Proponents of DEI face an enormous struggle over the next four years. The incoming Trump administration has signaled it will escalate the already virulent anti-DEI backlash in the workplace. Leaders who want to build just and inclusive organizations amid these challenging conditions can look to a framework developed eight years ago to help multinational corporations support LGBTQ+ inclusion in countries that are hostile to LGBTQ+ rights.

Donald Trump will begin his second term as president the same way he began his first—with Republicans controlling both the House and Senate. The GOP scored its 218th House-race victory—enough to clinch a majority of the chamber’s 435 seats—today when CNN and NBC News declared Republicans the winner of two close elections in Arizona.

Trump has pledged to reverse many actions of the Biden administration using executive orders, the Congressional Review Act, and fewer and less-reaching rules.

Donald Trump will have almost complete control over the levers of US government now that Republicans have added the House of Representatives to their White House and Senate victories.

When Donald Trump is sworn into his second term of office on Jan. 20, 2025, it will begin a cascade of activity which will affect residents of Louisiana in general, and residents of New Orleans in particular.