Tech companies were happy to have their name appear alongside President Donald Trump’s strange, authoritarian-esque military parade. But they are suddenly seeming a bit shy about supporting Pride events. Wonder what that is about? CNBC reports that San Francisco Pride will not feature Facebook parent company Meta as one of its sponsors this year—a major […]
Trump Wants to Spend $2 Million Investigating Whether DEI Causes Plane Crashes
America is a corrupt place, and it’s not infrequent for that corruption to result in less-than-stellar results for the American consumer. Sometimes those poor results manifest as cheap, ineffective products. Other times, they may lead to more serious problems, like cancer-causing chemicals in your food. Sometimes corporate dysfunction has even been known to spur plane […]
Promise to Kill DEI, and Trump’s FCC Will Approve Anything
Any time a major acquisition occurs, it’s standard for regulatory agencies to want to secure some promises before giving it the green light. Verizon’s recently approved purchase of Frontier Communications for $20 billion is no exception, but the concessions that Brendan Carr, Donald Trump’s pick to head the Federal Communications Commission, was able to secure […]
Zuckerberg Shutters Schools for Communities of Color as Trump Cracks Down on DEI
Back in 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his partner, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, opened The Primary School, a tuition-free private school opened with the explicit goal of helping low-income families and people of color to access education, healthcare, and social services. A decade later, they’ve apparently deemed that all those problems are solved now, as […]
NASA Wipes Graphic Novels About Women Astronauts From Its Websites
NASA has scrubbed two graphic novels featuring female astronauts from its website, in a move that is in apparent alignment with the Trump administration’s anti-DEI stance. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies are those that generally promote fair treatment of people of all backgrounds. The Trump administration is not a fan of DEI—on the first day […]
Elon Musk’s Dad Says He Wasn’t Political as a Kid, Was Friends With His Black Servants
The Washington Post recently published a long feature story that, put politely, asks why exactly Elon Musk decided to make his primary enemy diversity, equity, and inclusion programs—and put less politely, asks when exactly did he get so racist? In it, Musk’s father, Errol Musk, offers up an anecdote that he probably believes is exculpatory […]
Trump Attacks Apple for Maintaining DEI Policies
President Trump is attacking Apple today over its stance on DEI policies that the administration has targeted aggressively since entering office. The company’s shareholders on Tuesday rejected an outside proposal to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies after Apple asked investors to vote down the idea. Apple said it does not have hiring quotas […]
Pinterest Says Its DEI Commitments Put It at Risk of Conservative Backlash
Pinterest does not make headlines very often, but the social media platform beloved by Midwestern moms claims to have more active users than X or Snapchat, and is the latest company to sound off on the issue of DEI. The social media platform told investors in a recent filing spotted by TechCrunch that its efforts […]