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The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it

One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones in western North Carolina. Programs in Oregon and rural Alabama teach older people, including some who have never touched a computer, how to navigate in an increasingly digital world. It all came crashing down this month when President Donald Trump — on his own digital platform, Truth Social — announced his intention to end the Digital Equity Act, a federal […]

todayMay 25, 2025 5

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a close second to Kamala Harris in new 2028 presidential poll

Though the 2028 presidential election is four years away and will likely not see any candidate announcements until at least 2027, that isn’t stopping Democrats from mulling over who is their best shot to take back the White House after President Donald Trump’s second term concludes. A new poll shows where some voters fall on who they’d support in a potential 2028 presidential contest. While it may not be surprising that former Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee, […]

todayApril 18, 2025

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Biden signs bill that averts a government shutdown and brings a close to days of Washington upheaval

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Saturday that averts a government shutdown, bringing a final close to days of upheaval after Congress approved a temporary funding plan just past the deadline and refused President-elect Donald Trump’s core debt demands in the package. The deal funds the government at current levels through March 14 and provides $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in agricultural assistance to farmers. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything […]

todayDecember 22, 2024

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NAACP fund seeks to close Black voter registration and turnout gaps ahead of the November election

WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP on Wednesday announced that nonprofits engaged in a variety of voter-engagement efforts can apply for grant funding that helps local organizations register voters, boost turnout and guard against minority disenfranchisement. The leading civil rights organization said it hopes to raise $15 million for its Building Community Voice Fund. Dominik Whitehead, the NAACP’s vice president of campaigns, said it was created as a response to numerous attacks on voting rights that followed a significant jump in […]

todayMay 24, 2024 1

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GOP Kentucky House votes to close DEI offices at public colleges

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House voted Friday to choke off funding for diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities following an impassioned debate that had a GOP lawmaker dismissing DEI efforts as a failure and Democrats defending them as pillars of support for students from underrepresented groups. The overhauled bill passed the House by a vote of 68-18, sending it back to the Senate, which passed a much different version. House members stripped away the Senate’s language and […]

todayMarch 17, 2024 3