Most Popular Diversity Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Diversity Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Anti-DEI Shareholders Are Attacking Corporate America’s Diversity Programs

Aug 12 2024 // For conservative groups, losing big at company annual meetings is still winning.That’s because their growing presence at the shareholder gatherings is simultaneously disrupting management plans and generating...

#2 Death of Nasdaq Diversity Rule Signals More Trouble for DEI

Dec 16 2024 // The message from Nasdaq as the Black Lives Matter movement exploded across the US: push for diversity – or prepare to explain.Four years later, a federal appeals court has struck down an attempt by Nasdaq’s US...

#3 Deere Retreats From Diversity Measures After Online Attacks

Jul 17 2024 // Deere & Co., the world’s top farm machinery maker, is pulling back from diversity measures in the face of conservative criticism, the second agriculture-related company in less than a month to bend to such...

#4 Walmart, World’s Biggest Retailer, Will Curb Diversity Efforts

Nov 26 2024 // Walmart Inc. is reversing course on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of businesses retreating on DEI programs targeted by conservative activists.The world’s biggest retailer will no...

#5 Bar Association’s Diversity and Inclusion Policy Upheld on Appeal

Dec 26 2024 // A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that the state bar association’s diversity policy of setting aside a certain number of its governance seats for members of under-represented minority groups is a legal exercise of...

#6 NFL Diversity Policies Are Racist, Conservative Group Says

Feb 7 2024 // A conservative U.S. legal group has accused the National Football League (NFL) and its teams of engaging in discrimination through its influential “Rooney Rule,” which requires teams to interview at least one...

#7 McDonald’s Retires Some Diversity Goals in Latest Corporate Retreat

Jan 6 2025 // McDonald’s Corp. is revamping its approach to diversity, equity and inclusion, becoming the latest large company to change its strategy as the once-ubiquitous goals come under pressure from conservative advocates.The...

#8 Supreme Court Leaves Intact Elite School’s Diversity Policy

Feb 21 2024 // A divided US Supreme Court refused to question an admissions policy at a competitive Virginia public high school, turning away contentions that the program was designed to reduce the percentage of Asian-American...

#9 Honeywell Defeats Fired Engineer’s Appeal Over Diversity Training

Jul 11 2024 // Honeywell did not violate workplace anti-discrimination laws by firing a white engineer who refused to participate in mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion training after the Black Lives Matter movement began, a U.S....

#10 Tesla Drops Minority-Worker Language After Musk’s Rants Over Diversity Initiatives

Feb 1 2024 // Tesla Inc. removed language about minority workers and supporting employee resource groups from one of its regulatory filings after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s recent comments criticizing diversity...

#11 Women in Finance Criticize City of London’s ‘Tokenistic’ Diversity Efforts

Jan 18 2024 // Testimonies from 40 women across banking, insurance, and asset management in Britain describe diversity and inclusion initiatives as often “tokenistic,” and lacking the “teeth” to make a change in...

#12 US Appeals Court Tosses Nasdaq Board Diversity Rules

Dec 13 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Nasdaq could not impose rules designed to increase diversity in corporate America by requiring companies listed on the exchange to have women and minority directors on their...

#13 Group That Sued Pfizer Over Diversity Program Loses Appeal

Mar 7 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by a conservative group opposed to diversity initiatives in medicine that challenged a Pfizer fellowship program designed to boost the pipeline of Black,...

#14 State Bar of Wisconsin Agrees to Change Diversity Definition in Lawsuit Settlement

Apr 8 2024 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin association representing attorneys agreed last week to change the definition of “diversity” to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a conservative law firm that argued its...

#15 People Moves: Lara Makes Appointments to California Curriculum Board and Insurance Diversity Task Force

Apr 29 2024 // Ricardo Lara California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara made several appointments to the state’s curriculum board and insurance diversity task force. Lara named Aretha Hartley as the newest member of the...

#16 People Moves: Lara Appoints New Members to California Insurance Diversity Task Force

Jun 14 2024 // Ricardo Lara California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara appointed Alycia Anderson, Kelly Huang and Marquita Thomas to the state’s Insurance Diversity Task Force. The task force oversees the department’s...

#17 Unifying Voices in Insurance: Forum Brings Together Industry Groups to Discuss Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

May 20 2024 // Bringing more diversity to the insurance industry will take intentional, deliberate effort and teamwork.That’s the encouraging outlook from a panel of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) thought leaders that...

#18 UK Finance Watchdog Plans on Diversity Targets a ‘Bad Idea,’ Minister Says

Apr 19 2024 // Plans by Britain’s financial regulator to require firms to set targets for improving diversity could be counterproductive, UK business and women minister Kemi Badenoch said on Thursday.The Financial Conduct Authority...

#19 You Need Diversity to Grow: Ako Founder Nnaji Talks Success Strategies

Aug 5 2024 // The future is diverse and community is key.That’s the message from Ngozi Nnaji, founder and managing partner of Ako Insurance Consultants. She started the agency in response to the growing need for the insurance...