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How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Defunding HBCUs

Despite Donald Trump's false claim that he "saved HBCUs," he is overseeing the biggest economic attack on historically Black college institutions in U.S. history.

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Michael Harriot
Apr 16, 2026
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AT&T had a billion-dollar diversity problem.

In 2019, the company’s WarnerMedia division created the role of chief diversity officer to address the company’s lack of women in the upper ranks. After the George Floyd protests shined a spotlight on corporate inclusion, AT&T invested more than $3 billion to make its 74% white, 7% Black lea…

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