Many of the programs started in 2020 in the wake of the George Floyd murder with businesses pledging to create more diverse workplaces. However, some have recently canceled or reduced those efforts, including Amazon, Meta, Target, McDonald’s, Walmart and Boeing.

President Trump’s January 21, 2025, executive order titled “Ending Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“Executive Order”) directs the termination of federal government practices and policies that protect and promote diversity and inclusion;

CommonSpirit Health plans to expand its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts despite employers across the country and in all industries backing away from the programs and the Trump administration taking aim at them.