The Letter suggests, however, that a wide variety of core instruction, activities,
and programs that schools, from pre-kindergarten through post-graduate education, use to teach
and support their students now constitute illegal discrimination.
10. For example, the Letter appears to ban the teaching of history and other subjects
that acknowledges “systemic and structural racism,” claiming that such instruction is
discriminatory. It is not clear how a school could teach a fulsome U.S. History course without
teaching about slavery, the Missouri Compromise, the Emancipation Proclamation, the forced
relocation of Native American tribes, the laws of Jim Crow, Brown v. Board of Education, the
internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, or the Civil Rights Acts, the Fair
Housing Act and the Voting Rights Act without running afoul of this prohibition.
11. Likewise, the Letter appears to ban any existing voluntary associations or student
groups, such as a Black Student Union. These groups are open to all yet provide programming to
support and amplify the lived experiences of students or faculty who are members of a particular
demographic.
12. The Letter appears to ban all programming in support of Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion (“DEI”), again despite the fact that such programming is lawful and previous
presidential administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden
have supported such efforts.
13. Finally, despite invoking the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision on college
admissions, the Letter goes well beyond that holding and states that many legal, evidence-based,
and well-accepted ways to foster inclusivity and increase diversity of all types are nevertheless
considered discriminatory by this administration
The American Sociological Association and the AFT are suing the DOE over the "Dear Colleague" letter threatening to withhold funding (or even initiate prosecutions) over accurate historical education.
democracyforward.org/updates/chal...
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He had a definite reaction, he was hurt.
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Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza and reportedly launched a “major bombing operation” on the town of Kfar Kila, in violation of a ceasefire agreed last month.
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/84hmic
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Articles about eliminating extreme poverty worldwide mention as goals ending starvation and easily treatable diseases. But only one of the ten charities at GivingMultiplier includes fighting malnutrition and is only part of their mission. Why is hunger not a larger part of the focused charities?
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Peter Singer’s web page:
https://www.petersinger.info/
Peter Singer’s Wikipedia page:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer
Information about Utilitarianism:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism
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Asked Peter Singer (utilitarian moral philosopher), via his A.I. chatbot PeterSinger.ai , how it viewed the killing of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in light of the large response saying delay & deny policies of insurers has lead to many deaths.
@PeterSinger.info
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A shocking report exposes the brutal death of Gaza’s esteemed surgeon, Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh, in an Israeli prison. Witnesses from Ofer Prison reveal he was savagely tortured, stripped half-naked, and left to die alone in excruciating pain in the prison yard.
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Liberal guilt and Palestine
Palestine did cost the Democrats the election, though not how some imagine. In Palestine’s fate millions finally understood their calls for change would remain unanswered. In this, Palestine revealed ...
Palestine didn’t cost the Democrats the election in the way you think—it exposed the hollowness of their promises. For many, it was the final proof that calls for change would go unanswered, revealing the deep rot of the American empire.
mondoweiss.net/2024/11/libe...
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As U.S. ambassador, Rev. Mike Huckabee will push for ‘end times’ in Palestine
As U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee will likely go further in advocating for the destruction of Palestine, stepping up the holocaust in Gaza and pushing for the annexation of Gaza and the West...
As U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee will likely go further in advocating for the destruction of Palestine, stepping up the holocaust in Gaza and pushing for the annexation of Gaza and the West Bank.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/as-u-s-ambassador-rev-mike-huckabee-will-push-for-end-times-…
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Israel’s Genocide Day 408: U.S. envoy to visit Lebanon and Israel to discuss ceasefire deal as confrontations heat up
The US and Israel say ceasefire negotiations with Lebanon are progressing, but Lebanon says negotiations still have a long way to go. Meanwhile, Israeli strikes intensify in Gaza, killing 111 Palestinians...
The US and Israel say ceasefire negotiations with Lebanon are progressing, but Lebanon says negotiations still have a long way to go. Meanwhile, Israeli strikes intensify in Gaza, killing 111 Palestinians in a single day in the northern Gaza Strip.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/israels-genocide-d…
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10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
Three things I've read or re-read in the past couple of weeks that are helping me think about what I can try do, and can try to help others do, over the next few years:
First, Daniel Hunter's piece published last week in Waging Nonviolence.
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