Isaac Willour

Cleveland, Grove City

Journalist and Columnist at Freelance

Contributor at The College Fix

Articles

America Poured Billions into DEI Initiatives. Who Benefited?

2 weeks ago | rlo.acton.org | Isaac Willour

Less than a month after George Floyd’s death, evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience to explain the sentiment behind America’s new reckoning on race. “There’s a cybernetic principle: the purpose of a system is what it does,” he asserted. “Don’t listen to what somebody says that the system is for.
Was Jackie Robinson a DEI Hire?

2 weeks ago | thedailyeconomy.org | Isaac Willour

Do our current debates over DEI mean that we now have to relitigate all of America’s history? To look at recent headlines, you could be forgiven for thinking so. Recently, the Air Force was hit with a stunning example of malicious compliance in the wake of President Trump’s executive order banning discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
I Attended Apple’s Annual Meeting. It Was a Turning Point Against ESG and DEI

1 month ago | theepochtimes.com | Isaac Willour

3/24/2025Updated: 3/24/2025CommentaryI attended Apple’s annual meeting several weeks ago. I saw many signs of how corporate culture is shifting away from ESG and DEI. To understand why, let’s briefly discuss the basics of how people actually engage with major corporations. Shareholders who own certain thresholds of stock in a publicly-traded company have the right to place proposals on that company’s ballot for consideration at the annual meeting of shareholders.
Major Win: JPMorgan Chase Ends Political Debanking

1 month ago | dailywire.com | Isaac Willour

— News and Commentary —Chase’s policy change proves the 'long game' can work with major corporations. Working in corporate engagement, I often hear questions about why the ‘long game’ matters in changing woke company policies. If executive orders can instantly push companies away from DEI or ESG initiatives, why take other pathways? The answer is clear: lasting change takes time.
‘We May Need To Make Changes’: Here’s How Apple Can Delete DEI

1 month ago | dailywire.com | Isaac Willour

Apple is the largest company in the world — and, unfortunately, one of the ones most given to leftward corporate drift. Apple is a top-tier sponsor of the Human Rights Campaign, a radical organization that pressures companies to provide puberty blockers under the guise of ‘healthcare.’ It to requests from the Chinese Communist Party to censor Bible and Quran apps in its Chinese market. It held entrepreneurship camps only for applicants of targeted racial minority groups.
The True Victims of Woke Corporations

1 month ago | spectator.org | Isaac Willour

Steve Happ never expected helping Ugandan orphans could be considered controversial. A career IT professional, Steve caught the passion for world missions after meeting a new family at his church outside Memphis, Tenn.: the Birungis, who’d come to America seeking medical treatment for their son Omega’s brain tumor. After striking up a friendship, Steve felt the call not only to visit Uganda (where the father, Medad Birungi, was a pastor) but to create a way to help the people there directly.
The Trans Controversy Is a Wake-Up Call

2 months ago | rlo.acton.org | Isaac Willour

“It’s a five-alarm fire.” So begins Identity Crisis, the latest release from the Daily Wire and Turning Point USA, a film documenting the human costs of the rise in “gender-affirming care.” The film takes viewers from the halls of academia to tense school board meetings to paint a sobering, disturbing, but ultimately brutally realistic look at the consequences of America’s response to children who believe themselves to be transgender.
Ditching Corporate DEI Excess Is Not 'Right Wing'

2 months ago | thedailyeconomy.org | Isaac Willour

The retreat from DEI has gone from a handful of companies to one of the primary objectives of the new Trump administration. While the pre-election season was marked by a cascade of major companies ranging from Meta to Tractor Supply axing diversity initiatives in response to pressure from activists like X journalist Robby Starbuck, the post-election world is quite different.
Corporations That Pushed Gender Ideology Owe America An Explanation

2 months ago | dailywire.com | Isaac Willour

As the human costs of selling “gender-affirming care” en masse continue to rack up, the zeitgeist has decidedly shifted against activist organizations like the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Only a few short years ago, the tenets of the HRC were considered an indispensable part of the conversation for any politician or corporation looking to claim the mantle of ‘inclusivity.’ “History will be brutal to those responsible [for gender ideology].
Restoring America Means More Tuskegee Airmen And Less DEI

2 months ago | dailywire.com | Isaac Willour

— Opinion —No serious DEI skeptics, Secretary Hegseth included, have any problem with the Tuskegee AirmenOne of the most common rebuttals you’ll get when you criticize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in any meaningful fashion are historical red herrings. If you’re so opposed to DEI, such arguments go, then you must have a problem with people learning about America’s history of slavery, the civil rights movement, and anything to do with race relations.