Women’s advancement into C-suite roles stopped. Companies eliminated the programs that built it. For 11 consecutive years, women held approximately 29 percent of C-suite positions at Fortune 500 companies. The number barely moved. But movement happened below the ceiling. From 2015 to 2024, women made incremental progress into senior leadership—not because of changing attitudes, but…
ESPN signing Tim Tebow to a new multi-year deal while cutting dozens of jobs elsewhere isn’t a contradiction. It reveals the mechanism: media companies now prioritize audience capture over institutional depth. The network announced this week that Tebow will remain with SEC Network’s SEC Nation and ESPN’s College Football Playoff coverage under a new long-term contract. Executives…
Companies hired white women into diversity and inclusion officer roles over the past five years at higher rates than they hired women of color for these positions. According to recent data, white women represent approximately 75-76% of chief diversity officer roles, while Black or African Americans comprise just 3.8% of these positions. This disparity was…
According to reporting from Technology Magazine, NewsOne, CIO Magazine, and Ongig, Verizon eliminated its DEI programs immediately after FCC pressure threatened to compromise its $20 billion Frontier Communications acquisition, with approval granted on May 16, 2025. T-Mobile terminated all DEI objectives and removed individual roles focused on diversity initiatives in late March. Meta eliminated DEI-related…
According to The Washington Post, the FCC under Chair Carr is prepared to block mergers and acquisitions involving companies that continue promoting diversity, equity and inclusion policies. Verizon and T-Mobile, which had transaction reviews before the commission, eliminated their DEI programs to facilitate deal approval. Meta eliminated several DEI-related activities, including supplier diversity programs and its internal DEI function. Trump’s…
Eight in ten employees worldwide are not engaged at work. The question isn’t whether that number is alarming. It’s why the old solutions stopped working. For decades, the employer’s side of the deal was relatively simple to define. Show up. Pay fairly. Offer benefits. Keep the lights on. If workers were satisfied — not miserable,…
Reuters reported on June 25 that Dubai officials gathered hundreds of business leaders after Iran began striking targets across the United Arab Emirates in March, asking how the city could bring tourists and investors back and support affected companies. Dubai has since pledged 2.5 billion dirhams, or about $681 million, focused on tourism and retail…
During Belgium’s Group G draw with Iran on June 21, former Yugoslav striker and Serbian television pundit Rade Bogdanovic used a live World Cup broadcast to deliver a racial stereotype that the sport had not invited, was not provoked into, and has no structural mechanism to prevent from happening again. The setup was Nathan Ngoy’s…
Reuters reported that Cuban lawmakers approved sweeping economic reforms this week with backing from the Communist Party and former leader Raul Castro. The package would permit private real estate development, allow some state enterprises to convert into shareholding companies, legalize private banking, and allow entrepreneurs to operate multiple businesses with more than 100 employees. Those…
Fans are praising U.S. hospitality, but the tournament is also testing heat, transit, customer service, and the public systems that make enjoyment possible. The Guardian’s Heather Timmons reported Saturday that hundreds of U.S. readers described customer service in 2026 as a source of financial and emotional exhaustion, with automated bots repeatedly blocking access to real…