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carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger. so helms called in the political consultants who in turn helped the helms campaign to fight back. this is what theygn came up wit this ad. >> you needed that job because you were the best qualified, but they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gains says it is. your vote on this issue, for racial quota, harvey gain, against racial quotas, jesse helms. >> you ...

people as the central players -- >> shush, dont tell them. >> well, cats out of the bag. >> its happening. >> i think it happened today. >> thank you for the book plug, as well. thank you my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the year was 1990. republican incumbent north carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election. so helms cold in the political consultants, wh...

to take over the city of rostov—on—don, where the russian troops and the inhabitants welcomed them, and then, secondly, to head on for moscow. and then, president lukashenko of belarus rang prigozhin and offered him a deal, and that was it — prigozhin ordered his men to turn back and he and they have gone to quarters in belarus, not far from the ukrainian border. so, what on earth does it all mean for the man who captured rostov? i asked famil ismailov, news editor of bbc russian...

loads of similar schemes, key differences but with the same aim. it is happening a lot of already, as you probably know. the idea is, breathe. some people say lights versus livelihoods, soaring cost of living, soaring number of health problems from pollution. —— some people say it is set versus livelihoods. a dichotomy is shaping politics. some of the arguments are on the working classes, take london, sw19, leafy london, less of a problem than in e14, less leafy tower hamlets. the ...

be after putins war? the mood in ukraine is that if ukrainian officials agree to something less than the borders of 1991, the question would be, why did all those people die? and populism — is its day over? the way i like to look at this issue is not, are we going to see a resurgence of populism, but are we going to see a resurgence of democracy? its been one of the most confusing episodes of recent times, and we still dont know exactly what happened or what the outcome might be. yev...

insights with us. thank you so much. that does it for me. thank you for watching. ali will be back here next saturday and sunday morning from 10 am to noon eastern. stay right where you are. inside jen psaki begins right now. >> well its been a pretty demoralizing week. three major supreme court decisions with far-reaching consequences. one effectively scrapping affirmative action programs. one invalidating president bidens student loan debt relief plan. one clearing the way for busine...

and get healthier with golo. week, three major supreme court decisions with far-reaching consequences. one effectively scrapping affirmative action program. someone invalid-ing president bidens student loan debt relief plan. and one clearing the way for businesses, to refuse service to lgbtq plus america. ill talk about that, how democrats should be fighting back and the politics of pennsylvania with the states governor, josh shapiro. whos coming up. first, plus law professor and forme...

meritocracy approve of this decisiony ap. a few d just a few days ago, cbs newss ran a poll asking americans about this very issue. ver70% responded that colleges should not be allowed to use race in college admissions. a new york times poll recentlyam found 60% of democrats also oppose race as a factor in admissions. americans across the country have rejected affirmative action at the ballot box, too, evenat the b in blue state calia in the 2020 election. democratic leaders in the sta...

but the big guy says this fight isnt over. >> you know, these r republican officials just couldntep bear the thought of providing relief for working class, middle clas s americans to up fighting for you. well use every tool at e studentsal , get you the student debt relief you need and reach your dreams. >> why didyour d you give millie borrowers false hope. >> i didnt get mars false hopei ,but the republicans snatched away the hope thatca they were given. >> and its real, real hope. d...

a detachment of his men first to take over the city of rostov—on—don, where the russian troops and the inhabitants welcomed them, and then, secondly, to head on for moscow. and then president lukashenko of belarus rang prigozhin and offered him a deal, and that was it — prigozhin ordered his men to turn back, and he and they have gone to quarters in belarus, not far from the ukrainian border. so what on earth does it all mean for the man who captured rostov? i asked famil ismailo...