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February 10, 2026
News

Another Mamdani Aide Found Trashing ‘White Civility,’ ‘White Politeness,’ and ‘White Women Behavior’ Online.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: An aide to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a series of since-deleted tweets expressing disdain for “white woman behavior.”

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Drashti Brahmbhatt, an advisor to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and an unnamed older woman on a Metro-North Railroad train.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred in November 2021 on a Metro-North Railroad train. Brahmbhatt’s tweets were recently unearthed by a reporter.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I don’t need to follow white standards of ‘politeness’.” – Drashti Brahmbhatt

🎯IMPACT: Brahmbhatt’s comments have drawn attention to her political affiliations and past controversial statements, though Mayor Mamdani has yet to comment on the matter.

IN FULL

An aide to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing renewed scrutiny after deleted social media posts resurfaced disparaging what she called “white woman behavior” during a confrontation on public transit. The tweets, posted in November 2021 by Drashti Brahmbhatt, described a supposed incident on a Metro-North Railroad train in which Brahmbhatt claimed that an “older white woman” repeatedly gave her “death glares” for being on a phone call that lasted about 40 minutes.

Brahmbhatt insisted that she was speaking “as softly as humanely [sic] possible” when the woman looked at her multiple times. According to her tweets, Brahmbhatt confronted the woman, saying, “Excuse me, there’s no need to give me death glares for quietly speaking on the phone. This is public transportation and you’re allowed to quietly talk.” When the woman allegedly said her behavior was “annoying,” Brahmbhatt responded, “It’s 2021 and we can stop practicing white civility.” She added that the woman looked “dumbfounded” when she said, “I don’t need to follow white standards of ‘politeness’.”

In the same thread, Brahmbhatt acknowledged that some accused her of exaggerating “how terrible white women are,” but said she hoped others could relate. “[T]his is obvi [obviously] a very small problem and instance of ‘white woman’ behavior but it still sucks!” she added. The tweets were later deleted.

At the time of the posts, Brahmbhatt worked for the NYC Civic Engagement Commission. She later joined Mamdani’s administration as an advisor after serving on his transition team and inaugural committee. Her past online activity includes support for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), of which Mamdani is a member, calls to “defund and abolish the police,” and criticism of politicians who support Israel.

Mamdani has not publicly commented on Brahmbhatt’s tweets. However, in a previous controversy, he defended another aide after their posts calling to “Impoverish the *white* middle class” resurfaced. His election platform included proposals to impose punitive taxes on “whiter neighborhoods.” 

Separately, questions have been raised about senior Mamdani aide Ali Najmi, who has been linked to a law firm accused in court filings of major fraud, and the appointment of a former Rikers Island inmate to lead the city’s Department of Corrections.

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February 3, 2026
Bonkers Britain
News

Govt Draws Up Plans to Force Diversity on ‘White’ Countryside.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: New countryside management plans are being implemented to make England’s rural areas more “diverse,” with claims that these spaces are perceived as a “white environment.”

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Britain’s far-left Labour Party government, white rural Britons, and ethnic minorities.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The plans stem from reports published since 2019, targeting areas such as the Malvern Hills in England.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Many minority peoples have no connection to nature in the UK because their parents and their grandparents did not feel safe enough to take them or had other survival preoccupations.” – Woke UK report.

🎯IMPACT: The plans aim to reshape rural areas to appeal to a more multicultural demographic, potentially altering traditional British countryside culture.

IN FULL

Government-backed plans to reshape England’s countryside are drawing fresh scrutiny, as officials move to make it more “diverse,” amid a recent history of anti-white policies in the United Kingdom. Authorities overseeing National Landscapes, formerly known as “Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty,” are revising long-standing management strategies after internal reviews concluded that these areas risk appearing out of touch with a “modern Britain.”

The concern, according to the woke planners, is that the countryside is widely viewed as a space dominated by white, middle-class visitors. Planners for the Malvern Hills openly complained that the area is seen as a place where “most white English users value the solitude and contemplative activities which the countryside affords.” However, they claim that “the tendency for ethnic minority people is to prefer social company (family, friends, schools).”

The plan further claims: “Many minority peoples have no connection to nature in the UK because their parents and their grandparents did not feel safe enough to take them or had other survival preoccupations.”

