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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday vetoed legislation that would have allowed public and private colleges to provide preferential admissions to applicants directly descended from individuals who were enslaved in the United States before 1900. The governor thanked the bill’s author for his commitment to addressing disparities and urged educational institutions to review and determine “how, when, and if this type …

Gavin Newsom approves slavery reparations agency  Politico Newsom faces deadline to veto or sign California reparations package  KPBS Newsom signs major bills on slavery reparations, firearms, AI and more  KRCR Commentary: California’s Black legislators stay on task with reparations, despite national headwinds  Stocktonia News Historic reparations bills will be vetoed or signed by California governor in the next few days  KPBS Source link

Nintendo details their latest efforts to prevent modern slavery  GoNintendo Source link

On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates for its citizens, including those for children to attend school. Current Florida law and the state’s Department of Health require that children who attend day care or public school be immunized for polio, diphtheria, rubeola, rubella, pertussis and other communicable diseases. Dr. Joseph …

Facebook Tweet Email Link EDITOR’S NOTE:  In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made. Depicting a crisscross of welts and scars streaked across the body of a formerly enslaved Louisiana man, “Scourged Back” is one of the 19th century’s defining photographs. The image was so …

National Parks to Remove Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes  The New York Times National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars  The Washington Post Philly activists rally to protect President’s House history as Trump deadline to remove exhibits depicting slavery nears  WHYY Books about slavery could be removed from NPS museums, gift shops  NPR National Park Service to remove photo of enslaved …

Children in Florida will no longer be required to receive vaccines against preventable diseases including measles, mumps, chicken pox, polio and hepatitis said Joseph Ladapo, the state’s surgeon general, on Wednesday in a speech during which he likened vaccine mandates to “slavery”. Ladapo, hand-picked for the role by Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, is a long-time skeptic of the benefit …

Trump says Smithsonian is too focused on slavery. Scholars see sanitizing.  The Washington Post Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’  The New York Times Trump vows to expand his review of U.S. museums. Can he do that?  NPR Scholar says Trump’s efforts to reframe U.S. history is ‘reminiscent of McCarthyism’  PBS Trump targets the Smithsonian again, says it focuses …

Trump targets the Smithsonian again, says it focuses too much on how bad slavery was  Reuters Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’  The New York Times Trump expands ‘woke’ criticism from Smithsonian to other museums  NPR Trump vows to target ‘woke’ museums with same playbook used on Columbia, Harvard  CNBC Trump says the Smithsonian focuses too much on ‘how …

Trump targets the Smithsonian again, says it focuses too much on how bad slavery was  Reuters Trump escalates attacks against Smithsonian museums, says there’s too much focus on ‘how bad slavery was’  CNN Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’  The New York Times Trump expands ‘woke’ criticism from Smithsonian to other museums  NPR Trump says he has instructed lawyers …