Hillary Clinton reveals 'suggestive' photos led to switch to pantsuits
Hillary Clinton told CBS News she began wearing pantsuits after photographers shot “suggestive” photos of her during a trip to Brazil. “I was sitting on a couch and the press was let in, there were a bunch of them shooting up,” Clinton told CBS News’s Norah O’Donnell. “All of a sudden, the White House gets alerted to these billboards that show me sitting down with — I thought my legs [were] together, but the way it’s shot, it’s sort of suggestive,” Clinton added. The pho
Read MoreBiden’s student loan bailout treats hard-working Americans as chumps on Labor Day
President Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 of student loans per borrower is bad policy for numerous reasons. It adds nearly $1 trillion to the national debt. It fuels inflation. And it is illegal executive overreach. (The Job Creators Network Foundation’s Legal Action Fund is currently considering legal options to block it.) The bailout is also fundamentally unfair to
Read MoreWhite House hopes August successes will translate to fall momentum
Democrats think President Biden had a great August and they’re hoping it will translate into momentum for the fall — both legislatively and electorally. Congress returns next week after a monthlong recess and Labor Day is considered the unofficial kick-off of the general election campaign season. Biden in August signed into law a bipartisan semiconductor bill and a sweeping, Democrat-only package to fight climate change and address health care costs. He announced a drone strike that killed the leader of al Qaeda. The White House cheered positive headlines
Read MoreJuan Williams: Black votes matter in fight for Senate
Prize-winning author Toni Morrison famously joked that President Clinton’s style and ability to deliver for Black people made him the first Black president. By Morrison’s logic, Joe Biden is the third Black president — with President Obama as the second. President Biden’s vice president is a Black woman and he put the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. And as the midterms approach, Biden’s work to reduce student debt and lower drug prices a
Read MoreAP African American studies will be offered for the first time. Here’s what students may expect
For the first time ever, high school students will have the opportunity to take an Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. The College Board introduced the pilot program earlier this year and will be implemented in 60 schools across the country for its inaugural run. However, it is unclear in which states the 60 schools are located. Though students won’t be able to receive college credit for the course this year, the College Board plans to offer the course to all interested high schools for college credit during the 2024-25 school year.
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