The push is not solely a product of the current leftist Labour government, with the groundwork being laid under the formerly governing Conservatives beginning in 2019. At that time, a series of government-commissioned reports warned that the countryside was being perceived as “an exclusive, mainly white, mainly middle-class club” and risked ending up “being irrelevant to the country that actually exists.”

Proposed remedies include targeted outreach to minority communities, revised marketing campaigns, multilingual signage, and policy changes designed to remove what planners describe as cultural or practical obstacles to participation—for instance, imposing restrictions on dog owners, to make Muslims who regard the animals as “unclean” more comfortable.

The controversy fits into a broader national debate over identity, history, and inclusion. In higher education, one English university recently announced plans to drop the term “Anglo-Saxon” from a master’s programme, citing a desire to “decolonise” the curriculum and move away from allegedly nationalist or ethnically charged interpretations of national history.

Similar tensions have emerged across public policy. For instance, an official inquiry found that the Royal Air Force (RAF) unlawfully discriminated against white male recruits while attempting to meet diversity targets, a finding that led to public apologies from senior commanders—although nobody was punished.

All of this is unfolding against the backdrop of significant demographic change. Major urban centres such as London and Birmingham are no longer majority White British, while many rural regions remain more than 90 percent white.

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January 6, 2026
Economy
Politics

NYC Mayor Mamdani Appoints Communist Housing Tsar Who Wants to ‘Impoverish the White Middle Class.’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) has announced the appointment of Cea Weaver as the director of the newly revitalized Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, sparking controversy over her past social media posts attacking white middle-class homeowners and calling for the government seizure of private property.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Cea Weaver, and Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning Leila Bozorg.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Weaver’s appointment was announced on January 1, 2026, by Mamdani, with her deleted social media posts reemerging over the days that followed.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Impoverish the *white* middle class. Homeownership is racist / failed public policy.”  — Cea Weaver

🎯IMPACT: Weaver’s racially charged and politically radical past statements have raised questions about her suitability for the role and the direction of housing policy in New York City, and fit a pattern of Mamdani tapping far-left ideologues to serve in his administration.

IN FULL

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani‘s appointment of Cea Weaver as the director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants is drawing intense pushback after now-deleted social media posts authored by Weaver expressing anti-white and pro-communist views resurfaced following her nomination on January 1, 2026. Weaver, like Mamdani, is a member of the far-left Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and a long-time progressive housing activist with numerous public statements in support of Marxist collectivization policies. 

“Private property including and kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy masquerading as ‘wealth building’ pubic policy,” Weaver wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) in August 2019. Meanwhile, in a November 2018 social media post, she endorsed the adoption of government policies aimed at stripping the white-middle class of wealth, writing: “Impoverish the *white* middle class. Homeownership is racist / failed public policy.” 

In a July 2018 post, Mamdani’s new director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants stated, “There is no such thing as a ‘good’ gentrifier, only people who are actively working on projects to dismantle white supremacy and capitalism and people who aren’t.” A month earlier, Weaver had called for the government seizure of private property. 

Especially troubling is a 2017 post where Weaver calls on voters to elect more communists to government, and for white men to be barred from public office. She added in another social media missive that, “this country built wealth for white people through genocide, slavery, stolen land & labor. white supremacy built the north and the south.” 

As late as 2022, Weaver was still publicly calling for economic collectivization, stating in a podcast interview, “I think the reality is that for centuries we’ve really treated property as an individualized good and not a collective good. And transitioning to treating it as a collective good and towards a model of shared equity will require that we think about it differently and it will mean that families—especially white families, but some POC families who are homeowners as well—are going to have a different relationship to property than the one that we currently have.”

Weaver is just one of several controversial appointees announced by Mamdani since winning last November’s New York City mayoral race. In December, Catherine Almonte Da Costa—tapped by Mamdani to serve as his Director of Appointments—was forced to resign before ever formally taking the position after anti-Semitic social media posts she had made resurfaced.

Additionally, his choice of Mysonne Linen, a 49-year-old former armed robber, to advise his administration on criminal justice policy has drawn significant public criticism, along with his naming of Ramzi Kassem—known for his legal advocacy on behalf of accused Islamist terrorists—as New York City’s chief counsel. 

