#dei-policy

#dei-policy

The verticals NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT will no longer have teams dedicated, but will continue to publish stories related to specific groups. One source told The Wrap that NBC may retain as little as five staffers who would be responsible for publishing content across the verticals. They added that the cuts didn't target specific teams and were driven by budget and the network's want to streamline its efforts. This has not yet been confirmed by NBC publicly.

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Secretary of war Pete Hegseth has fired a navy trans healthcare specialist, Janelle Marra, after being "tipped off" by Libs of TikTok. The right-wing social media account, run by founder Chaya Raichik, has regularly attacked the LGBTQ+ community over the years. Their latest target was commander Janelle Marra whose Defence Health Agency bio revealed that she "began her naval service through a health professions scholarship programme in 2004".

The Trump administration's efforts to reshape federal cultural institutions as part of a broader attack on what the president characterizes as "woke" or diversity, equity, and inclusion policies have left many Indigenous arts and culture institutions in a challenging position, according to leaders at those institutions as well as culture workers and advocates who spoke to Truthout. Institutions offering Indigenous arts and culture programming,

Over the past several months, many of you have asked me about the future of supplier diversity programs. The question is timely-and urgent. Recent executive orders from the Trump Administration have directly targeted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, creating uncertainty for both federal contractors and the private sector. Programs that once opened doors for minority-, women-, and LGBTQ+-owned businesses to fairly compete are being rolled back or reframed under new restrictions.