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Separate but Unequal? Why Race Divides American Classrooms Today

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 This Chart Illustrates the rise of “intensely segregated”  schools where  Black or Hispanic students make up 90‑100% of enrollment Equitable Growth . More than seventy years after the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional, many American classrooms still reflect deep divisions along racial lines. While this separation is not mandated by law, it continues through housing patterns, district policies, and economic inequality that affect where children go to school. Research shows that many districts are now more racially divided than they were in the 1980s, despite decades of effort to close the gap. The strongest factor driving this separation is housing. Families tend to live in neighborhoods with others of similar income, and because of historic redlining and wealth gaps, these neighborhoods often align with race. School district lines are usually drawn around these areas, which means that students fro...

Epstein victims: 'We know the names' Victims say they will compile their own list

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Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who are fed up with the government run-around said they will compile their own "client list" on Wednesday during a rally on Capitol Hill after the House Oversight Committee released 33,000 pages of documents already seen by the public. The documents released Tuesday night underwhelmed lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. “After careful review, Oversight Democrats have found that 97% of the documents received from the Department of Justice were already public. There is no mention of any client list or anything that improves transparency or justice for victims," Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said in a statement to CNN. Epstein victims: 'We know the names'  Victims say they will compile their own list  As of September 3, 2025 , survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse—many speaking publicly for the first time—are mounting a powerful, bipartisan effort to demand full transparency and accountability. 1. The Epstein ...

Nadler Steps Aside: A Longtime Trump Impeachment Figure Makes Room For New Leaders

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Nadler’s retirement is being sold as a graceful “pass the torch,” but it also marks the end of an impeachment-era guard and opens a power scramble in a deep-blue Manhattan seat where donors, unions, and activists will test which way Democrats want to go next.  After three decades chairing and shaping big fights—Trump impeachments, civil liberties, gun policy—his exit invites a reset on priorities:  Do voters want a younger prosecutor-style watchdog, a progressive focused on housing and antitrust, or a deal-maker who can deliver federal money? It also underscores an awkward truth both parties face after 2024 : aging leadership, redrawn districts, and restless bases are forcing turnover that speeches alone can’t paper over. Nadler leaves a long record and room for fresh energy; for skeptics, the timing hints at a party trying to refresh its image before the next Congress decides who sets the agenda on courts, tech, and foreign policy. Nadler became a national figure when he ran ...

After the Sweep: Where Do People Go?

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President Donald Trump pledged to evict homeless people from the nation's capital and jail criminals, despite Washington's mayor arguing there is no current spike in crime on August 11, 2025. While details of the plan were unclear, the administration is preparing to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, a U.S. official told, a controversial tactic Trump used recently in Los Angeles to tackle immigration protests over the objections of local officials. Trump LIVE | 'Move Out Immediately': Trump Delivers Bone-Chilling Speech; HUGE Announcement On Cam  Trump’s vow to “clean out” homeless encampments in Washington and “lock up criminals” lands like a law-and-order thunderclap, but it also hints at a federal show of force that dodges the hard parts:  Housing, treatment, and due process. He’s reportedly readying National Guard deployments—something he’s leaned on elsewhere—framed as restoring safety even as D.C.’s mayor says there isn’t a crime spike. Suppo...

Denied Over Gaza: Two U.S. Senators Say Israel Blocked Their Airdrop Flight

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Krystal and Saagar discuss Israel blocking US Senators from flying over Gaza. Israel BLOCKS US Senators From Gaza Flyover Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley said Israel refused permission for them to enter Gaza and also denied authorization to join a Jordanian humanitarian airdrop that would have flown over the Strip. They posted video from a Jordanian air base describing “man-made starvation” and said the overflight was blocked; multiple outlets reported the same on Aug. 30–31, 2025. The U.S. senators said they couldn’t even ride along on a Jordanian airdrop. That tells you how tightly Israel is controlling what outsiders can see over Gaza.  Israel can argue “security” and airspace deconfliction, but the effect is the same : keep independent American eyes off a place the senators called “man-made starvation.” When lawmakers with oversight on aid and arms can’t witness conditions firsthand, it shields policy from tough questions back in Washington—about how food is moving, ...

