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Latest News Articles

• Trump Administration Announces Sweeping Tariffs Under "Fair and Reciprocal Plan" | Pillsbury's Global Trade and Sanctions Blog
  • New policy directive announced February 13, 2025, aims to address trade imbalances and barriers imposed by trading partners on U.S. goods and services
  • While the plan has been announced, no new tariffs have been implemented yet, leaving businesses and trading partners watching closely for potential economic impacts
• Embracing Inclusion: Shattering Myths Around DEI In Transportation | Forbes
  • Written by our Selika Talbott, one of our Executives-in-Residence at LACI!
• ‘Overwhelming’: What Happens to 50,000lb of Extra LA Wildfire Clothing Donations? | The Guardian
• Heat Pumps Keep Widening Their Lead on Gas Furnaces | Canary Media
• **Fire at one of the world's largest battery plants in California forces evacuations | AP News**
• **Long Beach Commits to 100% All-Electric Garbage Trucks | Earthjustice**
• **Trump rescinds funding freeze but uncertainty lives on for wide array of environmental programs | AP News**

Educational Resources

Racial Equity Investment Database | Croatan Institute

• A new database tool that identifies investment advisors and investable opportunities across asset classes contributing to building racial equity.
• Aims to encourage investment advisors and decision-makers to reallocate 15% of AUM to invest in America's emerging majority.
• Includes research on investment advisors and products meeting at least one of three qualitative pillars: Capital Reallocation, Systemic Change, and Measurements of Outcome.

Recommended Books

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