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Aug 22 2022
Perspectives Blog
Is Democracy in Peril? Where the Left and Right Agree and Disagree
Political polarization is at record highs, and some have speculated we are headed toward civil war. Both sides of the spectrum agree with each other in that they are concerned about democracy being under threat — but for very different reasons.
Political violence has erupted more than once over the last several years. The U.S. ranks in the middle of the pack when it comes to political
Clare AshcraftJun 09 2021
Analysis
New York gave every detained immigrant a lawyer. It could serve as a national model.
Biden wants to expand immigrants’ access to legal representation.
Deportation can carry grave consequences. An immigrant might have to leave behind their family, abandon years-long ties to their community, and return to a country where they may have previously faced threats to their life and livelihood — even the kind that might have qualified them for humanitarian protection in the US
VoxOct 06 2020
Opinion
FLIP-FLOP: Four Years Ago, Media Demanded Election-Year SCOTUS Vote
Since the announcement Friday of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, liberal journalists have been seething over the idea that the sitting President of the United States would actually nominate her replacement, and that the current U.S. Senate would then actually vote on this nomination — as if everyone performing their assigned Constitutional tasks were somehow a scandal
NewsBustersOct 01 2020
News
Federal Judge Orders DOJ to Release Redacted Sections of Mueller Report before Election
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Justice Department to release certain previously redacted sections of the Mueller report by Election Day, ruling that portions of the report were improperly deemed classified.
U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton in Washington, D.C. said that the DOJ violated federal law by unnecessarily redacting at least at least 15 pages of special counsel
National Review (News)Jul 14 2020
Opinion
How to rename D.C.'s football team and help fix democracy, too
"Hang a lantern on your problem" was favorite advice from Robert F. Kennedy. In other words, confront a challenge head-on. Illuminate it. Then take steps to tackle it.
Dan Snyder, who announced this week that he will soon rename the NFL franchise he owns, has an opportunity to do one better than RFK's mantra.
By changing Washington's football team name to the Greenbacks, Snyder
The FulcrumMay 29 2019
News
Abortion in US: What surprise Supreme Court ruling means
In a surprise move, the Supreme Court has issued a pair of decisions on an Indiana law restricting abortions, offering clues on how the nine-member court - with two new justices appointed by Donald Trump - could view the contentious issue in the days and years ahead.
The court's actions were a mixed bag for those on both sides of the abortion debate.
In an unsigned opinion, the
BBC NewsNov 02 2020
Analysis
Five Days of Facebook Fact-Checking
MARK ZUCKERBERG, Facebook’s CEO, has been back in Congress this week to talk about the need to reform how social-media platforms moderate content—a realm within which Facebook is trying to establish a “best in class” reputation. New research from the Tow Center shows that the platform is falling short.
In order to understand how consistently and swiftly Facebook applies fact-checks to
Columbia Journalism ReviewAug 05 2021
News
How Biden's Supreme Court throwdown could backfire
President Joe Biden’s audacious move to assuage liberals by extending a pandemic-related moratorium on evictions puts him in a position he has so far avoided: inviting a high-profile showdown with the Supreme Court.
If the court — as expected — shoots down the policy following a legal challenge by Alabama and Georgia Realtors' groups, it could also wind up fueling the progressive drive
PoliticoNov 02 2020
News
Biden Reminds Americans He Plans to Shred the Second Amendment
Amid the pandemic, violence, rioting, looting, and the “defund the police” movement, gun ownership in America has soared, with some estimates saying there are 5 million first-time gun owners so far this year. That could mean a new and “formidable” voting bloc has formed.
"From now on, we expect millions of new gun owners to pay closer attention to candidates, and reject those who would
TownhallFeb 24 2021
News
Biden-Trudeau ‘Roadmap’ Commits to Fight ‘Systemic Racism,’ Climate Change; Excludes Keystone XL
U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a “Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership” on Tuesday that commits to fight “systemic racism” and COVID-19, but ignores the Keystone XL pipeline.
In a preamble, the two leaders declare: “The Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership announced today establishes a blueprint for an ambitious and whole-
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