The institution that trains America’s employers to prevent discrimination was just found liable for racial discrimination and retaliation. The irony is not accidental. It is diagnostic. On December 5, 2025, a Colorado jury ordered the Society for Human Resource Management to pay $11.5 million in damages to Rehab Mohamed, a Black and Egyptian woman who alleged that SHRM—the world’s largest HR organization, with 340,000 members—fired her shortly after she filed a racial discr

Corporate America is scrubbing the word "DEI" from existence. The violence hasn't stopped. They've just changed what they call it. Walmart no longer has a Chief Diversity Officer. They have a "Chief Belonging Officer." McDonald's no longer has a diversity team. They have a "Global Inclusion Team." Target no longer has a Supplier Diversity program. They have "Supplier Engagement." If you think this is just corporate rebranding, you have not been paying attention. Language is h

I was recently interviewed on KOGO Radio in San Diego about artificial intelligence and its impact on the American workforce. The conversation confirmed what I have been telling executives across healthcare, government, and corporate sectors for months: we are in the middle of a workforce transformation unlike anything this country has ever experienced. I did not sugarcoat it on air, and I will not sugarcoat it here. The tools we have access to today—ChatGPT and others—can do