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DrALJONESInterview: "Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts"Chicago Teachers Union reached a tentative agreement with Chicago Public Schools that reaffirms sanctuary school protections, protects the ability to teach Black history, gives veteran teachers a raise, & more.“The collective bargaining agreement is a very powerful tool... to ensure that people are protected."~Stacy Davis Gates<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/1/stacy_davis_gates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/1/stacy_davis_gates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teacherunions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teacherunions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collectivebargaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#collectivebargaining</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dei</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> .

DrALJONESInterview: "Taking Down Everything Black”: Marc Bamuthi Joseph on Trump’s TakeoverTrump’s changes at the Kennedy Center destroyed a “sanctuary for freedom of thought & freedom of creative expression.” "The rhetoric from Trump & others “severely restricts & almost criminalizes demographic realities outside of white, straight, male Christianity.”<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/31/kennedy_center" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/31/kennedy_center</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kennedycenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kennedycenter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genderism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genderism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dei</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a> .

MediaFaro News DigestA US attempt to stop diversity initiatives in Europe faces backlash.Efforts by the US government to eliminate diversity initiatives have not been well-received in Europe, after companies in France received a letter saying Trump's rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives could also apply outside the US.France, Belgium and Spain are pushing back against the letter.<a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250331-a-us-attempt-to-stop-diversity-initiatives-in-europe-faces-backlash?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mediafaro.org/article/20250331-a-us-attempt-to-stop-diversity-initiatives-in-europe-faces-backlash?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</a><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#France</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Belgium</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Values</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inclusion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Radiojane"After centuries of attempting to assimilate francophones, Canada finally established new laws and approaches designed to ensure their equitable inclusion in the national government, including through the Official Languages Act of 1969 and the recognition of the importance of French in employment equity policies. This is, by any definition, part of a perfectly sensible DEI approach."<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/emmettmacfarlane/p/pierre-poilievre-actually-likes-woke?r=5p989&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/emmettmacfarlane/p/pierre-poilievre-actually-likes-woke?r=5p989&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CanadaElection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanadaElection2025</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Polievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polievre</a>

Catherine Morris“US government efforts to eliminate diversity initiatives are not going down well on the European continent. …<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#France</a>’s minister for foreign trade, said…the country won’t compromise after the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> State Department said that French companies who have contracts with the US government need to drop diversity, equity & inclusion [<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a>] initiatives. In neighboring <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Belgium</a>, where some companies received similar requests, the government lashed out at the new US rules.” | AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/french-companies-dei-us-trump-de655f8b936d2a53619f8dfef900fa40" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/french-companies-dei-us-trump-de655f8b936d2a53619f8dfef900fa40</a>

PhreakByteRegarding this request from <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/usembassy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usembassy</a> . My response <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a>

DB 🌱💦European government officials and business representatives have poured scorn on a request from the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> State Department for companies to drop diversity, equity and inclusion (<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a>) measures.“We have no lessons to learn from the boss of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a>.” <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#France</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Belgium</a> <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/france-belgium-scoff-at-anti-dei-policy-letter-from-donald-trump-administration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.eu/article/france-belgium-scoff-at-anti-dei-policy-letter-from-donald-trump-administration/</a>

Flipboard Culture DeskDid you get the sense that Women's History Month was a bit of a damp squib this year, with fewer people writing about and discussing the annual observance, which started in 1987? <a href="https://flipboard.com/@19thnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@19thnews</a> discusses why that might have been the case: Trump's anti-DEI moves have killed or maimed some efforts to celebrate women's achievements, from an Ohio conference to Defense Department web pages.<a href="https://flip.it/.HKAIr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/.HKAIr</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensHistoryMonth</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DiversityEquityInclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DiversityEquityInclusion</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a>

Kenny Park<a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@heidilifeldman</a> 📢 > By allowing candidates from systemically marginalized populations an equal opportunity to compete, diversity initiatives promote merit-based hiring. To suggest otherwise is to blame marginalized people for their own marginalization. 📢 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a>

Will :toad:American friends -- this is how it's done. Canadian MP Charlie Angus defends Democracy & DEI. Stand together. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meVtjT7FsY4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meVtjT7FsY4</a><a href="https://toad.social/tags/CharlieAngus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CharlieAngus</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a>

Rab Bruce’s SpiderI can see UK suppliers giving in to this sort of bullying, but good luck getting the French to comply with Trump’s hate-filled orders. More likely, the US embassy will find it hard to get any supplies. It would serve them right.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a>France 'deeply shocked' by US demand to drop diversity initiatives <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/french-france-paris-donald-trump-government-b2724398.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/french-france-paris-donald-trump-government-b2724398.html</a>

The Japan TimesThe Trump administration has ordered some French companies with U.S. government contracts to comply with his executive order banning DEI programs, highlighting the extraterritorial reach of U.S. policies. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/31/companies/french-companies-trump-diversity-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/31/companies/french-companies-trump-diversity-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#companies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#france</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dei</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#us</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#republicans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jobs</a>

Littles 😈 Verified by the BossMom reading me who is NOT supporting Dumps DEI BS.Starbucks was in her list. If Starbucks started DEI firing, that would be their entire workforce. Duh <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DEIpurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEIpurge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpHate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/losertrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#losertrump</a>

HerzmutWas die Regenbogen-Logos im Juni wert sind, Beispiel 3.243: <a href="https://23.social/tags/CSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSD</a> <a href="https://23.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://23.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> <a href="https://23.social/tags/rainbow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rainbow</a> <a href="https://23.social/tags/Aldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aldi</a> <a href="https://23.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Ericka Simone(Raphael Saddiq voice) DO YOU KNOW WHAT TODAY IS? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jazz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a>From: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ErickaSimone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ErickaSimone</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ErickaSimone/114226569509993790" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@ErickaSimone/114226569509993790</a>

PKPs Powerfromspace1<a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@georgetakei</a> welcome to 4th Reich brought to you by Elon/Trump it's ridiculous that many Americans are okay with going along with this 🤔 Those anti <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> hire sure are working out well with more hilarious episodes to be revealed 🙄

jbzFrench companies stunned by US administration urging compliance with Trump policies.<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=bppEtun4VL4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=bppEtun4VL4</a><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#france</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dei</a>

Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)What I don't get is can't companies just pretend to cancel their <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> hiring policies and claim they are going to do "merit-based" (🙄) hiring and then just say oh sorry the best candidates were all these diverse people?Like how will <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> enforce this? Other than checking if they are hiring "too many non-white men"??My fear is that many companies have been salivating for any excuse to drop all DEI policies.<a href="https://phpc.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>

DrALJONESInterview: "Fired Kennedy Center VP Marc Bamuthi Joseph Speaks Out""The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has fired at least five members of its social impact team, including its artistic director, the renowned artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph."The team aimed to expand the art center’s reach to diverse audiences and to commission new works by Black composers."<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/27/kennedy_center_marc_bamuthi_joseph" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/27/kennedy_center_marc_bamuthi_joseph</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kennedycenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kennedycenter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marcbamuthijoseph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marcbamuthijoseph</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/performingarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#performingarts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dei</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> .

Petra van Cronenburg"France's trade ministry slammed what it described as "unacceptable" US anti-DEI interference". France24 <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250329-trump-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei-france-companies-executive-order-usa-europe-ban" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250329-trump-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei-france-companies-executive-order-usa-europe-ban</a> 😁<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnityInDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnityInDiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/yeah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yeah</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuckTrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DemocracyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocracyMatters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a>

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