Fastleen
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This is where 60-year-old Edouard Lallemand, a lifelong angler who'd been fishing these waters for decades and knows that he was miles north of the border, was fishing when he was intercepted by a much larger US vessel, rammed, taken to the US side, and jailed.
July 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is where 60-year-old Edouard Lallemand, a lifelong angler who'd been fishing these waters for decades and knows that he was miles north of the border, was fishing when he was intercepted by a much larger US vessel, rammed, taken to the US side, and jailed.
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UPDATE: Three days on, disabled veteran and US citizen George Retes is still missing after being kidnapped by ICE.
His wife has phoned every law enforcement agency in the area, they all say they don’t know where he is.
It was his daughter’s third birthday yesterday.
This is America now.
His wife has phoned every law enforcement agency in the area, they all say they don’t know where he is.
It was his daughter’s third birthday yesterday.
This is America now.
July 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
UPDATE: Three days on, disabled veteran and US citizen George Retes is still missing after being kidnapped by ICE.
His wife has phoned every law enforcement agency in the area, they all say they don’t know where he is.
It was his daughter’s third birthday yesterday.
This is America now.
His wife has phoned every law enforcement agency in the area, they all say they don’t know where he is.
It was his daughter’s third birthday yesterday.
This is America now.
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"Who benefits from discriminatory college admissions policies? White men.
There are more qualified college applications from women, who generally get higher grades and account for more than 70% of the valedictorians nationwide.
Seeking to create some level of gender balance, many colleges accept
There are more qualified college applications from women, who generally get higher grades and account for more than 70% of the valedictorians nationwide.
Seeking to create some level of gender balance, many colleges accept
Editorial: Who benefits from discriminatory college admissions policies? White males
If the Trump administration really intends to examine discriminatory college-admission policies, as a New York Times report suggests, it had best be prepared for what it will find: A lot of white peop...
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February 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Who benefits from discriminatory college admissions policies? White men.
There are more qualified college applications from women, who generally get higher grades and account for more than 70% of the valedictorians nationwide.
Seeking to create some level of gender balance, many colleges accept
There are more qualified college applications from women, who generally get higher grades and account for more than 70% of the valedictorians nationwide.
Seeking to create some level of gender balance, many colleges accept
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"Nearly half of white students admitted to Harvard between 2009 and 2014 were legacy students or Dean’s Interest List—a list of applicants whose relatives have donated to Harvard, the existence of which only became public knowledge in 2018"
75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise
75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise
July 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Nearly half of white students admitted to Harvard between 2009 and 2014 were legacy students or Dean’s Interest List—a list of applicants whose relatives have donated to Harvard, the existence of which only became public knowledge in 2018"
75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise
75% of them would not have been admitted otherwise