Riddle me this: Colleges spend and make millions focusing national attention on sports, but can't lead national debates on issues dividing students and the nation? Sounds like fiddling while Rome burns.

Why far-right groups are disrupting US campus protests: ‘When there’s so much attention, they show up’ theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Silencing dissent with arrests and firings. I don't recognize my own country.

The white population in the United States is declining in numbers — the 2020 census revealed a 3% decrease in the non-Hispanic White population identifying with a single race, amounting to approximately 5.1 million people fewer than in 2010. This decline was observed across 35…

This is the nightmare that Republican gun laws have created for policing, and for Black men with guns viewed as threats, instead of protectors, as white men are viewed. Critical race facts.

'Meghan revealed in 2022 that she discovered she was 43% Nigerian from a genealogy test.' DEI will never DIE. We are the future.
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Professors at The New School Launch Faculty Encampment for Gaza democracynow.org/2024/5/9/headl…

From steven monacelli: The Remnant Alliance Is Coming for a School Board Near You texasobserver.org/christian-scho… - via Texas Observer

BREAKING: The Union Theological Seminary announced on Thursday that its board of trustees endorsed a policy supporting the institution’s divestment from “companies substantially and intractably benefiting from the war in Palestine.”
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Do more with less doesn't work for USPS, or anybody else: 'These issues occurred because headquarters management did not have a comprehensive plan to assess resources at the Bemidji Post Office before adding additional package volume to its delivery operations.'

The bad news: Republicans have chilled speech and scholarship about race in schools and colleges for at least a generation.

⚡️ Good news: “Tennessee teachers can move forward with their lawsuit challenging a 3-year-old state law restricting what they can teach about race, gender, and bias — U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Trauger denied the state’s motion to dismiss the case.”
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“They seem to be more interested in controlling their outward image than listening to their own people.” --From Gannett to Boeing, corporate authoritarianism is out of control.

Rick Edmonds is media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, which is a professional development center for journalists. Gannett is a financial firm that presents as a newspaper chain. Column by Edmonds:

'Gannett fired an editor for talking to me.' poynter.org/commentary/202…

In 2020, North Carolina went to Trump by less than 2%. This year, it's poised to be ground zero in the fight against right-wing extremism. Writer @ToddBeeton looks at the lay of the land in this battleground state. Can Joe Biden turn it blue in 2024? Read more at The Big Picture.…

'“We don’t know why young people are not as well informed as older people,” Angelucci says. “But age is the single most important predictor of knowledge.”

Has the death of truth been greatly exaggerated?

Recent research finds 3 in 4 US adults can discern real political news headlines from fake ones🔗⬇️

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Papoose Pleads Case For Legislation Making Rap Lyrics Inadmissible In Court trib.al/naMCiFi

This story of police/politician resistance to progressive prosecutors is playing in Memphis. Racism remains the elephant in the city.
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What should you do when the President of the United States bullies you? Stormy Daniels' answer: Hit back hard at the 'orange turd.'