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Examining Impact of DEI Rollback on Target Revenue

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Examining Impact of DEI Rollback on Target Revenue Trends Q1, this article shows how DEI pullbacks and boycotts drove a $680M drop in Q1 sales. Target sales have dropped drastically, more than analysts predicted in their first quarter. The company expects sales to continue to decline throughout the remainder of the year. Shoppers have been pulling back due to concerns about tariffs and the broader economy. However, that can’t be the only reason for the company’s sales to be down $680 million in the first quarter. DEI pullbacks and boycotts are responsible for the major decline.  Identifying the Key Factors

Verizon Ends DEI to Secure FCC Approval for $20B Deal

Learn how Verizon DEI policy changes enabled FCC approval of its $20B Frontier deal and reshaped corporate DEI trends. Verizon has become the latest big company to end policies around diversity, equity and inclusion, or “DEI,” in order to keep the U.S. government happy. Verizon DEI Policy Reversal: Strategic Motivations It seems to have worked: on Friday, the Federal Communications Commission approved Verizon’s $20 billion deal to buy broadband provider Frontier Communications. The FCC said that the deal will allow Verizon to upgrade the technology providing internet access to 25 states, including rural communities, and to deploy fiber-optic access to at least 1 million

DOJ Charges NJ Congresswoman Over Immigration Facility Clash

By Raquel Coronell Uribe and Ryan J. Reilly The Justice Department has filed charges against a Democratic member of Congress, alleging that she assaulted law enforcement officers during a protest outside an immigration detention facility in New Jersey earlier this month. Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., faces two counts of assaulting, resisting, and impeding law enforcement officials in connection with an incident at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark, according to court documents made public on Tuesday. Interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba, who served as Trump’s personal attorney and previously worked as counselor to the president,

Student Loan Defaults Spike Under Trump Repayment Policy

Student loan delinquencies have surged, according to the New York Federal Reserve’s latest household debt report released May 13, following the Trump administration’s decision to end the Biden-era pause on reporting missed payments. According to the Fed, a serious federal student loan delinquency occurs when a borrower misses payments for 90 days or more. That rate jumped from 1% in the first quarter of 2024 to nearly 8% in the same period of 2025, coinciding with the resumption of delinquency reporting. Daniel Mangrum, a research economist at the New York Fed, noted the increase in his comments on the report in

Malcolm X Assassination Files: Centennial Call to Action

By Lexx Thornton Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. His powerful oratory, his role as a key figure in the Nation of Islam, and his advocacy for Black nationalism and Black self-defense are some of the key highlights that made him a dominate force in America. Being born in 1925 this year marks his centennial birthday and in celebration of his 100th birthday Malcom X’s family is pressing President Trump to release government files on assassination. The iconic

NJ Transit strike ends after shutting down New Jersey trains for weekend, union says

By Ry Rivard The strike that idled NJ Transit trains is over after three days. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen said Sunday night that after two days of post-strike negotiations they’d reached a deal and “will return to work.” State officials said rail service wouldn’t begin again until Tuesday, though the union had said it would be back on Monday. NJ Transit is asking only essential workers to use its system on Monday and will be using the contingency plan it spent months working on as the strike loomed. The union, known as BLET, was seeking pay comparable to

Black college seniors graduating into soft labor market and reduced DEI practices

By Cela Migan Howard University senior Dezmond Rosier had his sights set on the federal government to begin his career. The 22-year-old, who graduated this month with a bachelor’s degree in political science and an economics minor, planned to apply to the Department of Education, but cuts to the department’s workforce and the Trump administration’s efforts to ditch anything related to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives prompted him to change course. Rosier, a first-generation college student, said President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to dismantle the Department of Education and his moves to put the plan in motion once he entered the White House

Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress

By Kyle Stewart and Nnamdi Egwuonwu President Donald Trump fired the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, on Thursday, according to a copy of her termination email obtained by NBC News. In the email sent to Hayden, Trent Morse, the deputy director of presidential personnel, wrote: “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately.” The email was shared with congressional Democrats and obtained by NBC News. Principal Deputy Librarian Robert Newlen sent an email Thursday informing library employees of Hayden’s dismissal, according to a copy obtained by

Trump signs executive order seeking to lower US drug costs by challenging prices in other countries

By Tami Luhby President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday morning that promises to crack down on “unreasonable or discriminatory” practices by foreign countries that result in Americans paying far higher costs for prescription drugs. “Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the health care of foreign countries, which is what we were doing,” Trump said before signing the executive order, which he claimed could lower drug prices by as much as 90%. Also, drugmakers must start offering US patients the lowest price paid for a drug in a peer country, known as the “Most Favored Nation” price, or face

American Council of Learned Societies Announces 2025 ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellows and Grantees

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the 2025 awardees of the ACLS HBCU Faculty Fellowship and Grant Program, which supports exceptional research by faculty in the humanities and interpretive social sciences at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This year’s 20 awardees come from 11 HBCUs and represent a range of scholarly approaches to humanistic research, community engaged work, and pedagogical innovation. Eight fellows will receive up to $50,000 each to support long-term engagement with a research project. Twelve grantees will receive $10,000 each to support early-stage project development and small-scale research-grounded projects. Both awards are designed to offer flexible support that attends

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