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Georgia GOP gubernatorial hopeful vows to ‘ban DEI’ in state but his own nonprofit urged CEOs to invest in it
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Rick Jackson, a Republican billionaire running for Georgia governor on a pledge to ban DEI in state government and public education, founded a nonprofit that promoted a 2021 workplace initiative urging Georgia CEOs to invest in DEI, measure progress, examine racial pay gaps, use race-conscious hiring practices and lead workplaces «with race in mind.»
Jackson, the billionaire healthcare founder of Jackson Healthcare and its network of smaller companies, including Jackson Physician Search and Jackson Therapy Partners, has said he would be President Donald Trump’s «favorite governor,» modeled his campaign launch after the president’s and said he has never met a Trump policy he doesn’t like. Trump, meanwhile, has made ending DEI in the United States a key part of his second term, issuing an executive order shortly after he was inaugurated to remove it from public services, universities and beyond. His administration has also taken an aggressive stance against DEI in the courts.
In addition to his for-profit companies, Jackson is the founder and CEO of goBeyondProfit, a Georgia nonprofit. The philanthropic venture describes itself as a «no-cost resource for Georgia business leaders interested in evolving their corporate generosity efforts into a business strategy,» and adds that Jackson has «long shared the belief that businesses can and should be a force for good in the world.» In 2021, goBeyondProfit launched a DEI initiative focused on keeping «race in mind» in the workplace, which included a video series for CEOs to learn the «do’s and don’ts» of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The «Telly Award-Winning video series» aimed at helping companies implement DEI initiatives remains active on the nonprofit’s website.
One of the videos promoted critical race theorist Ibram X. Kendi’s book «How To Be An Anti-Racist,» which has been characterized by critics as a leading text of modern race-conscious ideology that rejects colorblindness and defends discrimination when used to achieve equity. The initiative also featured experts who argued «doing nothing» on DEI was «cringe worthy» and framed workplace race issues through slavery and Jim Crow.
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Rick Jackson, Republican candidate for governor of Georgia, speaks at a campaign event. (Rick Jackson Campaign)
Among those experts was then-Jackson Healthcare DEI executive Matthew Harrison, who, in the DEI initiative’s videos, touted how the share of «people of color» hired into new roles at Jackson Healthcare rose from 9% to 25% after the company implemented the diversity measures discussed in the initiative’s instructional videos.
Jackson’s business orbit has a history of DEI-friendly messaging and efforts that could complicate one of his central campaign pitches: that he is the candidate best positioned to root out DEI and restore merit-based policies in Georgia. Jackson’s campaign platform says he would prohibit DEI programs in state government, public universities and classrooms, while his campaign messaging has vowed to «ban DEI insanity» and «criminalize reverse discrimination.»
«We need to ban every bit of idiotic DEI insanity and criminalize reverse discrimination,» he recently posted on social media.
Fox News Digital reached out to Jackson’s campaign, Jackson Healthcare and goBeyondProfit for comment, including questions about whether Jackson was aware of the «Race in Mind» initiative, whether he approved of the DEI materials at the time and how he squared the nonprofit’s past race-focused workplace efforts with his current anti-DEI campaign platform.
«Rick hires like the Georgia Bulldogs: only the best players hit the field, and he will prohibit reverse discrimination as governor,» a Jackson campaign spokesperson said in response to Fox News Digital’s questions.
The campaign added that «many of Georgia’s most successful and conservative business leaders» have been «program ambassadors or members» at goBeyondProfit, citing Chick-fil-A’s involvement and the involvement of Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus until his death.
In 2021, at the height of the social justice movement following the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and others, Jackson’s goBeyondProfit launched «Leading a Thriving Workplace with Race in Mind,» a DEI initiative that included a «Telly Award-Winning video series» aimed at helping CEOs navigate the «do’s and don’ts» of DEI and make «impactful changes» in their workplaces.
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The goBeyondProfit video series featured DEI experts, including Harrison, a former Jackson Healthcare executive, urging CEOs and their companies to invest in DEI, measure progress, examine racial pay gaps and use race-conscious hiring practices to increase workplace diversity.
