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House Passes Defense Policy Bill With Transgender, Diversity Restrictions

For the third year in a row, House Republicans pushed through a Pentagon policy measure that included conservative policy dictates.

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Despite the partisan nature of the final legislation, it included an effort backed by conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats alike to claw back Congress’s war powers.
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George Mason’s President, Gregory Washington, Will Not Apologize to the Trump Administration

Gregory Washington, George Mason’s first Black president, runs a university that prizes diversity. That has made him a target of the Trump administration.

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The Trump administration demanded that Gregory Washington, president of George Mason University, personally apologize for supporting diversity programs. He said no.
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College Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High Achievers

After the Trump administration criticized the use of what it called “racial proxies,” the group behind the SAT shut down a way for universities to identify promising applicants from disadvantaged communities.

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Supporters of affirmative action protested near the Supreme Court in 2023.
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In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

President Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees.

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Dr. Peggy Carr, the chief statistician at the Education Department, was dismissed after a 35-year career as part of the Trump administration’s plan to drastically reduce the size of the federal work force.
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