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December 30, 2025
Education
News

Harvard Prof Reveals How White Men Are Passed Over in Admissions.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A Harvard professor announced his departure after 40 years, citing the institution’s focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in admissions and its draconian COVID policies.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Historian James Hankins, Harvard University, and the Hamilton School of Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Hankins announced his departure in a December 2025 essay, following a retirement contract signed in 2021.

💬KEY QUOTE: “When you don’t teach the young what civilization is, it turns out, people become uncivilized.” – James Hankins

🎯IMPACT: Hankins criticized Harvard’s shift away from Western history, alleging it contributes to moral and intellectual disorientation among younger generations.

IN FULL

James Hankins, a historian who spent 40 years teaching at Harvard University, has explained his decision to leave this institution, pointing to the university’s emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in admissions, its handling of COVID-19 measures, and a move away from prioritizing instruction in Western history.

Hankins disclosed that his decision to depart solidified in 2021, following the implementation of draconian pandemic rules, including mandatory masking and online-only classes. He also voiced concerns over alterations to admissions criteria that emerged after the death of George Floyd. “In past years this candidate would have risen immediately to the top of the applicant pool. In 2021, however, I was told informally by a member of the admissions committee that ‘that’ (meaning admitting a white male) was ‘not happening this year,'” Hankins recalled of one decision.

The scholar described instances where outstanding white male applicants with strong qualifications were turned down for graduate studies. He warned that similar practices occurred elsewhere, noting, “Graduate admissions committees around the country had been following the same unspoken protocol as ours. The one exception I found to the general exclusion of white males had begun life as a female.”

Hankins further condemned Harvard’s handling of anti-Semitic protests amid the Gaza conflict, describing it as “shocking indifference.”

Hankins plans to move to the Hamilton School of Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida, which he commended for recruiting experts in Western disciplines. Considering the wider effects of Harvard’s reduced focus on Western history, he observed, “When late liberal pedagogy replaced Western civilization courses with global history, serious harm was done to the socialization of young Americans. When you don’t teach the young what civilization is, it turns out, people become uncivilized.”

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December 12, 2025
Crime
News

Black Student Brands Classmate a ‘White B***h’ During Savage Stabbing Attack.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A white student was stabbed multiple times in the head and racially abused in an attack at a Georgia high school.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: A black student and the white student he targeted.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The attack occurred on Friday in the cafeteria of North Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Georgia.

💬KEY QUOTE: “One student sustained an injury involving a pair of scissors. School staff responded to secure the area, ensure the safety of all students, and provide care to the injured student, who is currently being treated at a local hospital.” – Atlanta Public Schools.

🎯IMPACT: The injured student is being treated at a local hospital.

IN FULL

Video shared on social media shows a vicious attack at North Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Georgia, in which a white student was stabbed multiple times in the head with a pair of scissors. The graphic footage appears to show the badly bleeding victim, said to be autistic, lying on the cafeteria floor as another student, identified by witnesses as black, approaches and shouts “white b**h!” toward him.

In a statement, Atlanta Public Schools said, “One student sustained an injury involving a pair of scissors. School staff responded to secure the area, ensure the safety of all students, and provide care to the injured student, who is currently being treated at a local hospital.” The district added that the incident was isolated to the two students involved, claiming that no ongoing threat exists.

Some reports state that the injured student was stabbed in the eye. The attack has raised serious concern among parents and community members, who are demanding more information about school safety measures and disciplinary responses.

The attack comes at a time of growing public attention to violent incidents in which race has been cited as a factor. In August 2025, 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte light rail train. Authorities charged Decarlos Brown Jr., a black male, with murder in the case, and video from the scene apparently captures him saying “I got that white girl” after the stabbing. Federal prosecutors brought charges related to causing death on a mass transit system, and there have been discussions regarding whether hate crime charges may apply.

Zarutska, who had resettled in the United States after fleeing the war in Ukraine, became the namesake of “Iryna’s Law,” a criminal justice reform bill passed by North Carolina lawmakers in response to the public outcry following her death. The legislation restricts cashless bail for violent offenders, expands pretrial detention requirements, and includes measures that could allow executions to resume in the state after a long pause.

