DEERPARK, N.Y.—Two hours from Manhattan, deep in the rolling hills, a 400-acre performing arts campus turns the clock back a thousand years to China's ancient Tang Dynasty.
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| WORDS OF WISDOM | | "Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again." | | ANNE FRANK | | Good morning! Today we're looking into how The New York Times has distorted its coverage of the Chinese Communist Party, the Supreme Court blocking a Title IX gender rule, and Temu facing congressional scrutiny.
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25 Years of Distortion At critical moments over the past 25 years, The New York Times has aided the interests of a faction of the Chinese Communist Party, the survival of which depends on the coverup of its atrocities against practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong. On top of implicating itself ethically, the paper has also, as a result, distorted its China coverage and misled its readers, as revealed by an analysis of The New York Times' China coverage as well as interviews with half a dozen experts on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) politics and geopolitics. The New York Times has for decades positioned itself as a global newspaper, insisting on a necessity of access to China, according to former staffers. That meant convincing the communist regime that the paper's presence would benefit it. The paper has never explained what price it has paid for access to the country. Read the full story here› | |
Supreme Upholds Block on Gender Rule The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Aug. 16 to reject the federal government's bid to partially enforce its Title IX gender rule in 10 Republican-led states. In a ruling handed down on Aug. 16, the high court left intact two separate lower court orders that blocked the entirety of the rule in Louisiana and nine other states that challenged it. At the center of the disputes are three provisions, which include one declaring that the existing federal law against sex-based discrimination in education settings also prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The rule also addresses gendered pronouns and sex-separate spaces like bathrooms, locker rooms, and shower areas, clarifying that schools and colleges could lose federal funding if they don't address students by their preferred pronouns or allow them to use facilities corresponding to their gender identity. The federal government had asked the Supreme Court to partially lift those orders, a relief that would sever the three key provisions while allowing the other unchallenged parts of the rule to go into effect. Read the full story here› | |
Temu Faces Scrutiny Attorneys general from 21 states are demanding answers from Chinese budget online retailer Temu, questioning whether it has done enough to protect consumers from data privacy misuse and products made with illegal forced labor. The group of attorneys general sent a letter to Qin Sun, Temu's president, and Chen Lei, chief executive officer of Temu's China-based parent company PDD Holdings. The attorneys general said they were "deeply troubled" that Temu "does not have a policy in place to prohibit the sale of goods from Xinjiang." The oversight seems to run afoul of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans the import of all goods from China's far-western region of Xinjiang unless companies offer verifiable proof that the goods weren't made with forced labor. China's communist regime has locked up over 1 million Uyghurs in internment camps in Xinjiang under the pretext of "combating extremism." Detainees at the camps are subjected to forced labor, torture, political indoctrination, forced abortion, and other inhuman treatments. Read the full story here› How do you like our new sections? Tell us what you think here. | | MORE TOP NEWS | | | | | | | | | | | | HEALTH | | | | INSPIRING | | | | A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR | Deadly Strike Coming To America's Power Grid Former CIA Director has issued a stern warning: An attack on America's infrastructure would "blackout the national grid and other life-sustaining critical infrastructures for over a year. Killing 9 out of 10 Americans by starvation and societal collapse". Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but months. That's why many Americans are taking matters into their own hands and are securing their own solar powered generator. Our top recommendation in portable solar generators is the Patriot Power Generator. | | CULTURE |  | | Painting War's Toll | | In 1874, the Royal Academy of Arts in London unveiled a stunning painting that would captivate Victorian Britain—Lady Elizabeth Butler's "The Roll Call." This powerful depiction of the aftermath of the Battle of Inkerman featured weary and wounded soldiers instead of glorified leaders. It marked the emergence of Butler as one of the era's most celebrated artists.
Born in Switzerland and educated across Europe, Butler was inspired by the Renaissance masters and her deep Roman Catholic faith. Though she initially intended to focus on religious subjects, she was drawn to the military themes of her classicist contemporaries, leading to her groundbreaking work in historical painting.
"The Roll Call" broke with traditional military iconography, offering a poignant and realistic portrayal of war's toll on ordinary soldiers. The artist's meticulous attention to detail and ability to convey the human cost of war set Butler apart and established her as a leading figure in 19th-century art. | | | | | EPOCH BUY | | | | EPOCH TV | | | | | | OPINION | | | | | | EPOCH FUN | | | |
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