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The new rule is part of the Trump administration's directives to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion policies across ...
A new rule removes race and gender considerations from federal farm programs. The move comes after the Trump administration ...
The agency published a rule in the federal register that will end the 30-year use of a 'socially disadvantaged' definition ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will no longer offer increased benefits to minority groups through its programs, ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finalized a rule eliminating race- and gender-based preferences in its programs ...
The Agriculture Department will no longer recognize groups such as African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and women ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture published a final rule removing requirements for the use of discriminatory racial and ...
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday issued a rule ending the use of racial and gender preferences in USDA programs when “these requirements are not required by an act of Congress,” but ...
The Trump administration says the "socially disadvantaged" designation is no longer needed because "past discrimination has ...
Rep. Shontel Brown, a Warrensville Heights Democrat and House Agriculture Committee Vice Ranking Member, called a move by the ...
USDA has distributed $2.2 billion to 43,000 individuals who experienced discrimination in receiving USDA farm program services before January 2021. More than 23,000 individuals currently or ...
The issue originated in 2017, when the National 4-H Council and USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture shared a "4-H Guidance for Inclusion of Individuals of all Gender Identities ...