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Demand Diversity Roundtable Response to Administration’s Threat to DEI

By Marc H. Morial,  President and CEO National Urban League “A second Trump administration intends to abandon efforts to advance and legally defend affirmative action and DEI policies within military academies, federal minority contracting programs, and other federal programs shown to open opportunities – as well as create inclusive education and workplace environments – unfairly

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We Will Not Be Erased

The 47th President has attacked our government like a bull in a China closet. He is doing his best to upend precedent and policy, as he promised that he would. He issued hundreds of executive orders, pardoned convicted criminals (like himself), manipulated the truth through websites, abolished DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion measures), put hundreds

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Rep. Robin Kelly sworn in for next two year term

CONGRATULATIONS TO U.S. Congresswoman Robin Kelly on her swearing-in as the representative for Illinois’ 2nd District in the 119th Congress. She took the oath of office in two ceremonies—one in Washington, D.C., with then-President Joe Biden, and another on January 16, 2025, at the Holiday Inn Chicago Matteson Conference Center. Justice Cynthia Y. Cobbs administered

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Will a new CFPB overdraft rule be allowed to save consumers $5B each year?

By Charlene Crowell On December 11, an important but under-reported U.S. Senate hearing addressed the nation’s challenging economy. After calling to order the session entitled, Protecting Workers’ Money and Fighting for the Dignity of Work, long-time Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, who for a full decade served as either the Banking Committee’s Chair or Ranking Member,

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