Trump’s Banned DEI Words Threaten Anti-Trafficking Nonprofit

A nonprofit focused on ending human trafficking and aiding victims sued the Trump administration Friday in a bid to protect its federal funding, as the administration’s anti-DEI push banned the use of certain terms the group says are necessary to describe its work.

Freedom Network USA says it can’t fulfill Congress’s intent under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act after the Department of Justice issued a list of 50 words viewed as DEI-related in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive orders. The group can’t effectively do its work without using terms associated with diverse groups on its website or training ...