Nike faced a federal EEOC investigation in Missouri after the Trump administration moved in court on Feb. 4, 2026, to compel information tied to allegations of anti-white discrimination. Andrea Lucas, a commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (E.E.O.C), sent a 26-page memo to several agency officials, stating that Nike had been discriminating against white employees and job applicants. Lucas, who has been appointed to the commission by President Trump during his first term, claimed that the retailer used internal processes to promote racial representation, even though it removed white
Nike faces a federal EEOC investigation in Missouri after the Trump administration moved in court on Feb. 4, 2026, to compel information tied to allegations of anti-white discrimination. Documents cited by The New York Times show the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which currently has a 2-1 Republican majority, seeks records on layoffs, hiring, internships, and career programs that it says may have treated white workers and applicants differently. The investigation matters because it tests how far large employers can use demographic targets and race-tracked development programs before regulators reframe
