Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries; The New York Times, January 27, 2025

 Apoorva Mandavilli, The New York Times; Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries

"The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing H.I.V. medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.

The directive is part of a broader freeze on foreign aid initiated last week. It includes the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the global health program started by George W. Bush that is credited with saving more than 25 million lives worldwide.

The administration had already moved to stop PEPFAR funding from moving to clinics, hospitals and other organizations in low-income countries.

Appointments are being canceled, and patients are being turned away from clinics, according to people with knowledge of the situation who feared retribution if they spoke publicly. Many people with H.I.V. are facing abrupt interruptions to their treatment...

“The partners we collaborate with are in shock, and they do not know what to do because their lifesaving mission and commitment has been breached,” said Asia Russell, executive director of the advocacy group Health Gap."

National Gallery of Art ends diversity programs due to Trump executive order; The Washington Post, January 24, 2025

 

Samantha Chery

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Kriston Capps

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Sophia Nguyen, The Washington Post; National Gallery of Art ends diversity programs due to Trump executive order

"The National Gallery of Art said it has closed its diversity office and is reassigning staff, as institutions across the federal government are forced to comply with an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday that declared diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to be “illegal and immoral discrimination programs.”"

Trump’s anti-DEI order yanks air force videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female pilots; Reuters via The Guardian, January 25, 2025

 Reuters via The Guardian ; Trump’s anti-DEI order yanks air force videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female pilots

"Donald Trump’s order halting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives has led the US air force to suspend course instruction on a documentary about the first Black airmen in the US military, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, a US official said on Saturday.

The famed Black aviators included 450 pilots who fought overseas in segregated units during the second world war. Their success in combat helped pave the way for Harry Truman’s decision to desegregate the armed forces in 1948.

Another video about civilian female pilots trained by the US military during the second world war, known as Women Airforce Service Pilots, or Wasps, was also pulled, the official said.

The air force did not directly comment on the decision, which was confirmed by an official who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity."

Trump campaign against diversity urges government employees to turn informer; Reuters, January 22, 2025

  Daniel Trotta,  Andrea Shalal and Bianca Flowers, Reuters ; Trump campaign against diversity urges government employees to turn informer

"The Trump administration on Wednesday urged government employees to inform on each other and their departments in order to root out any attempts to hide diversity programs.

The latest escalation in U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) comes a day after he pressured the private sector to join the initiative and told government employees in offices administering such programs they would be placed on paid leave."