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Husband of 1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones claims she belongs next to MLK as civil-rights icon — then bizarrely appears to contradict her

An exclusive interview with Faraji Hannah-Jones defends his and Nikole Hannah-Jones’s choice to enroll their daughter in struggling Brooklyn public schools and compares his wife to Martin Luther King. The article stresses contradictions, including Nikole’s admitted regret and their daughter’s academic struggles, while using mocking language toward the couple and the 1619 Project.

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Bring back SAT requirements to fix the college completion crisis

The article argues that colleges should reinstate SAT/ACT requirements because standardized test scores strongly predict college completion, and test-optional policies leave students unprepared. It cites UC faculty complaints and an AEI report to claim that ignoring tests harms students and that universities have a moral obligation to restore testing.

Right 3.5

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Ben Shapiro slams Bo French: JD Vance’s family is Indian!

This opinion piece criticizes Republican candidate Bo French for remarks about the racial makeup of Texas Longhorns fans, citing Ben Shapiro’s response that JD Vance’s family is Indian. It argues that race-blind admissions were a major conservative and libertarian legal victory, and that right-wing identitarians are betraying that heritage by complaining about high-performing immigrant groups.

Right 3.7

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Charges dropped against Stanford students over pro-Palestine protest

A California prosecutor dropped all charges against five Stanford students tied to a 2024 pro-Palestine campus protest, sharply reducing restitution after a hung jury and the district attorney's recusal. The students described the prosecution as an attempt to silence Palestine advocacy and said the outcome encourages continued activism.

Left 4.8

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NYC’s Founders School ‘guarantees’ students will graduate with $1M businesses

A new private high school in Manhattan’s Financial District charges $150,000 a year and promises to refund four years’ tuition if students do not launch a business earning $1 million in profit by graduation. The school uses AI-driven morning lessons and afternoon entrepreneurship work, and it operates outside New York City’s new restrictions on AI in public schools.

Right 1.8

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Yale’s Israel boycott and more: Letters to the Editor — Sept. 20, 2026

A roundup of reader letters covers Yale students' views on Israel and China, New York's sports betting tax revenue, a holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder case, teachers unions, Trump's claim that the Butler shooting was a Democratic plot, and CBS News ratings. The letters mostly advance conservative arguments, though one criticizes Trump.

Right 4.8

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Retiring Michigan senator to lead USC politics center

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who is retiring at the end of his term, will join the University of Southern California as a professor and co-director of its Center for the Political Future. He will work alongside Republican strategist Mike Murphy and split his time between Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

Neutral

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The Supreme Court banned race sorting. Colleges found a 5-digit loophole

This op-ed argues that colleges are circumventing the Supreme Court's affirmative action ban by using geography, zip codes, and neighborhood data as race proxies. It urges the Treasury Department, IRS, Congress, and state legislatures to treat such facially neutral criteria as illegal discrimination when adopted to produce racial results.

Right 5.0