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☆ The G.O.P. presidential field is hailing the dismantling of affirmative action.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Neil Vigdor | Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Republicans running for president applauded the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday to strike down race-based affirmative action in college admissions, a policy that for decades has stoked the conservative agenda. Former President Donald J. Trump called the decision a “great day for America” in a statement. “People with extraordinary ability and everything else necessary for success, including future greatness for our country, are finally being rewarded,” he said, adding, “We’re going back to all merit-based — and that’s the way it should be!”Mr. Trump’s political organization, the MAGA War Room, cast him as a main catalyst for the court’s ruling to end affirmative action, saying on Twitter that “he delivered on his promise to appoint constitutional justices.”It also made an outlandish comparison between Mr. Trump, the Republican front-runner who has been indicted twice since leaving the White House, and Abraham Lincoln, one of the party’s iconic forebears.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, ”, We’re, Abraham Lincoln Organizations: America, Twitter, Republican, White Locations: MAGA

☆ Should the U.S. government pay reparations for slavery and its legacy?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

The poll found that 74% of Black Americans favor reparations compared to just 26% of white Americans. A divided America Views on whether the U.S. government should provide some form of reparations for slavery and its legacy are split along party and racial lines. They also say it’s wrong to have taxpayers finance reparations, given that no one alive today is responsible for slavery. In April 2021, Gohmert went on the attack by proposing an amendment calling for the Democratic Party to pay for reparations. In the slavery era, the Democratic Party supported slavery; the Republican Party, led by Abraham Lincoln, called for slavery’s restriction and eventually abolished it.

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☆ More than 100 U.S. political elites have family links to slavery
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Reuters Graphic | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +46 min

Then the war came, and according to the family history, Union soldiers plundered Sessions’ 27-room house. About 48 years old at the time, he did not stand a chance to succeed without slavery, the family history suggests. ‘A Better Nation’Some historians and genealogists say there is a valuable reason for white leaders – and other white Americans – to explore their links to slavery. Nicka Sewell-Smith, a professional genealogist with the family history website Ancestry.com, said people frequently ask her what to do with such documents. The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Meeks said in an interview that he has spent years trying to trace his family history back before 1870.

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Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. — When Fashion Becomes a Form of Protest (Aug. 17, 2016)2. botnet — a network of hijacked computers used maliciously:The Dutch responded by launching the H.T.C.U. Since then, it has become one of the world’s leading law enforcement forces in fighting cybercrime. And the reading of the Summer Book can fall effortlessly within the world of the three L’s. — The Ezra Klein Show: The Men — and Boys — Are Not All Right (March 10, 2023)And the list of the week’s easiest words:

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☆ What is Juneteenth? History of US federal holiday and its celebration explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Juneteenth, long a regional holiday in the U.S. South, rose in prominence following protests in 2020 over police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and other African Americans. Juneteenth, a combination of the words June and 19th, is also known as Emancipation Day. Connecticut, Minnesota, Nevada and Tennessee have made Juneteenth a permanent public holiday for the first time this year, according to the Pew Research Center. In Alabama and West Virginia, Juneteenth has been authorized as a state holiday for this year by a governor’s proclamation. People are also celebrating the holiday by organizing for civil rights, reading books about African American heritage and history, attending festivals and musical performances, and dining at Black-owned restaurants.

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☆ Opinion: DeSantis and Pence are wrong in pushing to bring back Fort Bragg
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence, are attempting to take our nation backward by vowing to rename a military base in North Carolina in honor of Braxton Bragg, a slave-owning, former Confederate general. Fort Bragg became Fort Liberty earlier this month as part of a push to remove the names of Confederate leaders from military bases in the wake of protests over the police killing of George Floyd. Confederate President Jefferson Davis asked Bragg to leave his plantation and serve as a general. At the 1863 Battle of Chickamauga alone — where Bragg was uncharacteristically successful in defeating Union forces — patriotic US soldiers suffered 16,000 casualties. of Fort Bragg, Fort Robert E. Lee, and many other Military Bases.

