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Aug 13 2020
Background
There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what it means
There's a growing group of dissenters who believe Americans can survive without law enforcement as we know it. And Americans, those dissenters believe, may even be better off without it.
The solution to police brutality and racial inequalities in policing is simple, supporters say: Just defund police. It's as straightforward as it sounds: Instead of funding a police department, a
CNN DigitalAug 20 2021
Analysis
'Better to Stay Ahead of It.' Why the White House COVID-19 Strategy Now Involves Vaccine Booster Shots
By now, many public health experts, and the public for that matter, have accepted that vaccinated people may need another dose of whichever COVID-19 shot they received in order to better protect against new variants of COVID-19. And on Aug. 18, the White House endorsed a third dose for those who received either of the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. People who received the single
Time MagazineAug 04 2021
Opinion
A Quick Reminder That Mandating Vaccines Is Totally Constitutional
Anti-vaxxers and anti-mask people are loud and wrong all the time. It’s a devastating combination. They’ve got an entire white-wing media echo-sphere that amplifies their wrong ideas. They have social media algorithms that elevate their ignorance and misinformation, such that even calling them out boosts their uninformed or willfully false takes.
Moreover, the sheer breadth of things
The NationMay 17 2021
News
Supreme Court to Take Up Major Abortion Case
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a major abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, from Mississippi. The law in question, the Gestational Age Act, bans abortion after 15 weeks gestation, and the court will decide if these restrictions on pre-viability on elective abortions are unconstitutional. The high court will review a lower court decision that blocked the law from being
TownhallMay 01 2021
Data
Top tax frustrations for Americans: The feeling that some corporations, wealthy people don’t pay fair share
President Joe Biden has proposed raising taxes on corporations and wealthy Americans to help pay for a series of new initiatives, ensuring that the issue of taxes will be front and center for Congress in the weeks and months ahead.
The public’s frustrations with the U.S. tax system have not changed much in recent years. Far more Americans continue to say they are bothered “a lot” by the
Pew Research CenterJan 04 2021
News
Faith on the Hill
When it comes to religious affiliation, the 117th U.S. Congress looks similar to the previous Congress but quite different from Americans overall.
While about a quarter (26%) of U.S. adults are religiously unaffiliated – describing themselves as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” – just one member of the new Congress (Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.) identifies as religiously
Pew Research CenterDec 03 2020
News
BLM's Defund Agenda Will Only Hurt the Black Community
Black Lives Matter (BLM) organizations are flexing their new political muscles.
They are pressuring the incoming Biden administration as well as state and local lawmakers to fulfill their personnel and policy demands.
However, their radical ideas could be devastating to the black community leaving minority neighborhoods more lawless and dangerous.
Newsmax (News)Jun 13 2021
Analysis
Fewer Than 2% Of Movie Characters Are Muslim, Report Finds
Fewer than 2% of movie characters with speaking roles are Muslim, according to a study released on Thursday.
The study, which examined 200 popular films from the U.S., U.K., Australia, and New Zealand released from 2017 to 2019, found only a handful of Muslim characters ― and those were most often in limited or stereotypical roles. The report, “Missing & Maligned: The Reality of
HuffPostApr 04 2021
News
Latino Activists Protest Renaming Illinois School after Barack and Michelle Obama
Latino activists are pushing to keep former president Barack Obama’s name off a school building in Illinois over his broken promises on immigration as the Waukegan Board of Education looks to rename two of its schools, Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Daniel Webster Middle School.
The board formed renaming committees for the schools named after Jefferson, who owned slaves, and Webster
National Review (News)May 01 2021
News
Ted Cruz Shuns Corporate Donations as Conservatives Turn On 'Woke' Capitalism
Texas Senator Ted Cruz said Wednesday he will no longer take "woke" corporate political action committee (PAC) donations anymore.
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled "Your Woke Money Is No Good Here," the Republican said he was done accepting donations from corporate PACs after several major corporations such as Coca-Cola came out in opposition to the new Georgia voting law.
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Newsweek