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Go 4 It: Protect your identity and the environment
Monday, April 7th, 2025
via WDIV (Michigan)Our April Go 4 It action event is 'Shred and Protect,' which is focused on protecting both you and the environment.
Racism
Which bills died and which survived in the second ‘funnel’ of Iowa’s 2025 session?
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
via Globe Gazette (Iowa)Republican leaders protect many bills that haven't advanced so far
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Pesticides, work mandates, DEI: What bills lived or died in Iowa Legislature’s 2nd funnel?
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
via The Ames Tribune (Iowa)Which bills lived or died after the Iowa Legislature's second "funnel" deadline on Friday? Check out the complete list.
Racism, Book Bans
AZ Briefing: TSMC and Intel discuss joint venture; Thousands join anti-trump ‘Hands Off!’ protest; Chandler’s tallest building delayed
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
via The Arizona Republic (Arizona)Good morning, Arizona. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
Racism, School Board – General
Teachers protest Shelli Boggs over West Valley school board appointment. Here’s why
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
via The Arizona Republic (Arizona)The Maricopa County superintendent named Michael Todd to the Liberty Elementary vacancy. He previously served as the board's president but resigned.
Racism, School Board – General
Maya Angelou memoir and Holocaust book are among Naval Academy library’s DEI purge
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
via The Grand Island Independent (Nebraska)The Navy late Friday provided the list of 381 books that were taken out of its library after a Trump executive order.
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How one US organization reunites military personnel with the animals they rescued overseas
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
via The Buffalo News (New York)The Navy late Friday provided the list of 381 books that were taken out of its library after a Trump executive order.
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What might Oregon stand to lose from the Trump efforts to target DEI in schools?
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
via The Oregonian (Oregon)The administration's actions threaten money allocated from the federal government to schools, including those that serve a high percentage of students from low income families and for special…
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Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book among DEI purge at Naval Academy library
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via NBC New York (New York)The Navy removed nearly 400 books from the Naval Academy library shortly before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the school on Tuesday.
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Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Maryland)Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou's famous autobiography, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S.
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The Latest: Stock market suffers worst week since 2020 after China retaliates against Trump tariffs
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via San Antonio Express-News (Texas)Markets are facing their worst crisis since the COVID crash after China matched President...
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Which bills died and which survived at the second ‘funnel’ of Iowa’s 2025 session?
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)And how many bills did Republican leaders tuck in their pocket to potentially resurrect in the session's closing weeks?
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US Supreme Court sides with Trump administration, allows cuts to education grants to proceed
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via The Gazette (Colorado)The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of the Trump administration, which asked the justices to stay a district court's order enjoining the federal government from terminating education
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Feds order schools to certify they’re not discriminating based on race with DEI programs
Friday, April 4th, 2025
via The Arizona Republic (Arizona)Racism
Utah state school board rejects request to formally adopt anti-DEI stance, define DEI as ‘Marxist’
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)The Utah State Board of Education rejected a request to formally adopt a stance against diversity, equity and inclusion. The decision came after hundreds of phone calls and emails this week expressed concern over the proposed resolution.
Racism, School Board – General
How the Trump Administration Might Target D.E.I. in Public Schools
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via The New York Times (New York)A letter from the administration promised to withdraw funding from schools that allow certain D.E.I. programs. But what counts as D.E.I. may prove murky.
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House Education Committee signs off on bill banning diversity, equity, inclusion initiatives
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via WV MetroNews (West Virginia)Gov. Patrick Morrisey has called for ending DEI initiatives across state government. The acronym stands for diversity, equity and inclusion.
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West Ada said ‘Everyone is welcome’ sign violated policy. Will the policy be reviewed?
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via Idaho Statesman (Idaho)The district has so far stood firm that the sign in a Meridian teacher's classroom violated policy requiring displays be 'content neutral.'
Racism, School Board – General
Georgetown must end its race obsession
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Georgetown Law School is defending its embrace of DEI as consistent with its Catholic and Jesuit mission, but there's nothing Catholic about it.
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