the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the
A graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday in the campus slaying of a professor who served as his adviser.
Doctorate. and i make this point because whenever we have these conversations with affirmative action i have to acknowledge the effect it has on everybody. i m only the fifth black person when i graduated i was only the fifth black person to get a ph.d. out of my program in the entire history of the program. you can t tell me that there were no other more qualified black people in the history of the university of north carolina at chapel hill to apply or try to get doctorates before me. the value of affirmative action is because it opens up pathways to qualify people to fight against institutions that might otherwise overlook them or be actively hostile against them. that being said, dr. greer, i ll start with you. as someone, again, who is in the classroom and knows what these kinds of rules and this kind of overturning of affirmative action could do, how does that negatively impact a university? i know that none of the justices care about the real arguments, but how does ending aff