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October 31, 2025
Culture
News

Texas Halts Business Program Excluding White Males.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A Texas GOP official has suspended a program that prioritized non-white male businesses in state contracting.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock and Governor Greg Abbott (R).

📍WHEN & WHERE: Texas, this week.

💬KEY QUOTE: “In Texas, we don’t want to discriminate against anybody, and what this program does is literally discriminate against those that are white.” – Kelly Hancock

🎯IMPACT: The suspension halts new certifications for businesses under the program, challenging race-based preferences in state contracts.

IN FULL

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock has halted new and renewed certifications under the state’s Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, citing concerns that the initiative may discriminate on the basis of race. Established in 1991, the HUB program was designed to give businesses owned by black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian-Pacific Americans, Native Americans, service-disabled veterans, or women an advantage in competing for state contracts.

“In Texas, we don’t want to discriminate against anybody, and what this program does is literally discriminate against those that are white,” Hancock said. He said the suspension would allow his office to review whether the program aligns with constitutional requirements and the principles of equal treatment under the law.

Under the HUB program, nearly 300 state agencies were required to make a “good faith” effort to include certified businesses in procurement opportunities, including construction, commodities, and service contracts. As of 2025, more than 21 percent of certified firms were involved in state contracts, receiving over $4 billion in awards. Hancock said he supports fair competition but questioned the criteria used to determine eligibility. “How do we audit that somebody was economically discriminated against? How do we verify the information of somebody being economically discriminated against? It’s got to be more than just skin color,” he said. He added that contracts should be awarded “on merit rather than race or ethnicity.”

The move follows an executive order issued by Governor Greg Abbott (R) earlier this year prohibiting race- and sex-based preferences in the distribution of government benefits or opportunities. Abbott said the order was necessary to ensure equality in state hiring and contracting practices. Hancock echoed those sentiments, stating that “Texans deserve a level playing field where government contracts are earned by performance and best value—nothing more, nothing less.”

The suspension has sparked debate over the future of programs designed to support minority- and women-owned businesses. Supporters of the HUB initiative argue that it helps address historical disparities in access to public contracting, while critics, including Hancock, say such programs may violate anti-discrimination laws by excluding white-owned firms.

The issue comes amid a growing national conversation about what some describe as anti-white discrimination in institutions and government. Recent reports have highlighted several high-profile investigations and actions related to such claims, including allegations that the Harvard Law Review engaged in witness intimidation during an anti-white discrimination probe, a move by President Donald J. Trump to withdraw federal contracts from Harvard University over alleged anti-white and anti-Semitic behavior, and a Department of Justice investigation into the Chicago mayor for remarks suggesting anti-white hiring practices.

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October 31, 2025
News
World

South Africa Complains About Trump Prioritizing White, Afrikaner Refugees.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The South African government criticised the Trump administration’s decision to prioritize refugee applications from white Afrikaners, denying that the country is at risk of a “white genocide.”

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, Ebrahim Rasool, and Afrikaners.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The announcement was made on October 30, with earlier discussions in May during a meeting in the Oval Office.

🎯IMPACT: The U.S. refugee cap has been reduced to its lowest level on record, with most places expected to go to white South African Afrikaners.

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The South African government has condemned the Trump administration’s decision to prioritize refugee applications from white Afrikaners, dismissing claims of a “white genocide.” Officials in Pretoria claim that South Africa’s crime statistics do not show white citizens being disproportionately targeted—although South African statistics intentionally obscure the racial background of criminals and their victims—and branded the U.S. policy politically motivated and racially divisive.

The criticism follows an announcement by the Trump administration setting America’s annual refugee cap at 7,500, the lowest on record, and indicating that most of those places will likely go to Afrikaners. President Donald J. Trump had previously offered refugee status to Afrikaners after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a law permitting the expropriation of land without compensation, widely perceived as an attempt to dispossess Afrikaner farmers.

In a tense Oval Office meeting earlier this year, Trump confronted Ramaphosa, noting that white farmers were being killed and persecuted. Trump’s State Department has accused South African authorities of failing to prevent farm murders and alleged “extrajudicial killings” of white landowners, claims that South African officials claim are politically motivated.

