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Jul 12 2021
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‘Completely uncharted territory’: The threat to US democracy in 2024
A Harvard scholar of democracy talks about what makes the U.S. different from Chile and Hungary – and how serious a threat the country could be facing as it heads into the next election cycle.
Steven Levitsky is a professor of government at Harvard University who studies democratization and authoritarianism, with a focus on Latin America. In 2018, he and Daniel Ziblatt, a fellow Harvard
Christian Science MonitorJul 12 2021
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Cuban Protests Demand Freedom, Food, Covid-19 Vaccines
Thousands of Cubans took to the streets in a wave of demonstrations in Havana and at least 14 other cities throughout the Communist island, demanding an end to the 62-year dictatorship and protesting the lack of food and Covid-19 vaccines.
“We are not afraid! We are not afraid!” people shouted as they marched through the streets on Sunday, videos posted on social media showed. “Freedom
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 15 2020
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Biden campaign lashes out at New York Post
The campaign cast the allegations against Joe and Hunter Biden as “Russian disinformation,” while Republicans complained that social media companies were censoring the story.
Joe Biden’s campaign is punching back at a New York Post story that alleged a direct link between the Democratic presidential nominee and his son's business dealings.
Top Biden advisers who staffed him
PoliticoAug 09 2021
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More Provinces, Atrocities for Rampaging Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan—As the Taliban’s white flag of victory flies over more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, people across the country are flooding into the capital to escape the escalating war, straining resources, pushing up prices for food and fuel, and fraying nerves. The clamor to flee the country is growing as borders are closed, choking the outflow of people and inflow of essential
Foreign PolicyApr 06 2022
Perspectives Blog
Soaring Crude Prices Make the Cost of Pretty Much Everything Else Go Up Too Because we Almost Literally Eat Oil
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Veronika Dolar, an Assistant Professor of Economics at SUNY Old Westbury. The writer's bias has not been rated.
The price of oil has been spiking in recent weeks in response to concerns that the war in Ukraine will significantly reduce supply. But what
"The Conversation" ContributorJun 08 2018
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How a reporter’s romance with her source muddies the FBI’s seizure of her records
President Trump's administration excels at muddying the water, and the arrest of a former Senate aide, following an inquiry in which federal agents seized records from a New York Times reporter, might be its best work yet.
On one level, the case is fodder for righteous outrage in the media. Many journalists were alarmed 10 months ago when Attorney General Jeff Sessions called a news
Washington PostNov 02 2020
Analysis
Fox News is misleading its audience about Trump's election chances
Right now anything is possible, but a Joe Biden win is probable. Reporters and anchors up and down the dial are being careful with their language, adding all the appropriate caveats and hedges, but virtually all the data is pointing in the direction of President Biden. Which is why the Fox factor is so important right now. Fox News is the preferred media outlet of President Trump's America.
CNN DigitalApr 30 2021
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Black Gen Z’ers Want You To Stop Sharing Videos Of Police Killing People Who Look Like Them
“Don’t watch it.” “Don’t send it.” “I don’t want to see it.” The warning texts came almost immediately, because it had happened again. Another Black life, this time 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, had become a crumpled collection of limbs and blood on pavement after police showed up and opened fire. A quick, chaotic video capturing the killing reverberated across cellphones, filling social media
BuzzFeed NewsFeb 05 2016
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Waste Watch: Tax Money Pays for Political Research
Almost a half-million of our tax dollars are being spent researching politics.
The federal government is spending big bucks to learn if media influences politics or if politics influence media.
Television,
Fox News DigitalAug 24 2020
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Wisconsin deploys National Guard as police shooting of Black man sparks unrest
Wisconsin’s governor on Monday deployed his state’s National Guard to Kenosha following a night of sometimes-violent unrest that came after police in the lakeside city shot a Black man multiple times in the back.
Governor Tony Evers also called a special legislative session to take up a package of bills aimed at addressing problems with law enforcement following the shooting of 29-year-
Reuters