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12-10-2024 6:29 am • PDX and SEA Weather
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UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson (AP Photo/UnitedHealth Group via AP)
Conversations at dinner tables, office water coolers, social gatherings and on social media have pivoted to the topic. Many say they hope the new amplified voices can bring about change for companies often accused of valuing profits over people.
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The designation will be given to qualifying colleges that vow to take a more aggressive approach to address systemic obstacles that have kept Black students at the lowest college-going and graduation rates.
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President Joe Biden has signed off on six monuments and either restored or enlarged boundaries for a handful of others during his term. Native American tribes and conservation groups are asking for more before he leaves office. The proposals stretch from land bordering the Colorado River in the West to a historic Black neighborhood in Oklahoma and the ancestral home in Maine of the nation's first female cabinet member
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Edwards says that his program can help men become motivated to be more engaged in the birthing process and create healthier families and communities as a whole.
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During a news conference minutes earlier, an assistant U.S. attorney warned that the Justice Department could sue to force reforms at the police department if the city doesn't cooperate.
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The legislators, many in leadership roles, will spearhead resistance efforts while shaping the Democratic Party’s future leadership pipeline.
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The lawsuit alleges Amazon in mid-2022 imposed what it called a delivery “exclusion” on the two low-income zip codes. An Amazon spokesperson says the company made the change based on concerns about driver safety.
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The Rev. Chineta Goodjoin says she started this group, which will play secular and sacred music, as part of the congregation's social justice and equity ministry for children who are underrepresented in orchestras in largely affluent Orange County.
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The bill introduced Monday by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, a Democrat who represents parts of Los Angeles, comes as conservative officials throughout the country try to impose limits on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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President Joe Biden speaks on the South Lawn of the White House during a ceremony to commemorate World AIDS Day with survivors, their families and advocates, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Biden has held himself up as placing his respect for the American judicial system and rule of law over his own personal concerns. It was part of an effort to draw a deliberate contrast with Republican Donald Trump. Now, both his broken promise and his act of clemency are a political lightning rod.
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