second trump term. plus, it s not just gaza. the west bank is in flames as israeli attacks escalate. my conversation with palestinian policy decision and why a pack is raising money to try to get rid of the squad. the man who literally look wrote the book on them, ryan grim, will join me live. nearly three years ago, in february, 2021, i launched the show an msnbc right here, live on a sunday night, with a warning about how donald trump and the maga gop were threatening our democracy and how journalists needed to wake up to that threat. speak out about that threat. watch. people sometimes say journalists shouldn t be biased. no, journalists should have a bias. a bias towards democracy. we should be proudly pro democracy and proud to call ourselves democrats. small d democrats. nearly three years later, i worry that too many journalists, too many pundits, to many in our media have yet to take that mission statement urgently or seriously enough. even as a disgraced, defea
This past year’s surprise success of the Islamic State (ISIS), which has put the future of Iraq in jeopardy, has prompted concern among U.S. policymakers that, as U.S. and coalition forces depart, Afghan forces could face a similar threat from the Taliban. While Afghanistan does not face the same Sunni–Shia sectarian divisions that have fueled the fighting in Iraq, the Afghan government remains dependent on international financial support, and the Afghan security forces require U.S. air support, equipment, training, and intelligence to maintain an edge over the Taliban.
artillery fire is a terrifying reminder for many that are now living on the front lines of this war and as those attacks escalate, so do the destruction and for those who refuse to or are unable to leave, they are left with little choice but to watch as communities are being destroyed. cnn s chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, has this report now from near donetsk. reporter: this town is no stranger to war. for eight years, this has been the frontline of ukraine s battle with russian-backed separatists. people here are used to shelling. they have never experienced anything like this. a missile can be heard overhead as an emotional man approaches us. they smashed the old part of town, he says. as we talk, the artillery
Our School Board Is Under Attack for Putting Anti-Racist Education Into Action
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In September 2020, Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting institutions that teach critical race theory. I took that personally. As an academic and as a school board president of a district that has taken on the moral and ethical work of educational racial equity, the tenets of critical race theory (rooted in decades of academic research and scholarship) have been foundational in our pursuit of ensuring access to high-quality educational opportunities for every child in our district, with the goal of eliminating the racial predictability of achievement and outcome data. For four years, we have been under attack by anti-racial equity individuals and organizations, such as