GBEF in The News
BUSINESS OWNERS AND TRADE ASSOCIATION FILE LANDMARK LAWSUIT CHALLENGING UNLAWFUL AND UNILATERAL ACTIONS BY TEXAS COMPTROLLER & STATE AGENCIES TO DISMANTLE THE HUB PROGRAM
Lawsuit seeks immediate court order to block emergency rules and restore legislatively enacted contracting program
A year after settling anti-DEI suit, Fearless Fund expands its mission
From the day of the settlement forward, she said she would not cower nor change her mission of economic inclusion and freedom for women of color founders. Instead, she said she would expand her work to close those funding gaps, not just in the U.S. but across the globe for the Black diaspora.
The Backlash Against Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Is Loud — But Not Legitimate
Cutting DEI programs isn’t just a setback for underrepresented workers—it’s a costly mistake that weakens morale, stifles innovation, and exposes companies to legal and financial risk.
Investing in Inclusion: How DEI Initiatives Uplift Both Companies and Consumers
In mid-May, Verizon followed the course of over a dozen major U.S. companies in rolling back their diversity, equity and inclusion practices—eliminating DEI from key tenets of their operations, including erasing DEI references from training material, ending bonuses and goals related to increasing the percentage of women and minority workers, and downsizing their human resources department.
