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Crime: (noun): an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the government
2: a grave offense especially against morality
Law (noun) – 1. a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority.
a. The control brought about by the existence or enforcement of such law
b. The actions of laws considered as a means of redressing wrongs.
— Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary
On Sept. 18, the Biden administration notified America of its part in a $13 billion heist.
In joint letters to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack demanded that governors of their respective states fix a multi-billion-dollar funding disparity between land-grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and predominately white counterparts.“Using readily available data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Survey (IPEDS) that ranges from 1987 to 2020, we calculated the amount that these institutions would have received if their state funding per student were equal to that of 1862 institutions,” explained letters to 16 governors from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The letters added that states were required by law to “provide an equitable distribution of funds” between historically Black institutions and the formally segregated white universities.
But America is not a nation of laws.
Laws are more than words scrawled on parchment. Laws are enforced. Laws redress wrongs and punish criminal activity. And when it comes…
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