MPR News with Angela Davis

The effects of the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back DEI initiatives

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James Burroughs (left), senior vice president of government and community relations and the chief equity and inclusion officer at Children’s Minnesota, and Tish Jones (right), founder and executive director of TruArtSpeaks, poet, emcee and hip-hop theatre artist from St. Paul, pose for a portrait in the Kling Public Media Center in St. Paul on Thursday, January 30, 2025.
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Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Why is DEI getting ditched?

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the moves President Donald Trump has taken to dismantle the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs, what these programs do and how some private companies have responded.

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MPR News host Angela Davis (right) talks with Tish Jones (center), founder and executive director of TruArtSpeaks, poet, emcee and hip-hop theatre artist from St. Paul, and James Burroughs (left), senior vice president of government and community relations and the chief equity and inclusion officer at Children’s Minnesota, in an MPR News studio in St. Paul on Thursday, January 30, 2025.
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