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04-29-2025 9:07 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
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Crystal Holmes, right, greets her granddaughter, Mackenzie Holmes, 10, as she arrives at Mission of Yahweh women's shelter after school on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Houston. A service provides transportation to and from school for Mackenzie. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Schoolchildren threatened with eviction are more likely to end up in another district or transfer to another school. They’re more likely to miss school, and those who end up transferring are suspended more often.
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RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, answers a question while taking the stand as a witness during the first day of the criminal trial for the death of Nichols in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday, April 28, 2025. (Chris Day/Commercial Appeal/USA Today Network, via AP, Pool)
Opening arguments have begun in the case of three former Tennessee police officers charged with second-degree murder charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. The three have pleaded not guilty but already face the prospect of years behind bars after they were convicted of federal charges last year. Nichols’ death led to national protests, raised the volume on calls for police reforms and directed intense scrutiny toward the police force in majority-Black Memphis.
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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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