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☆ Analysis: As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it's time to get rid of these three myths about slavery
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

It marks the moment in June of 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to inform enslaved African Americans that they were free by executive decree. Though it commemorates a moment when enslaved African Americans were freed, the US is still held captive by several myths about slavery and people like Cummins. 1: African Americans were ‘freed’ after the Civil War endedThere is a popular conception that the formerly enslaved were freed after the Civil War ended. It is what historians call a “Slave Bible.” It is a copy of a Bible that was used by British missionaries to convert enslaved African Americans. Kin Cheung/APThe historical record shows that enslaved African Americans revitalized Christianity in other ways, historians say.

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☆ What is open on Juneteenth 2023?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Almost 40% of US employers now provide Juneteenth as a paid holiday, a significant increase from just 9% two years ago, according to data from HR consulting firm Mercer. It became a federal holiday in 2021, after President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. Here is what’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2023. TD Bank, which remained open last Juneteenth, will also be closed on Monday. RetailersMost major retailers and grocery stores will be open on Juneteenth.

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☆ Trump's die-hard fans handed him another $6.6 million after he was indicted a second time, according to his campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump has received some $6.6 million from his fans in "a few short days," his campaign said. The fundraising boost echoes the $15 million Trump raised when he was first indicted in March. On Wednesday, he announced that his campaign raised $6.6 million in the "few short days" before and after he was arraigned. Trump raised $15 million in the two weeks after his first indictment in Manhattan, giving a significant boost to his previously dwindling donations, per The New York Times. His supporters also sent him $1.5 million in the days after he falsely predicted that he would be arrested on March 21.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, he's, Trump, Bret Baier, Abraham Lincoln Organizations: Trump, Service, New York Times, Fox News, Michigan GOP Locations: Bedminster, Miami, New York, Manhattan, Michigan

☆ Biden hosts Jennifer Hudson, Wu-Tang's Method Man at Juneteenth concert
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Method Man (C) and Streetlife (R) of rap band Wu-Tang Clan perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival July 18, 2007. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND)/File PhotoWASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening is hosting the White House's first big Juneteenth celebration, a concert featuring performances by Oscar-winning singer Jennifer Hudson, hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man and marching bands from Tennessee and Maryland. Biden will address guests at the South Lawn event at 7:00 pm EDT (2300 GMT), which the White House has described as a "celebration of community, culture and music." Biden will welcome "community leaders, lawmakers, students educators and hundreds of others to the White House for a historic Juneteenth celebration," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. U.S. presidents dating back to George W. Bush have marked Juneteenth from the White House, often with a somber statement.

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☆ Biden to host Jennifer Hudson, Wu-Tang's Method Man at Juneteenth concert
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Andrea Shalal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Method Man (C) and Streetlife (R) of rap band Wu-Tang Clan perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival July 18, 2007. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND)/File PhotoWASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will host the White House's first big Juneteenth celebration, a concert featuring performances by Oscar-winning singer Jennifer Hudson, hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man and marching bands from historically black universities in Tennessee and Maryland. Other performers include dance group Step Afrika!, singer Ledisi, choirs from more historically black colleges and universities, and a Broadway choir. Biden declared Juneteenth - a portmanteau of June and 19th, also known as Emancipation Day - a federal holiday in 2021. U.S. presidents dating back to George W. Bush have marked Juneteenth from the White House, often with a somber statement.

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☆ Opinion | The Trump Case and the Bathroom Files
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Justice System Put on Trial as Trump Denounces the Rule of Law” (news analysis, front page, June 11):Contrary to this analysis of the documents case against former President Donald Trump, what is being tested is not the credibility of the justice system. Mr. Trump’s completely predictable efforts to undermine confidence in the legal process are pure bluster. What is actually at stake is the credibility of the political system. Instead, early indications are that Mr. Trump’s base remains staunchly loyal to him. American democracy is imperiled if a significant segment of the voting public cannot see through dangerous, self-serving posturing.

