#Biden moves to scrap Trump-era sea-launched nuclear missile program

#Biden moves to scrap Trump-era sea-launched nuclear missile program

Biden moves to scrap Trump-era sea-launched nuclear missile program The Biden administration is seeking to scrap the U.S. military’s development of nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles, despite recommendations to the contrary from top officials, according to the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy released Thursday.    The decision, which comes over top Defense Department officials’ public recommendations to keep the…

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#Here’s why all students need agency rather than ‘equity’

#Here’s why all students need agency rather than ‘equity’

“Here’s why all students need agency rather than ‘equity’” As a charter school leader in the South Bronx for the past decade, I’ve seen what happens when resources are forcibly removed from the “privileged” and given to the “unprivileged” in the pursuit of “equity” over “equality.” The problem with equity — defined as equal outcomes…

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#Massachusetts town forms reparations fund for Black residents

#Massachusetts town forms reparations fund for Black residents

“#Massachusetts town forms reparations fund for Black residents” A liberal Massachusetts town has created a fund that will be used to pay reparations to eligible black residents to “repair past harms” it committed against them or their ancestors. The Amherst Town Council voted 12-1 earlier this week in favor of establishing the fund, council clerk…

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#NASA’s Mission Equity ripped as ‘critical space theory’

#NASA’s Mission Equity ripped as ‘critical space theory’

“#NASA’s Mission Equity ripped as ‘critical space theory’” NASA this week launched a new “equity” mission to recruit people from more diverse backgrounds — but it was quickly derided online as an unnecessary woke step toward “critical space theory.” The space agency launched its “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities in NASA Programs,…

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#Biden’s embrace of equity means an abandoned quest for equality

#Biden’s embrace of equity means an abandoned quest for equality

“#Biden’s embrace of equity means an abandoned quest for equality” President Biden preaches unity but practices division. Witness his “Executive ­Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government,” part of an unprecedented barrage of such orders. It calls for “an ­ambitious whole-of-government equity agenda” that smacks of a Great Society for…

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#Thai ‘Drag Race’ star marches for democracy and equality

#Thai ‘Drag Race’ star marches for democracy and equality

“#Thai ‘Drag Race’ star marches for democracy and equality” BANGKOK – With flawless makeup and costume that blends cabaret with catwalk and rainbow pride with royal court pageantry, Aunchalee Pokinwuttipob symbolizes how Thailand’s protests are about much more than calls for a change of government. Aunchalee, 26, is a transgender drag queen and reality television…

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