(2021-07-13). Black academic Cornel West hammers 'spiritual rot' of Harvard in fiery resignation letter. rt.com 
Leftist philosopher Cornel West has decried the "spiritual rot" of Harvard University in a resignation letter to the elite school. West, who has clashed with Harvard before, said race and politics influenced his departure. | "How sad it is to see our beloved Harvard Divinity School in such decline and decay," West wrote in a resignation letter from the Ivy League institution, penned in June but posted to his Twitter account on Tuesday. Continuing to air his grievances at the school, West claimed that the "shadow of Jim Crow" looms over its campus, and slammed the "superficial diversity" apparently embraced by…
(2021-07-12). 'Save our democracy': Texas Democrats RUN AWAY to Washington in bid to block state voter reform. rt.com 
Seeking to deny quorum to the Texas state legislature and block a bill they called "voter suppression," Democrat lawmakers piled into a plane to Washington, DC and sought aid from the Biden administration. | "My Democratic colleagues and I are leaving the state to break quorum and kill the Texas voter suppression bill," James Talarico, who represents District 52 in the state House, tweeted on Monday afternoon. "We're flying to DC to demand Congress pass the For The People Act and save our democracy." | My Democratic colleagues and I are leaving the state to break quorum and kill the Texas voter suppression bil…