Ceasefire Offered, Then Disputed: Israel’s Changing Stance as Genocide Is Declared by Leading Scholar

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When you watch this unfold, it’s hard not to feel like the mask slipped and the word “civilized” lost its meaning; a lot of people are traumatized, and the old team jerseys don’t matter when civilians are being crushed. Left and right can meet at first principles: no genocide, no collective punishment, no silencing of dissent, no erasing people from their homes, and no special rules for the powerful.   If land can be taken by force and paperwork, it becomes a blueprint others will copy, and the frontier of abuse keeps moving. The antidote is simple, old-fashioned, and American: due process, equal protection, freedom of speech and press, the sanctity of the person, and real accountability for officials—applied consistently, even when it’s inconvenient for “our side.”  That means demanding an end to attacks on civilians, full access for aid, independent investigations with consequences, the safe return of the displaced, and negotiated guarantees that stop the cycle instead of j...

President Trump “is going to back Israel’s decision no matter what they do.” Lindsey Graham’s Unusually Close Alignment With Netanyahu

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Senator Lindsey Graham has a troubling history with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Cenk EXPOSES Lindsey Graham For Being  Netanyahu’s B*TCH For 30 Minutes Straight Taken together, Graham’s recent comments paint a clear pattern: he isn’t just backing Israel—he’s urging Washington to act as enforcer. Saying in Tel Aviv that Hezbollah should be disarmed “by military force” if it won’t comply, that “Hamas needs to go…this year,” and that President Trump will “back Israel’s decision no matter what they do,” signals a blank-check posture that sidelines debate.  A day earlier he called defeating Hamas “non-negotiable” and told Lebanon that promises to disarm Hezbollah must be matched by action, pushing the region toward choices made with jets and tanks rather than negotiations. On Meet the Press, his Tokyo-and-Berlin analogy implied total war followed by reconstruction—an endgame measured in rubble and years, not weeks.  He even floated economic punishment for Nor...

Why Land Acknowledgements Are Spreading In California Schools — And Why Some People Push Back

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In many California classrooms and campus meetings, educators now start with a land acknowledgement that names the local Indigenous people and recognizes their historic and ongoing ties to the area. This practice has grown across K-12 districts, community colleges, and universities over the last few years as part of broader efforts to teach local history and promote respect.  In many California classrooms and campus meetings , land acknowledgements now open the day by naming local Native nations and affirming that the campus sits on their ancestral territory—but critics say the ritual often functions less as education and more as signaling. They argue it can blur legal realities by implying all property is unsettled or illegitimate , and sometimes pressures students to assent to a political claim they haven’t studied. Supporters counter that it’s a simple first step toward honesty about place and history, yet skeptics note the pattern: lofty statements followed by little change, wh...

Every Accusation is A Confession (Sensitive Material. Viewer Warning)

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In this video, we explore Israel's atrocity propaganda post October 7th and the twisted psyche of Israeli society. Every Accusation is A Confession - YouTube Video Transcript excerpt;  On October 7th, 2023, Palestinian militants led by Hamas staged a dramatic series of raids on southern Israel. For hours, Palestinian jihadis raped, tortured, and killed 1,400 people. Thousand of children, bound them up, burned them, and executed them. They beheaded babies, cooked them alive, and gang raped innocent women at a music festival in a savage act of pure antisemitic hatred and domination. The worst part, they laughed as they did it. It was the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust and an affront to humanity the likes of which the world has never seen. In response, the Israelis had no choice but to launch a military campaign aimed at crushing the savage neo-Nazi antisemitic death cult of Palestinian terrorists exploiting over 2 million people as human shields in Gaza. It's a compel...