Japanese firms have long lagged behind their Western peers on gender equality. A US crackdown on diversity may give them a chance to shine.

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the Smithsonian Institution to remove references to “improper ideology” from its programs and exhibitions, the latest effort from the White House...

The Treasury department has moved to protect a financial program for low-income and under-served communities after President Donald Trump ordered its functions be eliminated to the maximum extent lega...

An influential investor group blasted UBS Group AG over a perceived retreat from sustainability policies, highlighting the reputational risks that banks face when they roll back previous commitments.

Federal workers laid off in connection with President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders said their terminations were discriminatory and violated their First Amendment rights, in an administrati...

A global overhaul at HSBC Holdings Plc has seen female executives in Asia lose out after the lender asked managers to reapply for senior roles in the combined corporate and institutional banking unit.

President Donald Trump’s aggressive government cost-cutting agenda is forcing his Treasury chief to balance support for that mission with efforts to protect a crucial financial lifeline for millions o...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to meet Tuesday with executives of companies that make infant formula in the US, according to people familiar with the roundtable ...

For the first time in its 104-year history, the agency that runs the New York City-area airports and seaports will have an all-female leadership team, and says it is underscoring its commitment to div...

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A US judge temporarily blocked the deportation of a Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University who was arrested over the weekend after he led anti-Israel protests at the Ivy League campus.

Drilling has started on the iconic Black Lives Matter mural in Washington, DC.

The US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether scores of state and local governments are violating the Constitution by barring licensed counselors from trying to change a child’s sexual orientation o...

Gender equality gains have stalled and at this rate, it will take 134 years to reach full parity, according to a report by JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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What he’s signed—and what it means.

What he’s signed—and what it means.

Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc., both government contractors, are preparing to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to people...

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened a civil lawsuit against Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its maps service following an executive order Donald Trump signed aft...

The butler summoned the young female employee to Evelyn de Rothschild’s private office at his grand manor house in Buckinghamshire, northwest of London.

If a teacher wanted to find guidance in early January on how to support LGBTQ students, they could have accessed a government website for resources. That web page no longer exists.

Jamie Dimon said JPMorgan Chase & Co. will scale back spending on some diversity initiatives that he sees as a waste of money, while he also reiterated the bank’s commitment to working with Black,...

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Jeff Green is a reporter for Bloomberg News’ Equality team. He covers topics ranging from diversity in the workplace to the battle over corporate policies. You can subscribe here, and share feedback h...

The US may use “trade tools” to retaliate against European ESG regulations that affect American companies, said Howard Lutnick, US President Donald Trump’s pick to become commerce secretary.

US State Department workers reviewing the passport applications of transgender people have been ordered to automatically categorize them as male or female based on evidence of their “biological sex at...

Institutional Shareholder Services, which advises investors on how to vote in company meetings, will stop considering diversity as a factor for US corporate boards, citing anti-DEI orders from Preside...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is abandoning a significant pledge it made to refuse initial public offering business with companies that had all White, male boards.

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., a US government defense contractor, is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, citing President Donald Trump’s executive order pressuring federal suppli...

Accenture Plc, the professional services firm with nearly 800,000 employees around the world, is abandoning its diversity targets after US President Donald Trump ordered his administration to push pri...

As soon as the Gaza ceasefire was finalized last month, Emad Shomar headed north to find the home he hadn’t seen in 15 months. He found himself in a bewildering moonscape of ruination, his house bulld...

Two women filed complaints with the police in 2019 alleging that the financier Evelyn de Rothschild sexually assaulted them at his country house in Buckinghamshire.

The National Women’s Soccer League agreed to create a $5 million fund to compensate players who suffered from “systemic” harassment and sexual misconduct at the hands of coaches and officials for more...

Harvard University was sued by three former University of Pennsylvania female swimmers who claim they were discriminated against when a transgender teammate beat them in the Ivy League championship in...

Oklahoma is poised to become the first Republican state to try to use its influence as an investor to end DEI in corporate America, targeting companies including Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. in s...

The Trump administration ordered agency and department heads to move forward in eliminating any programs and initiatives that are based on race, gender or other characteristics covered by civil rights...

President Donald Trump proposed the US taking over the Gaza Strip and assuming responsibility for reconstructing the war-torn territory during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin N...

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order that bans transgender female athletes from participating in women’s sports, seizing on an issue that galvanized many conservative voters.

American restaurants are falling victim to a national egg shortage that has already plagued grocery stores from New York City to San Francisco and sent prices to $7 a carton.

More than 20,000 employees — about 1% of the federal workforce — have signed up for an offer to quit their jobs in exchange for a deferred resignation deal that would have taxpayers continue to pay th...

President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting allegedly discriminatory DEI programs in business, higher education, and elsewhere should be blocked for infringing on First Amendment and due proce...

Charities, diplomats and foreign officials around the world are frantically trying to figure out what will happen to the US agency that doles out over $40 billion in aid for everything from life-savin...

British supermarket chain Asda Group Ltd. lost a crucial ruling in its £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) equal pay dispute as a UK court found a number of the jobs done by female employees were of equal val...

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The memo dropped late on Monday evening after a weeklong flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump, and was rescinded less than 48 hours later. But the mandate to pause all federal loans ...