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Speaking at an event on slavery reparations at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama accused President Donald Trump of “slowly normalizing the erasure” of black history in America and inspiring other governments to do the same around the world.
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A transgender illegal alien – who was previously released by a sanctuary city – has pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old boy, but won’t spend any additional time in prison after he is sentenced to “time served” on April 27.

Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a biological male and illegal alien from Colombia, pleaded guilty to second-degree rape in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday in exchange for a sentence of the six months he has already served in prison.

Before the plea deal, Contreras-Suarez was facing charges for first-degree rape of a child less than 17 and stalking, according to a July 2025 news release from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

On February 11 of last year, Suarez followed a 14-year-old into the bathroom of a Harlem bodega, where he raped the minor. He was caught on camera leaving the bodega and was arrested the next day. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a detainer request to Manhattan Central Booking on February 13, in hopes taking custody of Suarez for deportation.

New York City, where Suarez is being detained, is an illegal alien “sanctuary,” however, meaning it has a policy of denying ICE detainer requests and refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Suarez has been imprisoned at Rikers Island (part of New York City) since legal proceedings began in July 2025.

He was previously arrested in Massachusetts on robbery, weapons and prostitution charges, but was released due to local sanctuary city policies, according to (DHS) officials. 

In March of 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) arrested Suarez for illegally entering the United States at San Ysidro, California, but he was later released.

Suarez’s freedom might be short-lived once the judge approves his plea deal on April 27, however.

“We expect the defendant to remain detained and be deported following sentencing, due to the felony conviction,” a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said in a statement, suggesting potential cooperation with ICE, in Suarez’s case.

The Taliban junta in Afghanistan on Tuesday released U.S. citizen Dennis Coyle after 14 months in captivity. He arrived in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday morning.
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Another Black Lives Matter activist has been caught committing fraud, and the woman was named a “Bostonian of the Year” in 2020 by the Boston Globe.Monica Cannon-Grant became a BLM activist after the death of George Floyd and ran a nonprofit organization called “Violence in Boston” that received tens of thousands of taxpayer-funded pandemic relief.Prior to pleading guilty, Cannon-Grant had blamed ‘white supremacy’ for the fraud allegations.On Monday, Cannon-Grant was ordered to pay back $224K in funds that she rerouted from the nonprofit to benefit herself personally.The woman and her husband, Clark Grant, were indicted in the fraud scheme in 2023, but he died from a motorcycle accident two months after they were indicted.Cannon-Grant pleaded guilty to more than a dozen fraud-related charges in Jan. 2026 and was able to escape prison time, though she was sentenced to six months of home confinement, four years of probation, and 100 hours of community service.The U.S. Attorney’s office said she spent the money on her car insurance, auto loan payments, travel, hotels, gas, food deliveries, restaurants, and nail salons.Cannon-Grant pleaded guilty to the following:Ten counts of wire fraud;Three counts of wire fraud conspiracy;One count of mail fraud;Two counts of filing false tax returns; andTwo counts of failing to file tax returns.RELATED: BLM activists in Boston facing even more federal fraud charges The nonprofit’s stated mission included reducing violence, raising social awareness, and aiding community causes in the Boston area. The organization’s board voted to shut it down after the embezzlement charges.Prior to pleading guilty, Cannon-Grant had blamed “white supremacy” for the fraud allegations. “Monica Cannon-Grant’s crimes were not a momentary lapse in judgment — they were a calculated pattern of deception that spanned years,” U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley said. “She repeatedly lied to donors, government agencies, and the public, even after being caught — all while presenting herself as a champion for others. Fraud disguised as activism or charity is still fraud.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

