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Project 2025 is the 920-page policy blueprint published by the Heritage Foundation ahead of the second Trump administration. This page tracks its implementation in real time and explains, with primary-source citations, what each development means for the Black community.
Timeline
2026-06-09 — DOJ declares EEOC disparate-impact discrimination guidance unconstitutional
The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel concluded that the EEOC's longstanding disparate-impact guidance under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is unconstitutional, arguing Title VII "guarantees equal treatment, not equal outcomes." Civil rights groups warn this removes a key tool used to challenge systemic workplace discrimination.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
2026-02-01 — Independent tracker: over half of Project 2025's domestic agenda enacted
The Center for Progressive Reform, working with Governing for Impact, reported that the administration had initiated or completed 283 of the 532 recommended executive actions in Project 2025 (about 53%) across 20 federal agencies within the first year.
Source: Center for Progressive Reform
2025-01-24 — Labor Department halts OFCCP affirmative-action enforcement
Acting Labor Secretary Vincent Micone III issued Secretary's Order 03-2025, directing the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to immediately cease enforcement, investigations, and conciliation agreements tied to the rescinded EO 11246 affirmative-action rules.
Source: Congress.gov (CRS Legal Sidebar)
2025-01-21 — Executive order rescinds affirmative-action requirements for federal contractors
On his first day in office, President Trump signed "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity," rescinding Executive Order 11246 (1965), which had barred federal contractors from discriminating based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and required affirmative-action plans.
Source: Federal Register
Impact & Implications for the Black Community
Employment & Civil Rights Enforcement
The rescission of Executive Order 11246 ends affirmative-action obligations for roughly a quarter of the U.S. workforce employed by federal contractors, removing decades of oversight aimed at closing racial gaps in hiring and pay (Congressional Research Service, 2025). The Justice Department’s June 2026 opinion against EEOC disparate-impact guidance further narrows the legal tools available to challenge employment practices that produce racially unequal outcomes, even without proof of intentional bias (U.S. Department of Justice, 2026).
Education & DEI Programs
Project 2025 calls for eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and programs across federal agencies and federally funded institutions. The Thurgood Marshall Institute warns this threatens funding and support structures that historically Black colleges and universities and Black students at predominantly white institutions rely on, and risks removing curricula that address systemic racism (Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF, n.d.).
Voting Rights & Political Participation
Civil rights organizations tracking Project 2025’s executive actions report a pattern of weakened voting-rights enforcement at the federal level, which advocates say could allow discriminatory state-level voting changes to go unchallenged (NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, n.d.).
GOP Bills to Watch
- H.R. 1282 — Eliminate DEI in Colleges Act (Introduced, 119th Congress (2025–2026)): Would bar federal funding to colleges and universities that operate DEI offices or programs.
- S. 382 — Dismantle DEI Act of 2025 (Introduced, 119th Congress (2025–2026)): Senate companion effort targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in higher education.
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References
Center for Progressive Reform & Governing for Impact. (2026). Project 2025 executive action tracker. https://progressivereform.org/tracking-trump-2/project-2025-executive-action-tracker/
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. (n.d.). CBCF executive order tracker: Impacts on Black America. https://www.cbcfinc.org/policy-research/cbcf-executive-order-tracker-impacts-on-black-america/
Congressional Research Service. (2025). Rescission of Executive Order 11246, "Equal Employment Opportunity": Legal implications (LSB11268). Library of Congress. https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11268
Dismantle DEI Act of 2025, S. 382, 119th Cong. (2025). https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/382/text
Eliminate DEI in Colleges Act, H.R. 1282, 119th Cong. (2025). https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1282/text
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. (n.d.). Project 2025 executive action tracker. Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://www.naacpldf.org/tracking-project-2025/
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. (2025, July 1). Rescission of Executive Order 11246 implementing regulations. Federal Register. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12276/rescission-of-executive-order-11246-implementing-regulations
Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF. (n.d.). What Project 2025 means for Black communities. https://tminstituteldf.org/what-project-2025-means-for-black-communities/
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. (2026, June 9). Justice Department concludes EEOC disparate-impact guidelines violate the Constitution [Press release]. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-concludes-eeoc-disparate-impact-guidelines-violate-constitution