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09-22-2023 10:11 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
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Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, was initially suspended the same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles.
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It’s been more than three months since the justices' 5-4 ruling, and the continued pushback from Republican legislatures in control of redistricting means there's great uncertainty about whether, or how soon, new maps offering equal representation for Black voters will be drawn
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The White House is calling the Republicans’ newly-launched impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden “extreme politics at its worst.” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced the inquiry Tuesday, the latest sign of the GOP leader yielding to mounting pressure from former President Donald Trump and his allies. McCarthy claims the president lied about his knowledge of his family’s business dealings
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Judge Rowan Wilson
Wilson, who had previously served as an associate judge of the Court of Appeals since 2017, assumed the role following the resignation of Judge Janet DiFiore in August 2022.
Smiling students writing at her desk
For more than half a century, colleges and universities have relied on dedicated programs to attract students of color and support them. Today, those programs – known as diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs – are under attack.
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A survey by the Berkeley IGS found that 60% of California voters believe that the legacy of slavery is still impacting the current situation of Black residents in the state. Approximately 20% say they see some effect, and 13% say they see little.
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The infusion of capital elevates the total investment in the project to an impressive $184 million.
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She further emphasized the historic barriers she has shattered throughout her career, including being the first woman district attorney in San Francisco and the first Black woman to serve as California’s attorney general.
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With the U.S. Capitol in the background, a person walks past American flags flying at half-staff surrounding the Washington Monument on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in Washington, to honor and remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Bells tolled at ground zero and solemn tributes unfolded across the country as Americans looked back on the horror and legacy of 9/11.
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Reducing inequality in health may depend on increasing diversity among doctors, but after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, concerns have arisen that a pathway into medicine may become much harder for students of color. Black Americans represent 13% of the United States population, yet just 6% of physicians in the nation are Black.
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