Philadelphia ends DEI standards for business contracts amid Trump’s federal ban and people are reacting
Philadelphia is ending its DEI standards for government contracts with businesses throughout the city, ending a decades-old practice as public and private sectors grapple with President Donald Trump‘s crusade against diversity programs. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, the administration of Mayor Cherelle Parker, the city’s first woman and Black female mayor, will no longer enforce its goal of ensuring 35% of contracts go to minority, women, or disabled-owned enterprises. The government contracts are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The […]
