Diversity

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Some colleges scrap diversity questions from admissions essays. Will it change how students talk about themselves?

Starting this year, some colleges have changed or removed essay prompts that referenced diversity from their admissions applications.
- Freddy Monares/KNKX
Seattle sues Trump to protect DEI and LGBTQ+ policies from executive order threats

The City of Seattle is taking President Donald Trump and his administration to court over two executive orders that threaten diversity and inclusive gender identity policies.
- KUOW Staff
Designed with every mind in mind. Seattle firm transforms office spaces for neurodiversity

Global design firm HOK is designing office spaces that are more accommodating to an increasingly neurodiverse workforce, and the changes may help neurotypical workers as well.
- Patricia Murphy
Washington schools chief says no to Trump, yes to DEI

Washington’s top education leader says he won’t sign the U.S. Department of Education’s recent letter ordering K-12 schools to certify they’re in compliance with federal civil rights laws and are halting any “illegal” diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
- Sami West
How is Trump's crackdown on DEI affecting your school? KUOW wants to hear from you

On President Donald Trump's first day in office, he signed an executive order calling for the termination of all “discriminatory” and “illegal” DEI and accessibility programs in federally funded institutions.
- Sami West
'We are not going backward.' Washington schools chief tells districts to maintain DEI programs despite Trump threat

Washington’s top education leader says schools shouldn’t make any changes in response to the Trump administration’s recent edict to axe diversity initiatives by the end of the month.
- Sami West
'The purge has begun.' Environmental justice workers locked out of EPA Seattle office

Nine Environmental Protection Agency employees in Seattle have been put on leave by the Trump Administration because they work on environmental justice.
- John Ryan
Incoming UW president promises continued focus on DEI, despite Trump’s threats

The next president of the University of Washington says the school's values won't change — even as the Trump administration targests diversity, equity, and inclusion programs on college
- Sami West
Costco shareholders reject proposal to investigate the company's DEI policies

Costco shareholders have rejected a proposal that questioned the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.
- Noel Gasca
Gov. Ron DeSantis' war on 'woke' appears to be losing steam in Florida

A federal court recently blocked most of a key DeSantis measure, the Stop WOKE Act. Courts have ruled against a number of the governor's conservative initiatives.
- Greg Allen

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