PBS shuttered its DEI office and workers there are leaving the company ― as President Donald Trump ramps up efforts to defund public entities that emphasize anti-discrimination policies. “In order to best ensure we are in compliance with the President’s executive order around Diversity,

The move to close the unit comes after Trump issued a number of executive orders aimed at cutting DEI programs on a federal level and among federal contractors as well as private companies, and as PBS faces an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission, following repeated threats by Trump.