South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, Ebrahim Rasool, was expelled after criticising Trump’s remarks. Rasool accused the U.S. president of “mobilising a supremacism” and “projecting white victimhood,” while the South African government insisted that violent crime affects all racial groups.

Despite U.S. claims of “systemic violence against white farmers,” Ramaphosa denounced Afrikaners who accepted U.S. asylum, calling them “cowards” for fleeing persecution.

Notably, Julius Malema, who leads the fourth-largest party in South Africa’s multi-party legislature, has led packed stadiums in chants of “Kill the Boer (Afrikaner), the farmer,” and warned he is “not calling for the slaughtering of white people, at least for now,” and stressing that he will not rule out doing so in the future.

The “Kill the Boer” slogan has been found at the scene of farm murders.

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October 21, 2025
Crime
News

UK Govt Faces Renewed Rape Gangs Backlash as Victims Resign from Official Investigation.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Members of the victims’ panel are resigning from the British government’s official inquiry into the Muslim grooming gangs scandal, citing conflicts of interest among proposed inquiry leaders.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Victims Fiona Goddard, Ellie-Ann Reynolds, and a third survivor using the pseudonym Elizabeth, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and other government officials.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Resignations occurred on October 20 and October 21, the inquiry is to take place in the United Kingdom.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This is a disturbing conflict of interest, and I fear the lack of trust in services from years of failings and corruption will have a negative impact in survivor engagement with this inquiry,” Fiona Goddard said of former police and social work leaders being considered to lead the inquiry, despite their institutions being heavily implicated in the grooming gangs cover-up.

🎯IMPACT: Accusations of government sabotage of the inquiry are threatening its credibility and undermining the public trust.

IN FULL

Britain’s official inquiry into Muslim grooming gangs abuse and the authorities failure to properly investigate it is under growing pressure after three survivors resigned from its victims’ panel, raising concerns about conflicts of interest, transparency, and a potential watering down of the investigation’s focus.

Fiona Goddard, a survivor of grooming gang abuse, stepped down on Monday after discovering that a former police officer and a social worker, representing institutions heavily involved in covering up the abuse, were being considered to lead the inquiry. “This is a disturbing conflict of interest, and I fear the lack of trust in services from years of failings and corruption will have a negative impact in survivor engagement with this inquiry,” she wrote in her resignation letter. Goddard argued that the inquiry should meet or exceed the standards of a criminal trial, where such conflicts would be disqualifying.

Ellie-Ann Reynolds, another survivor, also resigned, accusing the government of limiting the voices of victims. “You isolated us by discouraging contact with each other and with our support networks. You dictated what we could say publicly, edited our words, and made it clear that speaking openly would jeopardise our place on the panel,” she said.

A third survivor resigned on Tuesday, writing in a statement posted to X, “What is happening now feels like a cover-up of a cover-up. It has created a toxic environment for survivors, filled with pressures that we should not have to deal with.”

The inquiry, originally designed to focus on the grooming and abuse of predominantly white working-class girls by mostly Pakistani Muslim men, has been criticised for broadening its scope to include other forms of child sexual exploitation. Goddard warned that this shift risks weakening the inquiry’s impact. “Expanding the scope of this inquiry risks it being watered down and once again, failing to get to the truth,” she stated.

The British police watchdog admitted in September that senior officers in South Yorkshire failed to act on evidence of grooming gang activity, allowing abuse to continue unchecked. Earlier this year, an official review found that investigators often deliberately ignored or failed to record the ethnicity of offenders, making it harder to detect or prove demographic patterns of abuse.

More recently, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has faced accusations of covering up data related to Muslim grooming gangs, with critics alleging political concerns over so-called community relations influenced the lack of transparency. This was the case in other grooming gang hotspots, with police afraid they would be accused of racism if they went after Pakistani Muslims targeting white girls, or that public knowledge of the crimes would encourage racism.