Persons: ”, Donald Trump, Trump’s, Abraham Lincoln’s Organizations: U.S, Trump Locations: United States

☆ A US Navy ship dumped diesel fuel into its own water supply. Years later, sailors were still getting sick.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The USS Boxer dumped fuel into the ocean, which contaminated its own water supply. A Marine veteran from that deployment told Insider they drank and showered in the contaminated water for as long as a few weeks. Boxer's crew soon noticed the smell of fuel in the drinking water, and Marines and sailors told Military.com that Boxer leadership had claimed that the water was safe to drink. The Boxer is not the only US Navy ship to be stricken with contaminated water over the last few years. One sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln told Insider in an interview last year that the ship's water tasted "horrible" and they couldn't "escape it."

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☆ David Axelrod: After Barack Obama, America will never be the same
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( David Axelrod | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

David Axelrod, a CNN senior political commentator and host of “The Axe Files,” was a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns. CNN —In all the years I worked for Barack Obama, I didn’t think enough about the burdens of being America’s first Black president – in part because he bore them so gracefully. The president asked me to chat with her and assess how she would hold up under the pressures of the confirmation process and that weighty history. Jacob Philadelphia, the son of a White House staff member, touches then- President Barack Obama's hair in the Oval Office of the White House. It was a moving, spontaneous scene captured by the splendid White House photographer Pete Souza.

☆ No one knew a US aircraft carrier water tank had jet fuel in it until the unaware crew hooked it up to the drinking water system, Navy report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Navy acknowledged that it found jet fuel in the drinking water aboard the carrier USS Nimitz. A new investigation says that no one realized a water tank was polluted with jet fuel for more than a year. A failed manway cover gasket then allowed the leak into the offline potable water tank. US Navy"When developing the sequencing document used to empty potable water tanks, the ship was unaware that any of the tanks contained JP-5," the investigation says. Polluted water on Navy ships is not isolated to these two vessels.

☆ The SEC just paid out nearly $279 million to a tipster in its largest-ever award. Here's an inside look at the crazy world of whistleblower lawsuits.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The regulator announced a nearly $279 million award to a whistleblower on May 5, more than double the previous record of $114 million awarded in October 2020. When whistleblower information leads to settlements, tipsters can earn between 10 and 30 percent of the financial penalties paid by wrongdoers. When whistleblower information leads to settlements, the tipsters can earn a percentage of the financial penalties paid by wrongdoers. The tipster's law firm, Kirby McInerney, worked with state authorities on the investigation after "Tooley's" lawsuit was filed. This means tax-fraud whistleblowers will increasingly look for ways to bring their tips to New York law enforcement to be more involved in the investigation process.

☆ Why the 14th Amendment Is Being Cited in the Debt Ceiling Debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Linda Qiu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some have argued that the clause, outlined in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, bars anyone who has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding public office. Now, the standoff over the national debt has renewed debate over Section 4 of the amendment, known as the public debt clause. After the Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, lawmakers sought to set out the terms of the Confederacy’s surrender and the rebellious states’ re-entry into the Union. The 13th Amendment’s formal abolition of slavery also meant that the size of delegations from former Confederate states would increase, even as the states passed discriminatory “Black codes” and prevented former slaves from voting. Reconstructionist Republicans in Congress sought to address these issues by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which guaranteed citizenship and equal protection for former slaves.

☆ A rare poster offering a reward for Abraham Lincoln's murderer John Wilkes Booth, and his accomplices, was sold for $166,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A "wanted" poster for Abraham Lincoln's killers, including John Wilkes Booth, was sold at auction. It's the first time the poster has been sold, with the winning bidder paying $166,375 Thursday. John Wilkes Booth fatally shot the president at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, with the help of two accomplices. Booth is described as "Five Feet 7 or 8 inches high" with a "slender build" and "a heavy black moustache." John Wilkes Booth.

