safety and soundness of the banking system'
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Missouri sues Starbucks, claiming ‘systemic discrimination’ via DEI
Republican attorney general files suit claiming – without evidence – coffee chain’s hiring policies cause higher prices. Missouri has sued Starbucks for discrimination because its workforce has ...The Guardian - Feb. 13 -
Middle schoolers at military facility in Germany protest Hegseth's anti-DEI moves
Middle schoolers at a U.S. military school in Germany on Tuesday protested against policies eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the Department of Defense by walking out of ...The Hill - 6d -
Hollywood on defensive as Trump’s anti-DEI crusade targets creatives
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NATO is in disarray after the US announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's speech on Ukraine this week has thrown NATO into disarrayABC News - Feb. 13
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