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Trump’s trend of targeting prominent Black women, like Letitia James, explained

President Donald Trump‘s vow to go after his political enemies came to a head on Thursday when his Justice Department announced the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James. James, who was charged with mortgage fraud, maintains that she did not commit any crime and slammed the president for his “desperate weaponization of our justice system” and “grave violation of our constitutional order.” While the targeting of James is being condemned as part of a growing trend of political […]

todayOctober 11, 2025

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Trump signs executive order targeting his latest DEI victim: ‘Woke AI’

President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting “woke AI,” expanding his systematic assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI. Trump signed the order on Wednesday at an AI Summit in Washington, D.C. “The American people do not want woke Marxist lunacy in the AI models,” Trump said during his nearly one-hour remarks, in which he also vilified former Presidents Barack Obama and “absolutely terrible” Joe Biden, whose executive order on implementing racial equity in AI industries was “proudly […]

todayJuly 23, 2025

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett explains how Trump’s demand for Texas redistricting is directly targeting Black voters

Democrats are decrying Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s move to redraw the state’s congressional maps to help President Donald Trump and Republicans maintain their powerful majority in Washington, D.C. Next week, the Republican-controlled Texas state legislature will begin a special session called by Abbott. The redistricting of Texas’ congressional map is a top item on their legislative agenda. This comes after Trump’s Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Harmeet Dhillon, sent a letter to Gov. Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken […]

todayJuly 15, 2025

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Marine Corps’ new grooming policy slammed for targeting Black men

A recently updated grooming policy issued by the United States Marine Corps is being slammed by advocates for negatively targeting Black male service members. The policy is a reversal of a decades-long waiver that allowed Black men with coarse or curly hair to electively wear their beards as a result of a skin condition. The waivers allowed Black service members to avoid the military’s requirements for men to be clean-shaven. In March, the Marine Corps issued a new guidance on […]

todayMay 29, 2025 4

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Right-wing group funded by Project 2025 launches ‘DEI Watchlist’ targeting mostly Black federal workers

In an escalation of the political right’s crusade against diversity, equity, and inclusion, a recently published website titled the “DEI Watchlist” targets mostly Black federal workers in an apparent attempt to intimidate and advance the Trump administration’s aim to root out all employees it deems as DEI hires. The website, created by the conservative nonprofit American Accountability Foundation, has published so-called “dossiers” of more than 60 former and current federal workers. It publishes professional and personal information, which it characterizes […]

todayFebruary 8, 2025 2