Hundreds of demonstrators protest outside a rally held by President Donald Trump at Macomb County Community College in Warren, Mich., on April 29, 2025. (Dominic Gwinn/Getty Images)
In one video, Harrison described implementing a «Rooney Rule» hiring policy at Jackson Healthcare after he took over talent acquisition in 2019, saying the company increased the share of «people of color» hired into new roles from 9% to 25% within a year.
«Personally here at Jackson Healthcare, I took over leading talent acquisition here in June of 2019 and put that in place, and within a year, we saw our increase in the number of people of color that we hired into new roles. It went from 9% to 25% and that’s the only thing we changed,» Harrison says.
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A separate speaker from the DEI video series discusses the importance of tying DEI metrics to employee evaluations, encourages «taking those proactive steps and being anti-racist» as discussed in Kendi’s book that CEOs were encouraged to read, implored «employers do periodic pay equity reviews for their employees,» and urged executives to financially invest in DEI work, saying companies needed to «put your money where your mouth is» on DEI efforts.
That same speaker framed workplace race issues through slavery and Jim Crow, saying slavery was «America’s first race-based economic system» and arguing that the «vestiges of slavery» still live on «even in the American workplace.»
«Oddly, the American workplace is the one place where we should be having more of these conversations, but ironically, it’s the one place where we’re least likely to do,» Harrison adds in one of the videos. Meanwhile, at another point in one of the videos, Harrison described how Jackson Healthcare started a «race series» using an outside vendor in order to prevent it from being viewed as «this HR mandate» by employees.
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A related goBeyondProfit blog post authored by Harrison and the other DEI expert from the video series encouraged executives to take an Implicit Association Test to measure subconscious biases and create a «Bias Breaker» list cataloguing their known biases, including those involving «gender, sexual orientation, race or skin color, weight, age, and the list goes on.»
This revelation about the DEI past of Jackson’s companies is not the first time the issue has come to haunt his campaign. Fox News Digital reported in March that Harrison, who wrote his thesis on «Colorism,» said during a 2020 podcast interview that Jackson Healthcare and its leaders «get and see the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in our workforce.» He even credited Jackson for inspiring «a learning experience about race during the interview. Meanwhile, Fox News Digital also reported last month that one of Jackson’s companies focused on healthcare staffing produced numerous materials ridiculing Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Republican candidate for Georgia governor Rick Jackson is pictured next to President Donald Trump. (Getty Images/Rick Jackson)
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The unearthed DEI efforts come as a brutal Georgia GOP gubernatorial primary nears its conclusion, with the election slated for next Tuesday, followed by the general election in November.
At times, the primary race has centered on which candidate can claim the mantle of President Donald Trump’s fiercest ally. Georgia Lt. Gov Burt Jones has Trump’s formal endorsement, and Trump recently warned voters during a tele-rally that while others were claiming his support, «I endorse a man named Burt Jones.» Jones’ campaign has branded Jackson a «Never-Trumper» and a «fraud,» often citing the fact he funded many of Trump’s political opponents, like Jeb Bush, in the past.
Jackson, meanwhile, has tried to run as a Trump-style outsider, pledging to be «Trump’s favorite governor,» donating $1 million to Trump’s MAGA Inc. as he launched his campaign, modeling his campaign launch after Trump with a celebratory elevator descent, and telling local media he can’t name a single White House policy from the Trump administration he doesn’t like.
Jackson has blasted Jones as part of the political establishment, while likening Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, another one of his main primary opponents, to the Biblical character «Judas» for being disloyal to Trump during his efforts to contest the 2020 election.
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Honduras registra alta probabilidad de lluvias por influencia de la Tormenta Tropical Amanda
La tormenta tropical Amanda, el primer ciclón tropical con nombre de la temporada de huracanes 2026 en la cuenca del Pacífico, continúa siendo monitoreada por los servicios meteorológicos internacionales debido a su evolución sobre aguas abiertas del océano Pacífico.
