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As the Democratic Party searches for direction in the post-2024 landscape, its leaders seem bent on alienating their own base over Gaza.

The storied university may pay out a huge settlement — rumored to be about $500 million — to pacify an administration increasingly bent on domination of American institutions.

Their stories of pain, struggle and resilience in the face of Jim Crow are crucial to honoring Black people’s place in history, especially under an administration bent on diluting or erasing those histories.

From Salon

In some cases officers are trying to work out what to do about people bent on extreme violence, inspired by acts of terrorism, but who have no clear-cut ideology.

From BBC

“Why are we so bent on keeping students from getting an education and giving back?”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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