America First Legal (AFL), a legal group founded by Stephen Miller, has filed a lawsuit against Target, accusing the company of making misleading statements about its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies.

The far-reaching injunction against government departments and individuals against engaging with social media companies around disinformation, while providing free rein to individuals (and bots and foreign governments) to spread falsehoods, is in fact a looking-glass-world version of “1984” – completely at odds with George Orwell’s writings.

On this last day of Pride Month, we welcome an editorial from Robert Conner, an activist and expert in LGBTQ communications and media, on how this moment is fraught, “You must rise to meet it.”

When communications leaders know how to navigate DE&I comms, they can set the stage for a stronger workplace culture.

Through founding LGBTQ and minority-owned businesses such as Allen Media Group, Future Today, kweliTV, and Revry, the ISA realizes its unique opportunity to showcase diverse voices and stories.

How are organizations supporting the LGBTQ+ employee experience before, during and after June?

In this event, hosted by The Museum of Public Relations, panelists will grapple with the paradox of the contemporary moment, where legislatively LGB—but specifically T(rans)—identities are under fire, and organization are grappling with what this means for how they engage with LGBTQ stakeholders.

On Wednesday, May 3rd, Revry took the IAB stage as the first LGBTQ-focused presentation since the NewFronts’ were founded in 2012.

Bud Light’s mistake was that it folded like wet newspaper the moment critics predictably got together to fling red, transphobic meat at the Anheuser-Busch brewery until some stuck.