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September 24, 2025
News

‘Iryna’s Law’ Passed to End Cashless Bail, Restart Executions After Ukrainian Refugee’s Brutal Murder.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The North Carolina legislature approved a criminal justice reform bill, “Iryna’s Law,” aimed at limiting bail and restarting executions in the state.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The bill was passed by the Republican-led legislature, but awaits action from Democrat Governor Josh Stein. It was named after Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed by Decarlos Brown Jr. while riding a train in Charlotte.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The legislation was approved on September 24, 2025, following the August 22 attack in Charlotte, North Carolina.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This heinous act was preventable,” said Rep. Tricia Cotham, a Republican from the Charlotte area, during House debate.

🎯IMPACT: The bill could restart executions in the state and end cashless bail for certain crimes.

IN FULL

North Carolina’s legislature has approved a criminal justice reform bill called “Iryna’s Law,” named in memory of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee killed on August 22 while riding a Charlotte light rail train. The bill, which tightens bail rules and could restart executions in the Tar Heel State, awaits Democrat Governor Josh Stein’s decision to sign or veto it.

Decarlos Brown Jr., the suspect in Zarutska’s death, had over a dozen prior arrests but was released without bond on a misdemeanor charge earlier this year. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, according to his mother, Brown now faces first-degree murder and federal charges, both potentially carrying the death penalty. Surveillance video captured the black male attacking Zarutska with a knife shortly after she boarded the train and subsequently boasting, “I got that white girl.”

Republican Rep. Tricia Cotham, during the debate, criticized lax bail practices, saying, “This heinous act was preventable.” House Speaker Destin Hall echoed Cotham, saying, “When we have magistrates who are asleep at the wheel, like this one that obviously was, then we gotta make a change.” The bill aims to eliminate cashless bail for many offenses and limit judicial discretion in pretrial releases.

The legislation also seeks to resume executions in North Carolina, paused since 2006. Senate leader Phil Berger introduced an amendment to explore alternative execution methods, like firing squads or electrocution, if lethal injection is unavailable. Berger stated, “For nearly two decades, judicial and administrative roadblocks have stopped true justice for victims, and it’s time for that to end.”

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September 19, 2025
Education
News

Ivy League College Warns White Students to Stay Away from Minority-Only Events.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Cornell University warned “non-marginalized” business students, largely white students, not to attend diversity-focused recruiting events intended to bestow advantages on minority students.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management’s student council and Cornell University MBA students.

📍WHEN & WHERE: E-mail circulated on Friday, ahead of next week’s Reaching Out MBA conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

💬KEY QUOTE: “True equality should not equate to carving out exclusive zones that sideline most MBA students and potentially skirt equal opportunity laws,” said one anonymous student.

🎯IMPACT: The e-mail has sparked criticism for encouraging racial discrimination and raises concerns about equal opportunity compliance.

IN FULL

Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management has come under scrutiny after a student council e-mail advised so-called “non-marginalized” business students, referring mainly to white, male, and heterosexual students, not to attend diversity-focused recruiting events intended for ethnic minority peers. The message, circulated by the student council’s “Allyship in Action” initiative, warned that attending such events could negatively impact students’ job prospects and Cornell’s relationships with partner organizations.

The e-mail stated that “students who do not identify with the specific marginalized or underrepresented group” should refrain from attending diversity conferences. “Students who do not belong to the group that the diversity conference is designed for should respect that space and should not attend,” it read.

The message was sent ahead of the Reaching Out MBA conference in New Orleans, a prominent event focused on LGBT business students and alumni. Other diversity-centered events promoted by Cornell include the National Black MBA Conference, AfroTech, the Women in Investing Conference, and Prospanica, which targets Hispanic professionals.

One anonymous student criticized the e-mail as exclusionary. “True equality should not equate to carving out exclusive zones that sideline most MBA students and potentially skirt equal opportunity laws,” the student said.

Cornell University insisted that the message represented “student-to-student conversations” and reaffirmed that the events in question remain officially open to all students. However, the Allyship in Action e-mail threatens, “[W]e want to stress the negative impact your presence may have on your own recruiting outcomes, as well as Cornell’s relationship with these organizations.”

The situation comes amid heightened federal scrutiny of university diversity programs under the Trump administration. More than 50 colleges and universities are currently under investigation for discriminatory practices against white, Asian, or Christian students, particularly in cases involving race-specific scholarships, internships, or recruitment programs. Federal officials argue that such programs violate civil rights laws by excluding students on the basis of race, gender, or religion.

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