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DEI aviation programs slammed by Trump existed during his first term, reports finds

Diversity programs for federal aviation workers that President Donald Trump railed against on Thursday following the deadly plane-helicopter collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were actually launched and upheld during his first term, a new report by The Washington Post has found. During a press conference on Wednesday, Trump blamed diversity, equity, and inclusion policies for the tragedy that took 67 lives, claiming that the hiring programs set “mediocre” standards and were pushed by both his predecessor and successor, […]

January 31, 2025

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Van Jones calls President Trump ‘kindergartner’ for blaming DCA plane crash on DEI

CNN political contributor Van Jones slammed President Donald Trump’s remarks in which he blamed Wednesday’s deadly plane-helicopter collision on diversity, equity and inclusion hiring policies. “It’s appalling,” said Jones, a former Obama White House advisor who also worked with Trump’s first administration on criminal justice legislation. “I just can’t imagine what these families must be going through … it is every family’s worst nightmare to say goodbye to someone, to be texting you as they’re taking off, and then you […]

January 31, 2025

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Black leaders condemn Trump’s ‘racist’ remarks which blamed DEI for D.C. plane-helicopter crash

Black elected officials are condemning President Donald Trump‘s remarks on Thursday in which he blamed DEI hiring for the deadly Washington, D.C., airport collision of an American Airlines plane and Army helicopter. The Democratic leaders say that rather than bringing the country together and focusing the attention on the 67 victims and their families, Trump decided to traffic in “racist” attacks on communities of color and women. “This is a tragedy that occurred above DCA airport. Lives have been lost. […]

January 30, 2025

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Trump blames DEI, rails against Barack Obama, Pete Buttigieg amid DCA plane-helicopter crash

In his first public remarks reacting to Wednesday night’s collision of an American Airlines commercial plane and Army helicopter, President Donald Trump, without evidence, blamed DEI policies and railed against Democrats, including former Presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden and former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “We must have only the highest standards for those who work in our aviation system,” said Trump, who claimed that he changed “Obama standards” during his first term in office “from very mediocre, at best, […]

January 30, 2025

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Republican state officials pressure Costco to abandon its DEI policies

After doubling down on its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, wholesale giant Costco is being pressured by Republican state officials to abandon its commitment. In a letter to Costco CEO Ron Vachris signed by 19 attorneys general and led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, the group of top state legal officers argues that the retail company’s DEI policies are “unlawful” and discriminatory “Although Costco’s motto is ‘do the right thing,’ it appears that […]

January 29, 2025

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‘Stay tuned’: Civil rights groups prepare to take on Trump’s DEI ‘distortion campaign’

Civil rights leaders are still grappling with the weight of President Donald Trump’s swift and sweeping executive orders eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion and rolling back decades-old policies meant to guard Black and brown Americans from racial discrimination. But while many are contemplating and strategizing, it’s clear that civil rights groups aren’t going to take the orders lying down. “Stay tuned,” Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, told theGrio when asked about legal action the organization and others […]

January 27, 2025

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US Air Force reverses course after removing Tuskegee Airmen video amid Trump DEI ban backlash

The uproar over the US Air Force’s removal of a video of Tuskegee Airmen from its curriculum in response to a DEI ban has made its way to the highest levels of government causing them to about-face. Now the US Air Force says it will return the video about the famous Black World War II pilots back to the curriculum for service members, with confirmation coming from the new incoming defense secretary Pete Hegseth. “This will not stand,’ Hegseth wrote […]

January 27, 2025

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says DEI is actually rooted in the Constitution—here’s where to find it (Watch)

Though President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI has seemingly gutted racial equity for the foreseeable future throughout the federal government (with a snowball effect in the private sector), Democrats continue to push back. Party members have vowed to keep fighting for critical programs that Black and brown communities rely on and, more importantly, to call for the enforcement of the law that still prohibits discrimination. “No president in the United States of America […]

January 24, 2025

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‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin says President Trump is a DEI hire: ‘Did not earn it’

“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin did not mince words when discussing President Donald Trump‘s inauguration and his first day in office, which included a bevy of controversial executive order signings. Hostin, an attorney and former federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice, called out the “hypocrisy” of Trump being sworn in on the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., considering Trump ordered the elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices within the federal government and reversed a […]

January 21, 2025