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Where Black Americans worship shapes their politics, and the data show the cost. The losses run in two directions: White congregations convert Black members to Republicanism, while multiracial congregations pull them out of partisan politics altogether. The mechanism is not diversity itself—it is who holds power inside those congregations.
A new Silicon Valley-backed academy is preparing to offer high school graduates an alternative to the traditional four-year college path as fewer Americans say a college education is very important.
The Horowitz Andreessen Academy in San Francisco describes itself as a private, full-time, in-person school aimed at young people coming out of high school, particularly students who otherwise might attend a four-year university.
Its first cohort is expected to include roughly 50 students in a tuition-free, one-year program beginning in fall 2027. Admissions will emphasize “proof of work,” including what applicants have built or otherwise accomplished.
The Horowitz Andreessen Academy centers its program on technology and leadership skills, with students expected to pursue projects and gain exposure to employers in the technology sector.
Andreessen Horowitz incubated the Academy and is investing $35 million in the project. Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg serve on its board alongside founder and CEO Gagan Biyani.
Biyani previously co-founded Udemy and Maven and his career has focused on building alternative models for education and professional learning.
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Its founding partners include tech heavyweights like Anthropic, Coinbase, Google, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI, and Palantir. Partners provide a range of support from curriculum development, resources, and networking opportunities. More than 40 additional companies have signed on as hiring partners.
Black people should mainly attend churches with just other black people so that they keep voting Democrat, according to a Rutgers University professor.
Professor Ryon Cobb argues “while 84% of Black adults identify as Democrat or lean Democratic, that number hides what congregational diversity costs Black politics.”
“Among Black nondenominational Protestants, that figure drops to nearly 60%, with one in three calling themselves independents,” Cobb wrote in an essay for the Brookings Institution.
Cobb, an “inclusive excellence in research” scholar considers it a “loss” when black people vote Republican.
He wrote:QuoteWhere Black Americans worship shapes their politics, and the data show the cost. The losses run in two directions: White congregations convert Black members to Republicanism, while multiracial congregations pull them out of partisan politics altogether. The mechanism is not diversity itself—it is who holds power inside those congregations.
According to a report from the New York Times, messages pulled from a phone seized from Omar's sister gave investigators what they needed to get inside the congresswoman's home. The paper laid out the details this week, citing three people familiar with the matter.QuoteFederal investigators have been reviewing family text messages as they aim to build a case implicating Representative Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, of conspiring to commit immigration fraud, three people familiar with the matter said this week.
The messages were obtained from a phone that officials seized earlier this year from one of Ms. Omar’s sisters, Sahra Noor, a health care executive and author, according to the three people.
The messages contained information that investigators had used to get a federal judge to authorize homeland security agents to search Ms. Omar’s Washington-area residence on Monday, the three people said. Agents spent hours searching the home of the congresswoman and were seen walking away with several boxes of seized items.
Agents seized Omar's phone, her computer, and her passport during Monday's search. Federal agents also went through her trash looking for DNA evidence. Investigators don't comb through a sitting congresswoman's garbage on a hunch.
Nike Plans Job Cuts, Global Operations Overhaul Amid Weak Sales Outlook/b]
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Schadenboner alert!!! Schadenboner alert!!! Nike lost me when they backed Kaep's tantrum. I finished using the Nikes I had (which needed after-market insoles to prevent plantar fasciitis, my purchase mistake) and switched to Hoka or the New Balance "Fresh Foam" series. Meanwhile Nike kept making socio-political "statements" - e.g Dylan Mulvaney, who AFAIK is nothing athletic - that alienated existing and potential customers of differing socio-political views ... like me. Nike makes good running and trail shoes; so do Hoka, Brooks, Saucony, New Balance, Salomon, Mizuno, Adidas, Puma, On, Under Armor, ......
Democracy will be saved by jazz music, protesters and some ridiculous frog. That is all.
When the shots rang out at Silver Rail Elementary in the Central Oregon town of Bend, the 6'0" tall 16-year-old, for some reason, went back to the special ed classroom where he spent time as a student and blasted children and a teacher with a shotgun. He killed four and shot a sweet girl in the face who was confined to a wheelchair. She's still fighting for her life in a Bend hospital — along with others.
A father of two students, who had no idea if his own babies were alive or dead, followed that sick person into the school and ended him. That's a good thing. As tragic as this is, I'm glad that sick dog is out of the gene pool.
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As Kaylub Giamanco followed the gunman, or as ABC News calls him, a "boy" — a 6-foot "boy" reportedly weighing in at a buck-40 — otherwise known as my goal weight — an as-yet unidentified teacher had jumped that sick dog of a human and was attempting to wrest away his shotgun.
Giamanco ended the teacher's struggle with the killer.
Both are heroes. But she would have been a dead hero if that good dad with the gun hadn't shown up to END THE THREAT — something that would have been tough against even a lightweight who likely had a height advantage. ...
What an incredibly brave thing she did. There isn't punctuation enough to impart my unbridled and unabashed respect for that lady. You go, girl, doesn't begin to cover it. She's a damned hero. I honor her.
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At protest. Many protesters. Currently dancing with a frog to a New Orleans style jazz band.
Assessment. Democracy will be saved by jazz music, protesters and some ridiculous frog. That is all.
Not a fever dream. I think.
https://democraticunderground.com/100221568192
