Tuesday, April 8, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. Part I (00:13 - 12:04) The Morality Tale of Corporate DEI: Businesses in the U.S. are Backing Off DEI – What Changed? Morgan Stanley Went Big on DEI, and No One Is Happy About It by The Wall Street Journal (AnnaMaria Andriotis and Lauren Weber) ‘Anti-Woke’ in the U.S., DEI at Home: the New Playbook for European Companies by The Wall Street Journal (Ben Dummett and Joe Wallace) Part II (12:04 - 16:59) DEI is Just Being Renamed: The Infectious Ideology Behind DEI Will Need More Than a Cultural Revolution to Uproot Its Influence Throughout Society Disney shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal by USA Today (Jessica Guynn) New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order by The New York Times (Troy Closson) Part III (16:59 - 25:16) San Francisco Rethinks Free Drug Program: One of the Most Liberal Cities in the U.S.