New op-ed: The Hidden Story Behind US-Israel Policy US backs Israel with billions based on Jewish historical claims—yet stayed silent as African Jews (the oldest populations) faced discrimination. Why does American policy support a racially selective version of Jewish identity? 👇
Charles E. Merrill, founder of Merrill Lynch, spent his life using power intentionally, and his son carried that same ethos into building real inclusion pipelines like A Better Chance. The post-SFFA enrollment crashes at MIT, Yale, and Stanford show what happens when we abandon that intentionality and pretend “neutrality” produces justice. Today’s rollback—DEI bans, court defiance, engineered colorblindness—proves the exclusion pipeline is winning unless we choose to build something else.
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This chart ranks eight eras of U.S. history by how deeply church and state were intertwined—from the Colonial Era’s full theocracy (25/25) to the Social Gospel Era’s benevolent entanglement (16/25), showing a near-return today, with 21st-century Christian Nationalism (24/25) approaching theocratic intensity once seen before the Revolution. image