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A transgender rights activist holds a flag during the Trans Day of Visibility rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC on March 31, 2025. Kayla Bartowski

Threatening diversity, threatening growth: the business effects of Trump’s anti‑DEI and anti‑trans agendas

In the lead-up to last year’s US presidential election and amid the new administration’s flurry of executive orders, some companies have changed their approaches to diversity, equity and inclusion.
More than 50 percent of US tech startup founders have previous experience in other companies. The work cultures of those former employers are not always easy to shake off. PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock

Tech startup culture is not as innovative as founders may think

Founders often carry over aspects of old workplace culture into new businesses.
Companies with DEI officials were more likely to take action following 2020’s racial justice protests, research shows. Wong Yu Liang/Getty Images

We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence

Only 1 in 5 Fortune 500 companies made strong racial justice commitments in response to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Those companies were more likely to have DEI staff.
Mae Reeves and her husband, Joel, pose with her hats at Mae’s Millinery in Philadelphia, circa 1953. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture/Gift from Mae Reeves and her children Donna Limerick and William Mincey Jr.

Mae Reeves used showstopping hats to fuel voter engagement and Black entrepreneurship

Mae Reeves was the creative and business force behind Mae’s Millinery, a pioneering boutique near the corner of 60th and Market streets in Philadelphia.
A totem pole is seen in front of the ceremonial entrance of the British Columbia legislature in Victoria, B.C., on March 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Trump’s tariffs threaten Indigenous businesses in Canada — the government must take action

Indigenous people and communities are up against unequal and harmful effects that are not only economic, but also social and cultural.

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