After a wildfire decimated a California high schoolÐÔÊӽ紫ý™s newsroom, one of the first offers of help that its journalism adviser received came from the other side of the country. Claire Smith is founding executive director of Temple UniversityÐÔÊӽ紫ý™s sports media center and had known Lisa Nehus Saxon since they helped carve out a place for women journalists in Major League Baseball more than 40 years ago. Smith says she wanted to be there for her after wildfires in January ravaged the Los Angeles area. Earlier this week, she traveled from Philadelphia to deliver a university paper featuring the high school studentsÐÔÊӽ紫ý™ articles.

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Members of Tideline, the student newspaper, pose for a group photo showing the publication at the interim location for Palisades High School Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Staff members of Tideline, Palisades High School's newspaper, Sophia Masserat, left, and Eve Keller read a copy of the publication, freshly delivered from Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Copies of Tideline, Palisades High School's student newspaper, are placed on a table in their newsroom, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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State efforts to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are accelerating during Donald Trump's second term. Republican governors and lawmakers this year already have taken about twice as many actions targeting DEI offices and activities as last year. And last year's actions were about double those of 2023, when the movement began gaining ground. Some of the latest actions go beyond higher education to also target DEI in state and local government agencies. The actions come as Trump also has ordered a halt to DEI initiatives in the federal government, universities and schools. Many of Trump's actions face legal challenges.