Aunque el fenómeno no representa una amenaza directa para Honduras ni para las costas centroamericanas, su circulación favorecerá el ingreso de humedad que podría incrementar las lluvias en distintas regiones del país durante los próximos días.
De acuerdo con los reportes meteorológicos más recientes, Amanda se formó en el océano Pacífico convirtiéndose en el primer sistema tropical nombrado de la temporada 2026.
El Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos informó que el fenómeno se encuentra sobre aguas abiertas y alejado de zonas pobladas, por lo que actualmente no existe riesgo directo para territorios continentales.
Amanda se mantiene lejos de Centroamérica
Los especialistas detallaron que la tormenta tropical registra vientos máximos sostenidos cercanos a los 65 kilómetros por hora, con rachas superiores y una presión mínima central de 1006 milibares.
El sistema se localiza aproximadamente a 2,415 kilómetros al oeste-suroeste de Baja California Sur, México, desplazándose hacia el noroeste sobre aguas abiertas del Pacífico. Debido a esta trayectoria, las proyecciones descartan cualquier impacto directo sobre Honduras, Centroamérica o las costas mexicanas.
Las previsiones indican que Amanda podría fortalecerse ligeramente durante las próximas horas antes de iniciar un proceso gradual de debilitamiento durante el fin de semana.
Los modelos meteorológicos actuales coinciden en que el fenómeno no alcanzaría la categoría de huracán y terminaría disipándose en el océano sin tocar tierra.
Aunque Amanda se encuentra muy lejos del territorio hondureño, los expertos explican que los sistemas tropicales pueden influir indirectamente en las condiciones atmosféricas de la región.
En este caso, la circulación asociada al fenómeno y los remanentes de baja presión favorecerán el transporte de humedad desde el Pacífico hacia Centroamérica, generando condiciones propicias para lluvias y chubascos.
Los pronósticos meteorológicos mantienen probabilidades de precipitaciones entre el 87 % y el 90 %, especialmente en sectores del occidente, sur y algunas zonas del centro del país.
Estas lluvias podrían presentarse de forma intermitente durante varios días, acompañadas en algunos casos por actividad eléctrica y ráfagas de viento moderadas.
Los organismos de vigilancia meteorológica continúan observando la evolución de Amanda para identificar cualquier cambio significativo en su comportamiento.
Sin embargo, hasta el momento no existe ningún indicio de que el sistema pueda representar peligro para Honduras.
Las autoridades han reiterado que la población debe mantenerse informada únicamente a través de canales oficiales y evitar compartir información no confirmada que pueda generar alarma innecesaria.
Asimismo, recordaron que la temporada ciclónica apenas comienza y que durante los próximos meses podrían desarrollarse nuevos fenómenos tanto en el Pacífico como en el Atlántico.
La formación de Amanda marca oficialmente el inicio de la actividad ciclónica nombrada en el Pacífico oriental durante este año.
Los especialistas prevén una temporada activa, por lo que recomiendan a la población mantenerse atenta a los boletines meteorológicos emitidos por los organismos competentes.
Aunque Amanda no representa una amenaza para Honduras, su influencia indirecta servirá como recordatorio de la importancia de la preparación ante fenómenos climáticos que puedan desarrollarse durante los próximos meses.
Por ahora, el principal efecto esperado para el territorio hondureño será el aumento de humedad y la posibilidad de lluvias en varias regiones, condiciones que podrían beneficiar algunas zonas agrícolas, pero que también requieren vigilancia ante posibles crecidas repentinas de ríos o quebradas en sectores vulnerables.
Las autoridades meteorológicas reiteraron que continuarán monitoreando la evolución del sistema y emitirán nuevas actualizaciones en caso de que se produzcan cambios significativos en su trayectoria o intensidad.
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The Republican-led House on Thursday passed a sweeping security package providing new military aid to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia, delivering a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration, who opposed the measure.
