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P
resident Trump has started his second term by issuing several anti-DE&I measures. Among them, he rolled back 60 years of equal opportunity employment and directed his government to examine private sector DE&I initiatives.O
n Tuesday evening, Trump issued two new executive orders aimed at eliminating DE&I from the federal government. The first directive places all government DE&I professionals on paid leave, effective today at 5pm ET. He also directed federal agencies to “enforce our longstanding civil-rights laws and to combat illegal private-sector DE&I preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities.
”However, it’s worth noting that most current public and private sector DE&I initiatives