☆ A rare 'wanted' poster for John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln assassination sold at auction for over $160,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A rare reward poster seeking the capture of the men responsible for President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination has sold at auction for $166,375. The poster, printed on April 20, 1865, advertises a total of $100,000 in rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices. Booth fatally shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC. Bidding for the document started at $100,000, according to a news release from Nate D. Sanders Auctions, which sold the poster on Thursday. The piece is from the first printing of the poster and is the rarest of three different poster designs released by the War Department, says the auction house.

☆ An Abraham Lincoln quote helped sports marketing CEO through crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Louise Johnson, CEO of sports and entertainment marketing firm Fuse, is no stranger to a crisis. "During the first lockdown, I read Nancy Koehn's book, 'Forged in Crisis,'" she explained. "It looked at five leaders in crisis, and one of them was Abraham Lincoln," she said. During the stresses of the pandemic, she found the quote highly motivating. "I had such a personal and professional responsibility to weather this storm to protect all of our employees," she said.

☆ An Exhibition Proposes Alternatives to Removing Contentious Statues
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Siddhartha Mitter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of our Museums special section about how art institutions are reaching out to new artists and attracting new audiences. A year earlier, while visiting the museum, Mr. Biggers had encountered a statue by Thomas Ball that depicted Abraham Lincoln standing tall, his outstretched arm hovering above a freed slave who crouches seminude at his feet. Ms. Gilman had expressed her discomfort about continuing to show it without context. “The museum was almost ashamed, it seemed, of the piece being in their collection,” Mr. Biggers said in a recent interview in his studio in the Bronx in New York City. And I was like: This is actually an opportunity to open things up.”

☆ Everything you need to know as JPMorgan, Citi, Goldman Sachs, and other big banks report earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Bank of America and Goldman Sachs come in on Tuesday, with Morgan Stanley bringing up the rear on Wednesday. For a breakdown on the specific numbers, check out Markets Insider and the fantastic 10 Things Before the Opening Bell newsletter. Big banks poured $30 billion into First Republic in the midst of the banking crisis in an effort to shore up the wider market. And what about those pesky shadow banks? Never one to miss a good opportunity, shadow lenders are looking to step up where big banks are stepping back, Bloomberg reported.

☆ U.S. government posts $378 billion deficit in March
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Gary CameronApril 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. government recorded a $378-billion budget deficit in March as outlays outpaced revenues, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday. That compared to a budget deficit of $193 billion in the same month last year, according to the Treasury's monthly budget statement. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a $302 billion deficit for the month. When adjusted for calendar effects, the deficit for March was $305 billion compared with an adjusted deficit of $187 billion in March 2022. Unadjusted receipts last month totaled $313 billion, down 1% from $315 billion in March 2022, while unadjusted outlays were $691 billion, an increase of 36% from the same month a year earlier.

☆ Delta and United are dropping service to more cities as the trend of leaving regional airports behind continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Bianca Giacobone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The two airlines have collectively dropped 55 regional airports since the COVID-19 pandemic. "Delta continues to evaluate the regional market, monitoring regional carrier pilot availability and customer demand. After Delta pulls out, La Crosse Regional Airport will still be connected to Chicago by American Airlines. The four airports are the latest in a long list of regional airports that were abandoned by major airlines as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Including the airports cited above, Delta has dropped 17 regional destinations and United 38 regional destinations since the beginning of the pandemic.

☆ The only way you'll see Donald Trump's mugshot is if someone leaks it or he shares it himself
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump will pose for a mugshot ahead of his Tuesday arraignment in New York City. But don't expect his mugshot to be released; under New York law, mugshots are not public record. Trump's mugshot won't be made public unless it is leaked or released by Trump himself. It's possible that Trump's mugshot could be leaked as other prominent figures' booking photos have been in the past. Meanwhile, fake artificial intelligence-generated images of Trump's mugshot and bogus photos of the former president's arrest have already spread like wildfire across social media.

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