Army and Air Force libraries are ordered to review books for DEI material

Since early 2024, DOD has cut nearly 200 DEI-related jobs: Report

Since early 2024, the Defense Department has cut or restructured 188 jobs that once managed its diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts — including under President Trump’s 2025 push to dismantle federal DEI efforts — according to a Government Accountability Office report released Thursday.No DEI-related jobs are expected to remain in the U.S. military after the end of April, the congressional watchdog said in a letter to the top R…

Q&A on New Book About Critical Race Theory’s Origins

Aja Martinez and Robert Smith say in a new book that the roots of CRT show that the academic discipline is uniquely American and an extension of the civil rights movement. Critical race theory was developed by Derrick Bell and other legal scholars in the 1970s and ’80s in part to explain how racism is embedded in legal systems and policies. But in recent years, a conservative campaign against the discipline has worked to redefine it into somethi…

U.S. Air Force Academy, Army libraries ordered to review books for DEI material

WASHINGTON — Army and Air Force libraries have been told to go through their stacks to find books related to diversity, equity and inclusion, according to new memos obtained by The Associated Press. The orders from service leaders come about two weeks after the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, removed nearly 400 books from its library after being told by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office to get rid of those that promote DEI. The …

Carlisle’s Army War College ordered to review books for DEI material

A memo from service leaders, which was sent to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, the Army War College in Carlisle and several other service departments, says they must review their collections and any books promoting DEI, gender ideology and critical race theory “in a manner that subverts meritocracy and unity” must be removed “pending additional guidance.” Army and Air Force libraries have been told to go through their stacks t…

My book on the 'New White Nationalism' was caught in the DEI dragnet. But it's not what you think

The Naval Academy’s DEI ban is well-intended. DEI and critical race theory indoctrination should never have gained a foothold in the U.S. government and certainly not in the military.

Army, Air Force libraries ordered to review books for DEI material

The orders come after the U.S. Naval Academy removed nearly 400 books from its library after being told to get rid of those that promote DEI.