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News Articles: diversity, equity and inclusion

The Verizon logo is displayed on the exterior of a Verizon store. The FCC approved its $20 billion deal to buy Frontier Communications, a day after Verizon told the U.S. regulator that it would end many of its diversity-related policies.

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  • Business

Verizon ends DEI policies to get FCC's blessing for its $20 billion Frontier deal

It's the latest big company to back away from its diversity pledges to keep the U.S. government happy.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
Coty Raven Morris conducts the combined Rose and Thorn Choirs singing an African piece called "Modimo" at the <a href="https://www.pdx.edu/arts/events/from-the-dust1"target="_blank"   >From the Dust</a> concert performed at First Congregational Church in Portland in November, 2023.

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  • Health

In order to have conversations -- start by singing

To foster equity and community, people gather several times a year to sing together in Portland, Oregon. The woman behind this effort has twice been nominated for a Grammy in music education.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
An American flag flies outside a Walmart store in Miami. In 2020, Walmart was one of many large U.S. companies that pledged to fight racism and increase internal diversity. But now it, Amazon, Facebook and many other companies are ending some of those programs.

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  • Business

How corporate America got DEI wrong

President Trump is accelerating the attacks on diversity-in-business programs. But DEI experts say this may be the wakeup call big companies need.

February 05, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

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  • Business

Trump calls DEI programs 'illegal.' He plans to end them in the federal government

President Trump has issued sweeping executive actions swiftly ending diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs within the federal government. Already, the work is underway.

January 23, 2025
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Some researchers say the African coral tree has a racial slur embedded in its name. This month, scientists at an international meeting voted to have that epithet removed.

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  • Science

Some plant names can be racist. Scientists are looking to rename them

An international group of researchers has voted to modify the scientific names of more than 200 plant species whose names carry a derogatory word.

August 01, 2024
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  • Ari Daniel
GPB News NPR

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  • Science

These American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove human monikers

The official naming organization for birds in the U. S. is making a bold move, after concerns were raised about birds being named after people with questionable histories.

November 02, 2023
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Corporate DEI programs have faced setbacks amid uncertain economic times and now political pressure from the right.

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  • Business

Corporate DEI initiatives are facing cutbacks and legal attacks

Corporate DEI positions soared after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Now, due to economic pressure and political pressure from the right, they face an uncertain future.

August 21, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Sesame Street Executive Producer Sal Perez and Grover

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  • Television

'Sesame Street' celebrates diversity with a history-making executive producer

The beloved children's TV show Sesame Street is back with an all-new season of shows devoted to diversity and inclusion. All of it is happening under the direction of a history-making new executive producer.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Leah Fleming
History teacher Wendy Leighton holds a copy of "They Called us Enemy," about the internment of Japanese Americans, while speaking about marginalized with her students at Monte del Sol Charter School, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Santa Fe, N.M.

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  • Education

New Mexico is pushing to be a 'model' for how race is taught in U.S. schools

Officials say they hope their standards can be a model for the country of social studies teaching that is culturally responsive, as student populations grow increasingly diverse.

January 20, 2022
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