Eighteen Republicans crossed party lines to support the Democrat-authored legislation in a vote of 226-195. California Rep. Kevin Kiley, an independent who caucuses with Republicans, also supported the legislation. Meanwhile, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was the lone Democratic lawmaker to vote against the bill.
House GOP leadership and the vast majority of Republicans opposed the legislation aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s defenses amid a surge in Russian missile and drone strikes as the conflict enters its fifth year.
The measure now heads to the Senate, where it faces an uphill battle to clear the chamber. The White House said the legislation would undermine President Donald Trump’s goal of ending the prolonged conflict and that he would veto the measure, according to a statement obtained by Fox News Digital.
The GOP-led House passed a Ukraine aid package over the objections of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and the White House. (Al Drago/Bloomberg)
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«The bill seeks to tie the President’s hands by mandating a wide-ranging U.S. response to the Russia-Ukraine war while adding hundreds of millions in unfunded authorizations,» the White House document reads, in part.
The security package would reaffirm U.S. support for Ukraine and NATO, authorize more than $1.5 billion in new security assistance and $8 billion in direct loans, and extend a Pentagon program that procures weapons and military equipment for Ukraine.
The legislation would also target the Kremlin’s energy profits, which are central to keeping Russia’s war effort going, as well as organizations and companies that do business with sanctioned Russian entities.
The White House warned that the legislation’s mandatory sanctions would «plunge the global economy into chaos.»
But Republicans who supported the measure said its passage should not be viewed as defying the president.
«President Trump has been the leader to support the people of Ukraine, and so I’ll be voting for the people of Ukraine, continuing the Trump tradition of support,» Wilson, a South Carolina lawmaker, told Fox News Digital in an interview.
When asked about GOP opposition, Wilson said, «Putin needs to know that the American people stand with the brave and courageous people of Ukraine.»
The White House warned that President Donald Trump would veto the Ukraine Support Act if it reaches his desk. (Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Still, several Republicans who opposed the measure said their opposition should not be viewed as a lack of support for Ukraine.
«This bill is not about helping Ukraine. This is not about standing up to Vladimir Putin,» Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., said. «This is about engaging in Trump Derangement Syndrome as President Trump tries to bring this [conflict] in for a landing.»
Others in the GOP conference voiced firm opposition to additional U.S. aid for the country.
«I oppose further funding of Ukraine,» Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., told Fox News Digital.
The successful vote came after the legislation, sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., had languished in the House Foreign Affairs Committee for more than a year after being introduced in early 2025.
But the measure gained momentum after a handful of defecting Republicans signed a Democrat-authored discharge petition that triggered a vote over the objections of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who controls the floor.
Most Republicans are reluctant to support legislation that comes to the floor via a discharge petition, which is often seen as undermining GOP leadership and aiding Democrats in the minority.
«Democrats have repeatedly governed in the minority as if we were in the majority, and we’re going to do so again this week,» House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Tuesday.
A residential apartment building in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, remains damaged after a Russian attack Wednesday that killed at least three people and wounded four others. (Artem Stepanov/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC «UA:PBC»/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Some GOP lawmakers also argued the Ukraine measure was poorly drafted and outdated.
For example, the bill calls on NATO countries to increase defense spending to 2% of their economic output, but Trump secured a 5% commitment from allies in 2025.
«This bill literally moves us backwards, and a decrease of NATO defense member spending would be the result,» Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., said.
The legislation also proposes a lower figure for training and equipping Ukraine’s military than what Congress authorized last year in annual defense policy legislation.
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«It’s increasingly obvious that this [war] will end, and when it ends, it will be through negotiation,» Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, said during debate on the House floor. «If you support this bill, then clearly you are not interested in peace, because the consequences would tie the hands of this president and could lead to future hostilities that would bleed over into Europe.»
But the legislation’s proponents fired back that Ukraine is in desperate need of military aid amid stalled efforts to end the war.
«This is our Churchill moment or our Chamberlain moment,» Bacon, who is not running for reelection, said. «By God, I want to choose Churchill, and this House better choose Churchill.»
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