University of Austin weeds out DEI, replaces it with merit-based initiatives: VP
University of Austin (UATX) welcomed its first students this fall. This private liberal arts college touts free speech, open debate, and merit-based admissions instead of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “They're talking about a safe space. We want to create an environment where it's safe to explore ideas and there's no risk in taking […]
New study finds DEI initiatives creating ‘hostile attribution bias’
Major beer company withdraws DEI program FOX Business host Charles Payne joins “America's Newsroom” to discuss Molson Coors' decision to withdraw from CEI's workplace initiative and Kamala Harris' tax cut plan to take on the IRS. He talked about how he ignored the warning. A new study from the Network Infection Research Institute (NCRI) and […]
State lawmakers, companies prepare to push back against DEI, ‘woke’ initiatives: experts
Exclusive: Some state legislatures and companies will roll back key diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in place in nearly every major U.S. industry, including the military, according to experts and Republican attorneys general. Preparations are underway. Last week, the topic of DEI was in the news again after a heated exchange between lawmakers during […]
‘Victory For Life’: Red States Hold Off Pro-Abortion Sweep In Ballot Initiatives
Pro-life groups are celebrating a victory after Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota rejected bills enshrining the right to abortion in their constitutions, halting the spread of the issue nationwide. Seven other states have approved measures enshrining the right to abortion in their constitutions: Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York. According to to […]
EXCLUSIVE: Congress Froze $1.5 Million For Foreign LGBTQ Initiatives — But Biden-Harris Admin Is Spending It Anyways
The Biden-Harris administration plans to bypass Congress and funnel well over $1 million in taxpayer money to LGBTQ initiatives in Latin America, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) spends billions of dollars each year providing aid to various countries around the world in order to […]
Stock market today: Wall Street points higher even as China holds off on major spending initiatives – Yahoo Finance
Wall Street rose early Tuesday even as Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell more than 9% following Beijing's decline. refrained from major spending initiatives As China's economy slows down. S&P 500 futures rose 0.4% before the bell, and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 0.2%. Stocks tumbled Monday as bond yields rose, but stabilized early Tuesday, […]
Double standards on corporate diversity initiatives undermine business success
Cultivating workforces and leadership teams with diverse perspectives and backgrounds has become a priority across the U.S. business community. While government mandates around “diversity, equity, and inclusion” have garnered much attention and backlash, private sector approaches have been able to have a more constructive impact. Unfortunately, some bad actors are threatening this progress. Smart American […]
Ford becomes latest company to reject DEI initiatives, Human Rights Campaign resorts to name-calling after slew of loses
Ford Motor Co. has backtracked on some DEI initiatives after facing backlash from conservatives. The Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ political lobbying group in the U.S., responded to Ford's new policy with a volley of insults after being rejected recently by major corporations. On Thursday, Robbie Starbuck, a filmmaker and conservative consumer activist, Internal […]
Ford joins growing push to scale back ‘woke’ DEI initiatives
Detroit-based auto giant Ford said it was scaling back its DEI initiatives and dropping its participation in the LGBTQ-backed Corporate Equality Index, joining several other high-profile companies that have recently scaled back controversial programs, the company's president said in a statement. Robbie Starbuck, the right-wing influencer who launched a successful social media campaign to get […]
Pro-abortion ballot initiatives backed by at least half of Republicans in Arizona, Nevada
At least half of Republican voters in Arizona and Nevada say they would support a referendum protecting abortion rights in November, according to two Fox News polls released Wednesday. 50% of Republicans Arizona54 percent of Republicans Nevada According to a poll conducted Aug. 23-26, 2024, most state residents said they would vote in favor of […]