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 […]
Lowe’s Dials Back DEI Initiatives Amid Conservative Pressure
Lowe's has decided to roll back some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, following apparent pressure from conservative activist Robbie Starbuck. The home improvement retailer said it would no longer participate in an investigation by the Human Rights Campaign, one of the largest and most progressive nonprofits. Email Starbucks also announced it would […]
Jack Daniel’s whiskey is latest iconic brand to renounce its DEI initiatives
Jack Daniel’s has lost its “mind,” feud fighter Robbie Starbuck argued to Fox News Digital on Wednesday night as he took aim at another iconic American brand. “Big news,” the filmmaking activist posted to X. “The next company I’m going to sue is @JackDaniels.” Brown-Forman, the Tennessee distiller’s parent company, “pre-announced” that it would abandon […]
Why Walloons aren’t counted as a minority in diversity initiatives
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Nasdaq recently announced that it was going to require companies listed on its stock exchange to have a set number of racial minorities, women, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transsexuals on their boards of directors. Parroting the official government lingua on race, Nasdaq’s quotas for minorities were in reference to African […]
John Deere, under fire for woke initiatives, rejects DEI policies
John Deere has announced that it is eliminating nearly all of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in favor of a quality-driven work environment. The leading tractor company released a statement on its X account on Tuesday, pledging to prioritize quality and customer trust over DEI initiatives. “To all of us at John Deere, […]
Poll indicates voter support for three initiatives on Washington’s fall ballot
(The Center Square) – A recent Scott Rasmussen National Survey indicates outright majority support for two of the three initiatives on the ballot in Washington state this fall and a plurality of support for the remaining initiative, which jumps to an overwhelming majority when high fuel prices are considered. The survey of 800 registered voters […]
EXCLUSIVE: House GOP Touts Removal Of ‘Far-Left’ Initiatives In Defense Spending Bill
Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) are touting provisions to the annual defense spending bill targeting several left-wing policies and initiatives, according to a memo on the bill’s provisions obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The HASC passed on May 22 its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), an $883 […]