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Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
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For Memphis-born, Mississippi-bred musician Kirby Lauryen Dockery, the last decade has seen her songs and determination bring her to an exalted place in the music business. www.clarionledger.com/story/entert...
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They’ve tried to erase us for centuries. Didn’t work then, won’t work now. Black history IS American history.
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Federal judge rules Mississippi Supreme Court districts dilute Black vote, must be redrawn

No Black person has ever been elected to the Mississippi Supreme Court without first obtaining an interim appointment from the governor, and no Black person from either of the two other districts has ever…
Federal judge rules Mississippi Supreme Court districts dilute Black vote, must be redrawn
No Black person has ever been elected to the Mississippi Supreme Court without first obtaining an interim appointment from the governor, and no Black person from either of the two other districts has ever served on the state's high court.
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Federal judge blocks Mississippi’s DEI ban law indefinitely

U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate granted a preliminary injunction in the case on Monday, which prevents the law from being enforced until there’s a final ruling.
Federal judge blocks Mississippi’s DEI ban law indefinitely
U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate granted a preliminary injunction in the case on Monday, which prevents the law from being enforced until there’s a final ruling.
mississippitoday.org
Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier from Fort Worth returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn't sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Texas Democrat says she's locked inside state Capitol after refusing mandatory DPS escort
Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier says she remains locked in the House chamber because she wouldn't sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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After eight years largely out of work, getting the role of the arch-villain General Zod opposite Christopher Reeve in "Superman" and "Superman II" turned the full glare of Hollywood's limelight on the Londoner.
Terence Stamp, who starred as 'Superman' villain Zod, dead at 87
British actor Terence Stamp, who played the baddie General Zod opposite Christopher Reeve in "Superman" and "Superman II," has died at 87.
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"This 'Marxist MAGA' movement keeps expanding more and more, taking control without the resistance of private-sector decision-making," a Yale University management professor said. "So that means we have winners and losers based on cronyism."
Trump is tightening the screws on corporate America — and CEOs are staying mum
Critics warn that Trump's demands for business leaders to step down, and for the government to take a cut of sales, threaten American-style capitalism.
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Danielle Spencer, the actress who played the lovably bratty and witty teenager on the 1970s hit sitcom “What’s Happening!!” and its spinoff, “What’s Happening Now!!,” before spending much of her adult life as a veterinarian, died on Monday.
Danielle Spencer, Child Star on ‘What’s Happening!!,’ Is Dead at 60
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Over the course of the 20th century, Black Americans lost roughly 80% of the property they owned at the peak of ownership a few decades after the Civil War due to theft and systemic injustices.
The heir's property: one man's struggle to hold onto family land in the American South
Saul Blair's efforts to reclaim land purchased by his great-grandfather a few decades after the Civil War has hit roadblocks, but he keeps pushing.
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"We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections," Obama said.
Obama calls Texas GOP's redistricting plan a 'power grab that undermines our democracy'
Barack Obama called Texas Republicans' push to add five new Republican congressional seats "a power grab that undermines our democracy."
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The settlement marks a victory for town officials who had argued the state was treating Mason's majority-Black leaders differently than they have white administrators who also struggled with finances.
Black-majority town in Tennessee halts state takeover in settlement deal
The small town of Mason has announced it has reached a deal halting the threat of a takeover of its finances by the state of Tennessee.
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Demcorats slammed Bessent's comments. "Trump White House openly admits their plan to privatize Social Security," U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, said in a post on X. "I will fight them with everything I got to keep their grubby little hands off it."
Trump accounts are a 'backdoor for privatizing Social Security,' Treasury secretary says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent touted President Trump's new savings accounts for babies as a "backdoor for privatizing Social Security."
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U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate issued a temporary restraining order on July 20 that paused the enforcement of a state law that prohibits diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools. But the order was riddled with mistakes.
Did federal judge use AI to write order? Mississippi AG wants explanation - Mississippi Today
AG lawyers are calling for the order to be restored to the public docket and asking for an explanation for how the errors were written into the order.
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A Republican congressman blasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s push to resurrect banned Confederate base names via proxy as “stupid as hell” in an interview with USA TODAY.
'Stupid as hell': GOP congressman blasts Hegseth on Confederate base names
GOP Rep. Don Bacon, who helped lead the effort to change military base names, voted for a draft law defunding efforts to reverse the changes.
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It is unclear whether moves targeting the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey and the former C.I.A. director John O. Brennan will lead to charges.
Administration Takes Steps to Target 2 Officials Who Investigated Trump
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