Ranking Member Maxine Waters, House Leaders Cheer Successful Effort to Defend American Consumers and the CFPB in Court
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Trump’s Trade War Hits Black America Hardest as Tariffs Drive Up Costs
President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs—25% on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% on imports from China—has sent shockwaves through global markets, sparking retaliatory measures from trade partners and raising concerns about the economic strain on American consumers. But for Black Americans, already facing disproportionate financial burdens, the fallout could be devastating.
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Democrats Silent as Trump’s Authoritarian Grip Tightens, Leaving Supporters Outraged
Except for outspoken lawmakers Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Democrats have remained frustratingly silent as Donald Trump solidifies his grip on power. Despite his administration’s policies, a government funding freeze, and his allies pushing the racist and oppressive Project 2025 agenda onto Americans, Democratic leadership has offered no real response.
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Political Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed
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Little Tracking, Wide Variability Permeate the Teams Tasked With Stopping School Shootings
President Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer with no formal medical or public health expertise, as secretary of Health and Human Services. Two Senate committees will question Kennedy this week on how his disproven views of science and medicine qualify him to run the $1.7 trillion, 80,000-employee federal health system.
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What RFK Jr. Might Face in His Nomination Hearings This Week
President Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer with no formal medical or public health expertise, as secretary of Health and Human Services. Two Senate committees will question Kennedy this week on how his disproven views of science and medicine qualify him to run the $1.7 trillion, 80,000-employee federal health system.
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Merit Vs DEI
“He [President Trump] is sanctioning…employment discrimination,” says Marc Morial the President and CEO of the National Urban League. Morial said he has talked to McDonald’s executives who recently dropped their DEI efforts as well as Walmart and he stepped off an unofficial board of Facebook as they moved to end DEI without consulting with that board. Morial made these statements on the Black Press USA show Make it Plain. Make it Plain He spoke on the cancellation of diversity equity and inclusion through a new executive order signed in the first days of this new Trump administration.
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Harvard Under Fire for Slashing Slavery Initiative Staff as Black History Faces Nationwide Attacks
Harvard University abruptly terminated staff contributing to the research component of its Slavery Remembrance Program on January 23, leaving employees without notice and sparking outrage about the institution’s commitment to its $100 million Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Initiative. The decision comes during a national wave of setbacks to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) efforts, widespread layoffs of minority employees, and actions by states and schools to diminish the teaching of Black history.
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Advocates and Legislators Join Forces in Human Trafficking Fight
Vanessa Russell, the founder and executive director of Love Never Fails, a non-profit committed to ending human trafficking and supporting survivors, announced that it has partnered with California state lawmakers to tackle the violent crime affecting thousands of girls, boys, women and men every year.
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Ranking Member Maxine Waters Blasts Trump for Firing CFPB Director and Launching Plan to Delete the CFPB
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As Attacks Against DE&I Heighten, Costco and Apple Prove Inclusion Remains Good Business
Under President Donald Trump’s Project 2025, the administration has launched an unprecedented effort to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) programs. Federal agencies are now prohibited from observing Black History Month, and employees involved in DE&I initiatives have been terminated.
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Nov. 5 General Election Update: Most California Black Candidates Are on Track to Win
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