President Trump scored a big win when a second appeals court barred lower judges from releasing illegal migrants from detention.
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LA Rams star wide receiver Puka Nacua has been hit with a new lawsuit by a woman alleging he abused her.
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Harvard students will soon be able to take a class about the meaning of Harvard, which is very Harvard—even more so because the new course will be taught by Claudine Gay, the former university president who resigned in disgrace amid plagiarism accusations and criticism of her response to anti-Semitism on campus.
More than two years later, Gay is still a tenured professor earning almost $1 million a year. She’ll return to the classroom next fall to lead a 16-student tutorial titled “What is a University?: Purpose and Politics in Higher Education.” The new course will focus on “Harvard-specific” cases to encourage students to “engage in critical thinking about their own institution” and craft proposals to reform the (reputationally) elite university, according to the Harvard Crimson.
We’re not sure what makes Gay qualified to help students understand the “purpose” of higher education—but again, this is Harvard. To find out more, the Washington Free Beacon endeavored to semi-legally obtain a copy of the syllabus for Gay’s new course. As is often the case, we succeeded. We have reprinted the syllabus below for your immediate edification. Enjoy!
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Department of Government — Fall 2026
GOV 94HE: What is a University?: Purpose and Politics in Higher Education
Instructor: Prof. Claudine Gay
Office: CGIS Knafel Building
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00–3:00 PM (BIPOC students only), Thursday 2:00–3:00 PM (LGBTIQCAPGNGFNBA+ students only), Friday 5:00–5:30 AM (white students only), and by appointment (Jewish students)
Course Description

This selective tutorial examines the evolution, purpose, and politics of the modern university, tracing the historical development of American higher education as a basis for understanding contemporary debates over cirriculum, admissions, social justice, the Jewish question, and equitable frameworks for contextualizing so-called plagiarism in inequitable academic landscapes.
Students will explore Harvard-specific cases, histories, and examples to analyze how political, social, and economic forces have shaped institutional decision-making and the student experience. A central goal of the course is to encourage Harvard students to critically interrogate their own institution and propose a vision for institutional reform or reinvention.
Students will develop a policy proposal addressing a major challenge in higher education, such as:

Out-of-control plagiarism scolds
The unfair targeting of Black university presidents
Lack of institutional support for non-non-violent resistance movements

Course Requirements

Attendance: 5%
Participation: 5%
Weekly analytical memos (150-200 words): 5%
Midterm essay (1–2 pages): 5%
Final project (institutional reform proposal + presentation): 10%
Vibes, lived experience, personal trauma, historical injustice: 70%

Note: Students who opt to protest injustice in lieu of fulfilling the course requirements will receive an automatic A
Required Texts (Representative)

Sequoia Alexander (author), Dionne Lee Benton (illustrator), When I Grow Up, I’m Going to College! (2015)
bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress (1994)
Tom Hayden et al., Port Huron Statement (1962)
Susan Abulhawa (author), Rama Duwaji (illustrator), Every Moment Is a Life: Gaza in the Time of Genocide (2026)
Claudine Gay, Taking Charge: Black Electoral Success and the Redefinition of American Politics (1997)
Phil J. Coates, Using AI for Academic Writing: Plagiarism-free ethical submissions (2026)
Selected zine articles (posted on Canvas)

