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This Portland high school senior has won Youth of the Year 2 times. Now, she wants to be a role model for other youth of color Updated Mar 08, 2021; Posted Mar 08, 2021 TreNisha Shearer, 17, wins the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro’s 2021 Youth of the Year for the second year in a row. Facebook Share De La Salle North Catholic High School didn’t have a Black Student Union. So TreNisha Shearer decided to start one. She’s also a student council member, a student ambassador and senior class representative. And with a group of friends, she organized an African American read-in for Bl...

Back Commentary Mar 2, 2021 By Dee Dee Myers & Jennifer Siebel Newsom Jennifer Siebel Newsom is the first partner of California, cofounder of the California Partners Project, founder of The Representation Project and a filmmaker. When the pandemic hit, Kehinde Koyejo, who owns the Oakland small business Kalm Korner by Kehinde, knew she had to act fast. It wasn’t easy, but she moved her storefront to her home, rebuilding her business online while also helping her 5-year-old daughter with distance learning. Like Kehinde, the pandemic has forced difficult and of...

This Saturday at 2pm EST you can hang out with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Amy Poehler and other celebrities who used to be servers. They’re joining One Fair Wage, The Representation Project and We Stand United for a special Digital Storytelling Event. February 13 (2.13) is an annual National Day of Action to bring awareness to…

By | January 18, 2021 In President Trump’s Jan. 6 speech ahead of the riot on Capitol Hill, there was a telling moment that was easy to miss amid his calls to “fight like hell.” It was when Trump went on a tangent about the Republican governor of Georgia, one of the states Trump is angry he did not win on Election Day.​ “And I had Brian Kemp, who weighs 130 pounds,” Trump told the crowd. “He said he played offensive line in football. I’m trying to figure that out. I’m still trying to figure that out. He said that the other night: ‘I was an offensive lineman.’ I’m sa...

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Now, before the attack on the Capitol, Donald Trump infamously