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06-22-2025 1:24 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
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The demonstration began at sunrise, with Jeffries and Booker livestreaming a conversation across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, and YouTube, urging Americans to speak out against what they called a “cruel” and “reckless” budget.
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President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on transgender people in the military even as legal challenges proceed. The high court filing ollows a brief order from a federal judge in Tacoma, Washington that kept in place a court order blocking the policy nationwide. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a policy that presumptively disqualifies transgender people from military service, after the Republican president signed an executive order claiming the sexual identity of transgender service members is harmful to military readiness. Several transgender military members have challenged the ban, saying their firing would cause lasting damage to their careers and reputations
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In higher education, institutions may promote DEI initiatives while failing to address inequities in access and opportunity among students and faculty. Despite decades of stated commitments to DEI, predominantly white higher education institutions have made little progress toward racially diversifying their faculty, leadership or student body.
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Hundreds of city leaders are expected to attend, representing more than 500 African American mayors who serve over 25 million Americans in large and small communities.
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The meeting comes just weeks after Sharpton warned of a potential boycott in a letter dated April 4, where he condemned PepsiCo’s retreat from its DEI commitments.
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Harriet Tubman (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)
An NPS spokeswoman says the changes were made without approval and that the agency celebrates Tubman.
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — While Target remains silent on its declining traffic, the contrast with its competitors is glaring. Costco, which maintained its DEI commitments despite political attacks, saw a 5.2% year-over-year increase in foot traffic during the same week.
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The Republican-controlled Senate has approved a budget framework that includes multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts. The plan would cut taxes for about three-quarters of households but raise them for about 10%. In 2027, about 45% of the benefit of all the tax cuts would go to those making roughly $450,000 or more, according to the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, which analyzes tax issues.
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Oregon and Washington are the latest states to ask a court to reject President Donald Trump’s elections order, a day after Democratic officials in 19 others filed a similar lawsuit. The lawsuit says that under the constitution states - not the federal government - have the right to set election rules. The states say Trump's order would harm thousands of eligible voters who lack the required documents as well as voters who mail their ballots.
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Sen. Cory Booker (Senate Television via AP)
Booker invoked the late Congressman John Lewis, who organized during the Civil Rights movement. Booker urged Americans to make “good trouble” as Lewis had in opposing Jim Crow laws.
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