President Donald Trump ramped up his criticism of the private sector’s use of diversity, equity, and inclusion principles in a sweeping executive order issued late Tuesday.
The order aims to “encourage” companies to end “illegal” DEI programs by redefining them as a form of discrimination. It directs a whole-of-government effort to pressure companies to stop using DEI initiatives, ordering the heads of every agency to submit reports on what they can do to discourage such programs.
The request is part of a broader order that also weakened the Department of Labor office that ensures companies that hold contracts with the ...