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Despite Trump’s grip on DEI, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says red states have a duty to uplift racial justice

As a popular governor in a ruby red state and Republican-controlled legislature, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is sort of a unicorn in Democratic politics. The 47-year-old Democrat’s impressive re-election in 2023 quickly placed him on the shortlist of possible presidential candidates. Beshear was also under consideration to be the vice presidential running mate to 2024 presidential nominee Kamala Harris. However, after Harris’ devastating loss and President Donald Trump‘s dominating return to the White House, the Democratic Party is in a […]

July 11, 2025

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Trump’s DEI rollbacks are starving Black farmers like never before

Black farmers are bracing for the worst as the Trump administration rolls back needed funding, including millions in grants that it has determined are “woke DEI propaganda.” “They’re really rolling back the clocks,” said John Boyd Jr., founder of the National Black Farmers Association. In addition to cutting needed financial assistance, the administration’s strong stance against DEI has resulted in Black farmers having challenges accessing bank loans and corporate sponsorships. “We’re hearing from companies that are running scared of having any sort […]

June 24, 2025

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Trump’s DEI crackdown puts millions in scholarships for future Black doctors in jeopardy

As private institutions continue to grapple with President Donald Trump’s executive orders to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, scholarships aimed at diversifying the medical field are the latest potential casualties of the White House’s pressure campaign. According to a recent report by The Washington Post, at least seven scholarships established by Black doctors at the University of Cincinnati to increase the number of Black medical students are in jeopardy. One of them, an endowment created by former Cincinnati Black […]

May 14, 2025

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Trump aide Stephen Miller says America is ‘blessed’ Kamala Harris isn’t president, rails against DEI

White House advisor Stephen Miller hit back at Kamala Harris after the former vice president slammed President Donald Trump‘s first 100 days in office during a recent speech in California. Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, reacted to Harris’ scathing remarks about the president on Thursday during a White House press briefing, telling reporters the only thing the American public should hear from the former presidential candidate is an “apology.” “I think it was a great reminder to […]

May 1, 2025

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Fani Willis calls out Trump and Republicans as ‘scared little boys,’ slams attacks on DEI

Fani Willis, Atlanta’s high-profile district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, isn’t keeping quiet amid continued attempts to investigate her in the aftermath of her now stalled criminal prosecution of President Donald Trump. “They picked the right lady at the right time,” Willis said of Republicans in recently published remarks at the Atlanta NAACP’s first annual women’s brunch last week. “I plan to continue to follow my oath. And I don’t really care how many times you threaten me…you can investigate […]

April 7, 2025

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Education Department threatens funding for public schools over DEI-but doesn’t clarify what counts as DEI

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday sent a memo to states receiving Title I funding threatening to withhold federal money from any public schools that do not eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The move is an escalation by the Trump administration in an effort to force public schools across the country to comply with an executive order—which characterizes DEI as “illegal discrimination”—signed by President Donald Trump. According to USA Today, the Education Department memo does not […]

April 3, 2025

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Federal workers file class action lawsuit saying white men kept jobs while they got fired in DEI backlash

A group of federal workers say that massive layoffs tied to President Trump’s DEI ban targeted workers of color and women—even if their jobs had nothing to do with DEI. These workers have now filed a class action lawsuit against Trump’s administration and are being represented by the ACLU of D.C., according to NBC News. The legal argument workers are making is that their First Amendment rights were violated when they were fired over the perception that they had pro-DEI […]

March 27, 2025

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Democrats call out DEI ‘irony’ amid Trump administration’s controversy on Signal

The Trump administration is being ridiculed for its focus on eliminating DEI as it struggles to explain away what is likely a national security threat after a journalist received texts on the Signal messaging app from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about an imminent military attack on an American target in Yemen. On Monday, Jeffrey Goldsberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, revealed that two hours before U.S. military fired missiles at the Iran-backed rebels group known as the Houthis, he received messages […]

March 25, 2025

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Defense Department webpage on Jackie Robinson goes down, then returns amid DEI purge

A Department of Defense webpage describing baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson’s military service was restored Wednesday after it was missing earlier in the day. That development came after pages honoring a Black Medal of Honor winner and Japanese American service members were taken down — the Pentagon said that was a mistake — amid the department’s campaign to strip out content singling out the contributions by women and minority groups, which the Trump administration considers “DEI.” The page on Robinson […]

March 20, 2025