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EEOC has indefinitely suspended all federal-sector class complaints, lawsuit claims

By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressJuly 29, 2026

Federal civil rights agency votes to scrap 60-year-old workforce diversity reporting rule

Federal civil rights agency votes to scrap 60-year-old workforce diversity reporting rule

By The Associated Press, Claire Savage and Alexandra OlsonJuly 21, 2026

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26 Meta employees accuse Mark Zuckerberg of using AI to target 8,000 layoffs against workers on medical, parental or family leave

By Barbara Ortutay, Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressJuly 15, 2026

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Today’s Equal Pay Day. Women and men still disagree about who has more economic opportunities

By Alexandra Olson, Claire Savage, Linley Sanders and The Associated PressMarch 26, 2026

Erika McEntarfer, the BLS head fired by Trump, got bipartisan support in her 2024 confirmation with votes from JD Vance and Marco Rubio

Erika McEntarfer, the BLS head fired by Trump, got bipartisan support in her 2024 confirmation with votes from JD Vance and Marco Rubio

By Fatima Hussein, Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressAugust 3, 2025

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Federal judge halts parts of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders that require contractors and grant recipients to certify compliance

By Claire Savage, Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressMarch 28, 2025

US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House

Trump fires 2 Democratic commissioners at agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace

By Alexandra Olson, Claire Savage and The Associated PressJanuary 29, 2025

Trump administration directs all federal DEI staff be put on leave in preparation for being laid off

Trump administration directs all federal DEI staff be put on leave in preparation for being laid off

By Alexandra Olson, Zeke Miller and The Associated PressJanuary 22, 2025

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Economists say America’s gender wage gap is getting worse again—the first major setback for working women in 20 years

By Alexandra Olson, Claire Savage and The Associated PressOctober 16, 2024

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Lilly Ledbetter, whose fight for equal pay led to the 2009 Fair Pay Act, dies at 86

By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressOctober 15, 2024

o-founders and CEOs of The Fearless Fund Arian Simone, center left, and Ayana Parsons, center right, speak to journalists outside the James Lawrence King Federal Building in Miami.

VC firm forced to close Black women’s grant program after lawsuit from conservative activists

By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressSeptember 11, 2024

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Some hotel workers clean up 17 rooms each shift and are going on strike

By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressSeptember 1, 2024

Fearless Fund co-founder steps down as operating chief as firm fights conservative backlash against diversity programs

Fearless Fund co-founder steps down as operating chief as firm fights conservative backlash against diversity programs

By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressJune 26, 2024

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A Florida appeals court ruled that Fearless Fund’s grant program for Black women business owners violates the Civil Rights Act

By Alexandra Olson and The Associated PressJune 3, 2024

Mother's Day

America proudly celebrates Mother’s Day but it’s still the only industrialized company to lack a national paid maternity leave policy

By Alexandra Olson, Claire Savage and The Associated PressMay 13, 2024

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By Preston ForeAugust 1, 2026

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Millennials say they’ll refuse to care for aging boomer parents—but they’ll be forced to as their inheritance shrinks to 40 cents on the dollar

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