Amid Trump’s battle against DEI, nonprofits filling critical labor gaps are caught in the crossfire
- The Trump administration's anti-DEI executive orders canceled federal grants to nonprofits supporting apprenticeship programs for women and minorities in skilled trades.
- These orders, aiming to end diversity initiatives, disrupted funding despite ongoing severe labor shortages and bipartisan support for recruiting women into construction trades.
- Chicago Women in Trades, founded in 1981 and reliant on federal funds for about 40% of its budget, filed a lawsuit after losing WANTO grants that supported apprenticeship readiness.
- Judge Matthew Kennelly issued a preliminary injunction safeguarding the Chicago Women in Trades' grant, determining that terminating the funding would exceed executive authority and disrupt the balance among government branches.
- The funding controversy threatens nonprofit programs critical to expanding workforce diversity, which advocates say help reduce pay gaps and address acute construction labor shortages nationwide.
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Virginia Beach School Board votes on DEI a third time, with another policy vote expected
In a closely divided decision, the Virginia Beach School Board voted 6-5 this week to continue its pause on diversity, equity and inclusive policies in the school district. The Trump administration issued directives threatening to cut federal funding for public schools with DEI programs and the vote marks the third time in five weeks the board has considered the future of DEI policies. It won’t be the last. The school board still needs to update…


Want Diversity? Start With Professional Sports
by Brian C. Joondeph, American Thinker: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are the new buzzwords of the day, expressing our modern woke culture and society. But for the next four years, DEI will DIE, but perhaps resurrect under a future Democrat administration. DEI has “DIEd” since President Donald Trump has “shut down all DEI offices across the […]
Red state treasurer reveals why state financial officers have 'obligation' to combat ESG, DEI
EXCLUSIVE: As Republican state financial officers across the country move to rid the government of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social and governance (ESG), Fox News Digital spoke to Utah’s state treasurer about the importance of bringing meritocracy and fiduciary responsibility back to markets and investments. "ESG introduces another motive or another motivation to address societal issues through the capital markets…
More women are landing construction jobs. Trump’s war on DEI could change that
Two years into Stephanie Stachura’s apprenticeship as an electrician in Chicago, she saw something she had never seen before: another woman working on the job site. “I had a fangirl moment because I was just in awe of her,” Stachura said. “She was older and had been in it since she was younger.”Stachura’s surprise stemmed from the fact that women make up a tiny proportion of workers in skilled construction trades in the United States. Just 2.7 p…
Ohio students face changes on campus as new state law rolls back diversity initiatives
Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has targeted diversity, equity and inclusion efforts nationwide, including on college campuses. In Ohio, a new state law is also challenging DEI programs, leaving students and faculty on both sides of the issue bracing for change. William Brangham reports for our series, Rethinking College.
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