Next, a forum on race and education with members of congress. Education advocates, students, and former officials. The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Hosted this event. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. Todays Education Brain trust is called from brown to fisher, increasing racial diversity to improve Educational Equity. Im melanie newman. Im the chief strategist for the naacp Legal Defense fund, the organization that i am proud to say i work for and that is responsible for brown and fisher. And so i want to give a little bit of hello. Sorry. I want to give a little bit of background about myself. I am i have been with the Legal Defense fund since march of this year, but worked in the Obama Administration and on the hill for quite some time. But this issue and the reason im happy to be here with all of you today is personal to me. I am originally from new orleans but also went to school in selma, alabama. Which im sure all of you are familiar with
Allegations, who released, who ordered the dossier in the first place were behind it. Heres exactly what he said. He said it at a News Conference with the moldovian president. He said the people that spread these accusations are worse than prostitutes and that this was being done to undermine trumps legitimacy. He said it was unique event never done before in political history and prove of the degraded political system in the United States. He compared this to the coupe in ukraine in 2014. There are many people in moscow looking at whats happening in the United States at the moment, the dossier and so on, and they do see some kind of deep state. One or two officials have used that phrase. They see that the Intelligence Community, maybe the Foreign Policy establishment, the defense establishment are somehow against donald trump and want to undermine his legitimacy. So thats what he was getting at, hallie. So, bill, headlinewise here, is this a case of putin coming to trumps defense, the
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Connecticut is considering ending legacy admissions the practice of giving preference to family members of alumni at all public and private colleges. The proposal comes after the U.S. Supreme Court s 2023 decision ending affirmative action. .
Families in Massachusetts will have to wait even longer for financial aid offers from colleges and universities this year because of an error in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. The Department of Education said it will not send students financial data to schools until March, a month later than expected. Julie Shields-Rutyna, director of college planning for the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, said it is frustrating for students waiting to hear how much they will receive before making their college choice. .