Course Schedule
Week 1 — Introduction
Icebreaker: rock, paper, scissors tournament, two truths and a lie
Racial identifications, pronouns, etc.
Film: Concierto Por La Libertad: Kneecap Live in Havana (2026)
Week 2  — What Are Universities? And Why Are They Racist?
Dictionary definitions (compare and contrast)
Modern example: Racist motivations behind ouster of Harvard’s first Black president, potential Jewish involvement
Week 3 — Harvard, Explained
Founding and early history
Reflections on notable alumni: Theodore Kaczynski (’62), Jim Cramer (’77), Jeffrey Skilling (’79), Lawrence Summers (’82), Joy-Ann Reid (’90), Claudine Gay (’98), David Hogg (’23)
Reflections on notable faculty: Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Jeffrey Epstein (unofficial), Claudine Gay
Practical application: Tips for telling people you went to Harvard in both casual and formal settings
Week 4 — Race, Representation, and Identity
Celebrating historic figures at Harvard: Elizabeth Warren (first Native American law school professor) and Claudine Gay (first Black university president)
Guest speaker: Joy-Ann Reid (’90)
Case study: Pros and cons of former Harvard president A. Lawrence Lowell (1909-1933) and his well-meaning attempt to solve the “Jewish problem” through equity-aligned enrollment restrictions
Discussion: Do Jews really count as “white” people?
Week 5 — Academic Freedom and Campus Speech
The free speech case for copying without attribution in academic articles
Context matters: “Terrorism” vs. anti-colonial resistance, when vibes and essays aren’t sufficient
Guest speaker: AI-generated Yahya Sinwar, martyred former leader of Hamas, peace be upon
Discussion: Did the United States deserve 9/11?
Week 6 & 7 — Mental Health Recovery Break (No Class)
Week 8 — Midterm Review & Essay Due (Unless Protesting)
Week 9 — Evolutionary Biology
Natural selection, speciation, and phylogeny
Week 10 — Microbiology
Viruses, bacteria, and immune response
Week 11 — Plant Biology
Photosynthesis and growth
Week 12 — Ecology
Population dynamics, ecosystems, and biodiversity
Week 13 — Human Impact & Global Change
Climate change, conservation biology
Week 14 — Final Review
Using the attached syllabus for an Introduction to Biology class, help me write a syllabus for my new GOV 94HE class, “What is a University?: Purpose and Politics in Higher Education.” Make it sound smart like a Harvard professor wrote it.
Absolutely—here is a structured syllabus for GOV 94HE, informed by the format of the introductory biology course and tailored to the study of higher education:
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Are there administration insiders profiting from knowing news about the war with Iran before the public does? Recent news stories from the world of “prediction markets” seem to indicate that may in fact be happening.
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The University of California, Los Angeles on Tuesday named as its next dean of public health the head of a Harvard University center that was hit with numerous anti-Semitism allegations in a university report last year.
Kari Nadeau, the chair of the environmental health department at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will leave Harvard for UCLA just months after she became the interim director of the Harvard François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights. The FXB center’s previous director, Mary Bassett, resigned in January, and Nadeau was tapped to replace her.
The FXB Center and its Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights were a focus of the report issued in April 2025 by Harvard’s task force on anti-Semitism. Over the weekend, a program sponsored by the FXB Center featured a speaker who demonized Israeli doctors as “pro-genocide.”
Though most of the incidents took place before Nadeau was named interim director, the weekend’s event makes clear that at least some of that programming has continued under her stewardship. The task force’s report described a hostile climate for Jewish students at the school of public health, which houses the FXB center and features a course on the “Settler Colonial Determinants of Health.”
“One student told us that the FXB programming created the impression that ‘Israel exists solely to oppress Palestinians, and nothing else,'” the anti-Semitism report reads. A speaker at a November 2024 webinar described in the report claimed that the “IDF’s charter is to target healthcare workers.” Students who raised concerns about the center’s programming were allegedly asked, “who is more marginalized, Jews or Palestinians,” and noted that there were “no programs on the ‘public health consequences of rockets being fired or suicide bombings.'”
Nadeau, a pediatrician by training, will assume the UCLA post in July. In a statement announcing her appointment, the university praised Nadeau for her “inclusive, student-centered approach to preparing the next generation of public health leaders.” UCLA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Nadeau’s appointment comes as the Trump administration is suing UCLA over a string of controversial incidents, including a guest lecture by an “activist-in-residence,” Lisa Gray-Garcia, who led chants of “Free, Free Palestine” in a mandatory class for first-year medical students. The university was hit with a separate lawsuit this week after it stonewalled a public records request about Gray-Garcia, who has referred to the Oct. 7 attacks as “justice” and described the University of California, San Francisco, as a “Zionist funded akkkademik institution.”
Nadeau’s short time as FXB director got off to an awkward start. She stepped in to replace Bassett, who lost her job at the center in the wake of Harvard’s anti-Semitism report, prompting a petition from students and faculty that accused Harvard of racism.
“This targeted dismissal follows a series of politically motivated terminations of leaders at Harvard’s scholarly centers that include programming on Palestine,” the petition read. “This decision … also reflects a deeper, troubling pattern of targeted erasure–especially of Black women whose scholarship confronts structural violence and insists on the dignity of marginalized peoples, including Palestinians.”
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