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From Rice v. Schell, decided two weeks ago by Judge Matthew McFarland (S.D. Ohio), but just posted on Westlaw a few days ago: Plaintiff Darryl Rice serves as a tenured and endowed associate professor of management for the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. For over a decade, Plaintiff has taught courses such as Diversity and Cross-Cultural Management, participated in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (“DEI”) programming, and contributed to entities like DEI-based committees at Miami University. In April 2025, Miami University began to wind down certain programs and entities related to DEI. Specifically, the following entities…

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Fidel Castro and his men in the Sierra Maestra – Public Domain (Personal note: I have studied the Cuban revolution and taught about and been in solidarity with Cuba since the late 1960’s. I have visited five times including living there with my family for four months and teaching Cuban faculty at the University of Havana in 2001. I took a class from the Evergreen State College to Cuba for eight weeks in 2004, traveling through the entire island, and have also visited more recently. I keep in touch with a few friends there. Peter) The Trump administration is serious…

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Virginia Democrats talking about changing the rules for the state Supreme Court, after it struck down the party’s ambitious partisan redistricting plan–including lowering the retirement age for judges to force every current member out.Read Full Article ⟶ Source link

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From yesterday’s decision by Judge David Estudillo (W.D. Wash.) in Arias v. Univ. of Wash. Tacoma: For purposes of the present motion, and resolving the disputed material facts in Plaintiff’s favor, the Court finds: Plaintiff’s interaction with Defendant Vern Harner on April 20, 2023 was “momentary.” Plaintiff mentioned she was thinking about focusing her zine project on women’s rights and showed Harner her computer screen with a Google search for an article available; she “did not have any article open.” Harner did not say much but told Plaintiff to make sure the source Plaintiff planned to use was reputable. Harner…

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In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. The USDA’s cancellation of a $300 million grant program has stalled land purchases, training programs, and local food projects intended to support young, first-generation, and underserved farmers Kat Grimmett for Prism The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has slashed a $300 million grant program designed to help underserved farmers access land, capital, and training, putting roughly 50 projects across 40 states and territories…

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US has seized nearly $500 million in Iranian crypto assets, surpassing the previously reported $344 million freeze. The United States has seized nearly $500 million in Iranian cryptocurrency assets as part of a sweeping economic pressure campaign against Tehran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday. Bessent made the comments during an appearance on Fox Business’s “Kudlow,” where he outlined the scope of Operation Economic Fury, a campaign ordered by President Donald Trump in March 2025 aimed at cutting off Iran’s financial lifelines through asset seizures, bank account freezes and secondary sanctions on countries that continue to…

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In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Joshua Scheer Ben Norton dismantles the triumphalist rhetoric surrounding the U.S. war on Iran in this blistering breakdown of…

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