PBS shuttered its DEI office and workers there are leaving the company ― as President Donald Trump ramps up efforts to defund public entities that emphasize anti-discrimination policies. “In order to best ensure we are in compliance with the President’s executive order around Diversity,

PBS has announced it will be permanently closing its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office in response to an executive

The move to close the unit comes after Trump issued a number of executive orders aimed at cutting DEI programs on a federal level and among federal contractors as well as private companies, and as PBS faces an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission, following repeated threats by Trump.

In another dispiriting bit of news, which says nothing about our backsliding democracy, PBS has closed its DEI office to comply with President Trump’s recent executive orders. Ever angry about the idea of a diverse workforce or,

PBS is closing an office dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, following Donald Trump’s series of executive orders targeting such programs. The announcement comes amid the prospect that public television funding will be targeted by the current administration and Republicans in Congress.