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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is suing Northwestern University on behalf of the school’s Graduate Workers for Palestine, alleging that subjecting students to a mandatory anti-Semitism training violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to a complaint obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The complaint argues that the training violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits any organization that receives federal funds from discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin—and says the training bans "expressions of Palestinian identity." Campus CAIR Sues Northwestern, Alleging Anti-Semitism Training a Violation of Civil Rights Act The...

Former Vice President Joe Biden said on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” on Wednesday that President Donald Trump as promoted racism. Noah said to Biden: “Talk me through how you would plan to undo systemic oppression, how you would plan to undo systemic racism, and how you think you will address the needs of the African-American community.” “Well, first of all it’s going to take time,” said Biden.

In his new book The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties, Claremont Institute scholar Christopher Caldwell explains how the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the landmark legislation designed to end segregation in the South, gave unprecedented power to Washington and ended up dividing the country. To be sure, Caldwell recognizes that Jim Crow was immoral and needed to be eradicated. But in doing so, he contends, the law enacted permanent emergency powers that vastly increased federal control over the private lives of Americans. The law created new crimes, outlawed discrimination in almost every aspect of public and private life...