SoCal-based Claremont Institute drives anti-DEI efforts on colleges

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at The Claremont Institute’s 40th Anniversary Gala in Beverly Hills, California, on May 11, 2019. Credit: IMAGO/piemags via Reuters Connect.

The Claremont Institute, a conservative Southern California think tank, helped spearhead a national campaign to ban DEI on public college campuses.

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