Michigan Health Department Rebrands DEI Office

Michigan Renames Office Focused On Black Healthcare Due To DEI Concerns

Source: SDI Productions / Getty The Trump administration’s ongoing crusade against anything revolving around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has affected all facets of American life. From business, college admissions, to even the military, the administration has launched a concerted effort to make life harder for any Black, brown, and LGBTQ Americans. The attacks on DEI have even extended into healthcare, with Michigan quietly renaming on…

DEI Statements for Professors . . . and Plumbers

The latest incarnation of the loyalty oath is the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statement. Debate over DEI in all its many manifestations has been raging for some years, especially in the academy. Indeed, it has been three years since the Academic Freedom Alliance (AFA), which I helped found, and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression voiced concern over the use of DEI statements in faculty hiring, noting among other things…

Trump Staffs Education Department To Upend University DEI Programs

President Donald Trump tapped a slew of political appointees to the U.S. Department of Education last week, assembling a team to pressure Harvard and other universities to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

Michigan health department rebrands DEI office

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has quietly renamed its minority health office at a time when DEI programs are being threatened.

HHS Launches Investigation into Michigan Health System Over Conscience Rights Violations

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has initiated an investigation into a major health system in Michigan over allegations that it violated Federal conscience protection laws. The claims stem from an incident in which a medical professional was allegedly fired after requesting religious accommodations for practices she opposed on grounds of faith and moral conviction. The medica…

Pack The Court: SB129 Hearing

What To Know About SB129 In October 2024, Alabama Senate Bill 129 (SB129) went into effect on the state’s public college and university campuses, effectively ending programs, offices, and events related to the state’s own definition of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (“DEI”) and the teaching of so-called “divisive concepts”, a term defined vaguely and broadly to topics related to systemic inequalities of race, sexual orientation, gender ident…