US news | The GuardianApr 13
Georgia Republican governor candidate runs slew of anti-immigration ads ahead of primary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/rick-jackson-georgia-anti-immigration-ads #Georgia #UsPolitics #Republicans #UsNews #UsImmigration #DeiPolicies #Transgender
Georgia Republican governor candidate runs slew of anti-immigration ads ahead of primary

Rick Jackson is flooding Georgia’s media markets with ads attacking immigrants, transgender people and DEI

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US news | The GuardianMar 27
Florida axes sociology as required class at state universities in latest attack on ‘woke’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/27/florida-sociology-university-class #Florida #HigherEducation #UsNews #UsUniversities #UsEducation #HigherEducationPolicy #Sociology #DeiPolicies
Florida axes sociology as required class at state universities in latest attack on ‘woke’

Move by state education officials picked by Republican governor removes the course as a graduation component

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US news | The GuardianMar 18
Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/florida-colleges-push-back-race-gender-restrictions #Florida #Education #Sociology #UsUniversities #UsNews #UsEducation #Race #Gender #Sexuality #HigherEducation #DeiPolicies
Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’

Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught

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World news | The GuardianMar 16
London book fair roundup: Idris Elba’s thriller deal, the rise of romcom, and fights against censorship https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/16/london-book-fair-roundup-idris-elbas-thriller-deal-the-rise-of-romcom-and-fights-against-censorship #LondonBookFair #Publishing #Books #Culture #UkNews #Fiction #AutobiographyAndMemoir #ChildrenAndTeenagers #FantasyBooks #RomanceBooks #Censorship #DeiPolicies #IdrisElba
London book fair roundup: Idris Elba’s thriller deal, the rise of romcom, and fights against censorship

The actor led the starry book deals, while publishers assessed whether US-style bans are spreading to the UK

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Business | The Guardian USFeb 19
‘DEI is dead, equality isn’t’: experts chart path forward amid Trump’s culture war https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/how-equality-wins-book-dei-trump-culture-war #DeiPolicies #Business #Books #UsWorkCareers #UsUniversities #Race #Gender #UsNews
‘DEI is dead, equality isn’t’: experts chart path forward amid Trump’s culture war

Two law professors outline strategies for equality’s survival in a Trumpian post-DEI era in new book How Equality Wins

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Business | The Guardian USFeb 17
Goldman Sachs to drop race, gender and LGBTQ+ criteria from board evaluations https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/17/goldman-sachs-board-diversity-candidates-nlpc #Business #GoldmanSachs #Gender #Race #LgbtqRights #DeiPolicies
Goldman Sachs to drop race, gender and LGBTQ+ criteria from board evaluations

The move follows pressure from an activist shareholder group seeking end to DEI requirements

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World news | The GuardianJan 7
UK LGBTQ+ charities are in ‘hostile environment’ amid falling donations, experts warn https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/07/uk-lgbtq-charities-are-in-hostile-environment-amid-falling-donations-experts-warn #Charities #LgbtqRights #UkNews #Gender #DeiPolicies #TrumpAdministration #Transgender #Pride
UK LGBTQ+ charities are in ‘hostile environment’ amid falling donations, experts warn

Stonewall’s corporate funding halves against backdrop of US attacks on DEI and freezing of aid for LGBTQ+ causes

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US news | The GuardianNov 19
State department to cut 38 universities from research program over DEI policies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/19/universities-state-department-dei-research-program #Trumpadministration #USuniversities #DEIpolicies #USnews
State department to cut 38 universities from research program over DEI policies

Exclusive: Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices

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Opinion | The Guardian USOct 22
US leaders are erasing Black history. That threatens our future | Stacey Abrams and Esosa Osa https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/22/us-black-history-dei #Civilrightsmovement #Trumpadministration #DEIpolicies #USpolitics #USnews #Race
US leaders are erasing Black history. That threatens our future

DEI is being used as a smokescreen to roll back progress and consolidate power. The goal is to rewrite our nation’s story

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US news | The GuardianOct 15, 2025
Trump’s education department leans on rightwing groups to select targets for investigation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/trump-education-department-rightwing-activists-investigation #Trumpadministration #LGBTQ+rights #USeducation #Transgender #DEIpolicies #USpolitics #Schools #USnews
How rightwing groups help Trump’s education department target school districts

Conservative groups are aiding the administration’s crackdown on equity policies in schools across the US

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