Japanese firms have long lagged behind their Western peers on gender equality. A US crackdown on diversity may give them a chance to shine 🎁 Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the Smithsonian Institution to remove references to “improper ideology” from its programs and exhibitions, the latest effort from the White House to crack down on teachings regarding race and gender 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

EXCLUSIVE: @emilyflitter.bsky.social reports that the Treasury is moving to protect a crucial financial lifeline for millions of low-income and under-served Americans 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

An influential investor group blasted UBS over a perceived retreat from sustainability policies, highlighting the reputational risks that banks face when they roll back previous commitments 🎁 Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Federal workers laid off in connection with President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders said their terminations were discriminatory and violated their First Amendment rights, in an administrative complaint seeking reinstatement to their jobs 🎁 Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A global overhaul at HSBC has seen female executives in Asia lose out after the lender asked managers to reapply for senior roles in the combined corporate and institutional banking unit 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

President Donald Trump’s aggressive government cost-cutting agenda is forcing his Treasury chief to balance support for that mission with efforts to protect a crucial financial lifeline for millions of low-income Americans 🎁 Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SCOOP: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to meet Tuesday with executives of companies that make infant formula in the US, according to people familiar with the roundtable discussion 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

For the first time in its 104-year history, the NY-NJ Port Authority will have an all-female leadership team, and says it is underscoring its commitment to diversity despite mounting pressure from President Trump to dismantle DEI 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Conservative influencer Robby Starbuck says the gender pay gap is down to women choosing lower-paid work. McKinsey seems to agree. 🎁 Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

A US judge temporarily blocked the deportation of a Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University who was arrested over the weekend after he led anti-Israel protests at the Ivy League campus 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Drilling has started on the iconic Black Lives Matter mural in Washington, DC. 🎁 Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether scores of state and local governments are violating the Constitution by barring licensed counselors from trying to change a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity. 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Gender equality gains have stalled and at this rate, it will take 134 years to reach full parity, according to a report by JPMorgan 🎁 Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

We asked some prominent MAGA influencers and supporters what they think about International Women's Day....here's what they said 🎁 Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Amazing visuals (and text) from the NYT on the state of drone warfare in Ukraine. 🎁 Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Here is a very handy guide on all of Trump's executive orders so far. Good resource! 🎁 Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

And another two... Coca-Cola and PepsiCo both government contractors, are preparing to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning DEI programs, according to people familiar with the matter www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened a civil lawsuit against Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its maps service 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Exclusive: Rothschild allegedly assaulted six women over three decades A must-read investigation 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

If a teacher wants guidance on how to support LGBTQ students...well, that web page no longer exists. It’s one of more than 350 government web pages related to the LGBTQ community that have been deleted from federal government websites 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Jamie Dimon said JPMorgan will scale back spending on some diversity initiatives that he sees as a waste of money, while he also reiterated the bank’s commitment to working with Black, Hispanic and LGBTQ communities 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Is DEI over? It probably just seems that way. Most companies haven’t announced the end to DEI and employment lawyers insist that most DEI programs remain legal, at least as the 1964 Civil Rights law has been interpreted by courts so far 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Goldman CEO David Solomon topped global headlines five years ago when he announced the bank would no longer underwrite IPOs for companies if their boards were all White men. That came to an abrupt end this week, when Goldman abandoned its requirement. 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

The US may use “trade tools” to retaliate against European ESG regulations that affect American companies, said Howard Lutnick, US President Donald Trump’s pick to become commerce secretary 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Scoop: McKinsey & Co. pledged to prioritize diversity across its workforce, despite US President Donald Trump ordering his government to push private firms to scrap equity and inclusion policies 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US State Department workers reviewing the passport applications of transgender people have been ordered to automatically categorize them as male or female based on evidence of their “biological sex at birth," according to a memo seen by Bloomberg News 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

More news on ending the push for diverse boards...Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a major adviser to investors on how to vote in company meetings, will stop considering diversity as a factor for US corporate boards 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Another DEI initiative bites the dust...this time Goldman Sachs is abandoning a significant pledge it made in 2020 to refuse initial public offering business with companies that had all White, male boards 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Booz Allen, a US government defense contractor, is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, citing President Donald Trump’s executive order pressuring federal suppliers to cancel diversity practices 🎁Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Accenture, the professional services firm with nearly 800,000 employees globally, is abandoning its diversity targets to comply with US President Donald Trump's push to ban DEI 🎁Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

When Trump said this week that the more than 2 million residents of Gaza should move abroad so US companies could clear the landscape and rebuild it after the Israel-Hamas war, he was condemned across the world, including by many Gazans 🎁Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Two women filed complaints with the police in 2019 alleging that the financier Evelyn de Rothschild sexually assaulted them 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The National Women’s Soccer League agreed to create a $5 million fund to compensate players who suffered from “systemic” harassment and sexual misconduct at the hands of coaches and officials for more than a decade 🎁Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Harvard University was sued by three former University of Pennsylvania female swimmers who claim they were discriminated against when a transgender teammate beat them in the Ivy League championship in 2022 🎁Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Oklahoma is poised to become the first Republican state to try to use its influence as an investor to end DEI in corporate America, targeting companies including Amazon.com, Netflix and Alphabet in shareholder proxy proposals 🎁Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

All federal agencies should terminate initiatives related to DEIA — diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility — including in internships, hiring panels, candidate pools and employee resource groups, according to a memo by the US OPM 🎁Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

President Trump proposed the US taking over the Gaza Strip and assuming responsibility for reconstructing the war-torn territory during a press conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu 🎁 Gift Link: Trump Says US Could ‘Take Over’ Gaza, Send Refugees to Neighbors www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

President Trump will sign an executive order that bans transgender female athletes from participating in women’s sports, seizing on an issue that galvanized many conservative voters. 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

American restaurants are falling victim to a national egg shortage that has already plagued grocery stores from New York City to San Francisco and sent prices to $7 a carton. 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

More than 20,000 employees — about 1% of the federal workforce — have signed up for an offer to quit their jobs in exchange for a deferred resignation deal that would have taxpayers continue to pay their salaries through the end of September 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

President Trump’s executive orders targeting allegedly discriminatory DEI programs should be blocked for infringing on First Amendment and due process rights, a group of challengers said in a new federal lawsuit 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

USAID is on the brink of collapse. Over the weekend, while the world was distracted by President Donald Trump’s trade war against Canada and Mexico, the body’s website quietly went dark... 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In the UK, some breaking news in the largest ever private sector equal pay claim: British supermarket chain Asda lost a crucial ruling in its $1.5 billion pay dispute against women who are leading the case on behalf of tens of thousands of store workers www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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There's a subtle but growing tension between traditionally libertarian free speech advocates and President Donald Trump’s efforts to root out “wokeness.” This story by my colleague @simonefoxman.bsky.social breaks it down 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

What ever happened to free speech? @simonefoxman.bsky.social takes a look at the opponents of DEI who think the president’s executive orders have gone too far www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Hear from our journalists! They've been covering the anti-DEI backlash from the start and have a lot of insights on how President Donald Trump's orders banning DEI in the federal government and beyond will impact you

HAPPENING SOON: What's the impact of Trump's widespread attack on corporate and federal diversity programs? Bloomberg journalists discuss the latest news and answer your questions. Join our Live Q&A at 12 p.m. EST: bloom.bg/4hjEOk0

The roll out - and then the quick rescission - of the mandate to pause all federal loans and grants was chaotic. And the tumult it unleashed for those that rely on these funds is reverberating across the country and raising real concerns 🎁Gift Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...