As President-elect Trump prepares to take office Monday, companies like McDonald's and Meta have buckled to political pressure and announced changes and cuts to their DEI policies. Why it matters: Retreating on diversity,

Following in the footsteps of other major employers, tech companies like Meta and Amazon are making notable changes to their stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. In the past year, all sorts of companies have retreated from their commitments to diversity,

Meta told employees Friday it will cut its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) team and roll back several related programs, marking another major shift in policy for the leading social media company.

Meta's push to diversify its workforce actually seems to have worked, as its own statistics show. Now that the company is pulling back on DEI, there will likely be backsliding. Why it matters: The most obvious,

"What’s in a name?" was famously coined by Shakespeare. While Meta is 'ending' there DEI Programs, are they just being called another name? Let's explore.