WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: * * * 'Architect' of Law Firm DEI Programs Dissolves * Diversity Lab LLC, a for-profit diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) consultancy, has permanently ceased operations following a Federal Trade Commission investigation. The company informed the FTC that it filed paperwork to dissolve itself as a business entity with the California Secretary of State on Friday. Earlier this year, the FTC opened a formal inquiry into anticompetitive behavior related to more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: * * * University of Kansas administrator says they 'have to teach' anti-racism, DEI It seems that public institutions in Kansas see laws as mere suggestions. At the University of Kansas's School of Social Welfare, for example, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is still heavily injected into the curriculum, in spite of a law banning such practices. "We're an accredited program and so we have to teach anti-racist diversity, equity, and inclusion. Like that is the princip more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 2 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson fights against DEI mandates at SCOTUS * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined a 15-state friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that supports a challenge to California's DEI mandates. The specific law requires doctors to receive instruction on implicit bias in order to keep their license to practice medicine. It also requires the instructors to promote DEI concepts, more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * CMS Removes Biden-Era DEI Framework from Kidney Transplant Program Following America First Legal's Rulemaking Petition * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a final rule dismantling the Biden Administration's "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) framework embedded within the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model-a federal kidney transplant program that injected race more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 4 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * DEI Is on the Defense. Arizona Must End It in the Constitution * DEI in Arizona is, thankfully, facing a reckoning with a new federal investigation and now a major case before the Arizona Supreme Court. With these and other developments, now is the time for lawmakers to end discriminatory "diversity, equity, and inclusion" practices for good by giving voters the chance to enshrine protections in the state constitution through HCR2044.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 3, 2026: * * * Justice Department Launches Title VI Investigation into DEI Programs at Arizona State University The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced today that it launched an investigation into diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at Arizona State University (ASU). Recent viral videos indicating ASU denied equal treatment to students based on race, color, or national origin -- while attempting to hide its discriminatory  more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Liberty In Action: DEI's Reckoning * We've seen it in universities. We've seen it in K-12 schools. We've seen it in government. DEI has burrowed into American culture at all levels and in every state. And that's why the Goldwater Institute has been leading a national fight to combat it at every turn. Now, we're taking the fight to the Arizona Supreme Court on behalf of Arizona State University Professor Owen Anderson, who was blocked more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Goldwater Institute posted the following news: * * * Liberty In Action: Target: DEI * We've seen it in universities. We've seen it in K-12 schools. We've seen it in government. DEI has burrowed into American culture at all levels and in every state. And that's why the Goldwater Institute has been leading a national fight to combat it at every turn. Now, we're taking the fight to the Arizona Supreme Court on behalf of Arizona State University Professor Owen Anderson, who was blocked by  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Ralph Norman, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Norman Bill Cracks Down on DEI Abuse in Federal Research Funding * WASHINGTON -Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC) introduced legislation to prohibit federal agencies from using Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) requirements or ideological tests when awarding taxpayer-funded research grants. The Merit Restoration Act would apply to all federal research agencies, ensuring grants are awarded based on scientific merit, quality of research, an more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Accuracy in Media issued the following news: * * * ASU Admin Says: "We Are DEI" Despite Board of Regents Ban Arizona State University administrators continue to openly defend and promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives despite federal bans, state bans, Arizona Board of Regents bans, and legal action surrounding DEI programs in higher education. The latest hidden-camera footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGbmUGL1hTk) released by Accuracy in Media captures yet another ASU administrator acknowledging th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Merit Restoration Act, originally introduced by Rep. Ralph Norman, R-SC, on June 2, 2026, has been analyzed by the Congressional Research Service. The bill aims to prohibit federal research agencies and recipients of federal research grants from employing certain diversity, equity, or inclusion practices deemed inappropriate or discriminatory. This legislation arises amidst a growing debate over the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within government-funded research. Proponents argue that DEI  more ST