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May 06 2021
Opinion
How campaign finance corruption keeps the minimum wage low
Many of us have worked from home during the pandemic, but not everybody has that luxury. Have you been to your local grocery store? Minimum wage workers who have kept food on our tables have been called "frontline heroes" – and yet when the chance arose to increase their wage to $15 an hour, the proposal was voted down. And the vote was not just along party lines – eight Democrats joined
The FulcrumJan 21 2015
News
Edward Snowden: Mass Surveillance Didn't Stop Paris Attacks
French intelligence did not prevent the Paris attacks despite benefitting from "most intrusive" surveillance laws because suspects are "buried under data", US whistleblower Edward Snowden said on Wednesday.
"France passed one of the most intrusive, expansive surveillance laws in all of Europe last year and it didn't stop the attack," the former US intelligence contractor told Dutch
Newsmax (News)Jan 13 2019
News
White House Sought Options to Strike Iran
President Trump’s National Security Council asked the Pentagon to provide the White House with military options to strike Iran last year, generating concern at the Pentagon and State Department, current and former U.S. officials said.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 11 2020
Opinion
A Big Step for Religious Freedom
For decades religious freedom has been treated as the unwanted stepcihld in the human-rights side of U.S. foreign policy. But in a rare ray of light this dark spring, America’s defining right has been recognized at the highest level as a “moral and national security imperative.” This is more than a symbolic gesture.
On June 2 President Trump signed an executive order that declares
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Jan 23 2020
News
Google CEO eyes major opportunity in healthcare, says will protect privacy
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet Inc and its Google subsidiary, said on Wednesday that healthcare offers the biggest potential over the next five to 10 years for using artificial intelligence to improve outcomes, and vowed that the technology giant will heed privacy concerns.
U.S. lawmakers have raised questions about Google’s access to the health
ReutersAug 04 2020
Analysis
What scientists are learning about kids and Covid-19 infection
Several new studies are deepening our understanding of infection and transmission in kids, but there’s still a lot we don’t know.
In mid-June, a sleepaway camp in Georgia opened for its first camp session of the summer, welcoming 363 campers and 234 staffers and trainees back for what was supposed to be a fun summer outdoors. The camp followed most of the Centers for Disease Control and
VoxJul 29 2021
News
WHO’s plans for a Wuhan probe at a crossroads
IS TEDROS RECALIBRATING ON CHINA? — The World Health Organization’s planned second phase of its investigation into the origins of the coronavirus is at a crossroads — just as the WHO’s director general gears up for reelection next May.
Beijing’s rejectionof Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ call for audits of labs and research institutions in Wuhan, China was no surprise. But Tedros’ approach
PoliticoJul 29 2021
Analysis
How to make the child tax credit more accessible
Families that don’t file taxes have struggled to access the child tax credit. A more automatic program could help them out.
The first of the 2021 child tax credits hit parents’ bank accounts in July — but not for everyone. For many of the parents who need it most, accessing the money may be more of a struggle.
That’s because the IRS — an agency that knows little about the lowest-
VoxJun 13 2018
News
Trump Kim summit: Pentagon remains 'ironclad' after war games cancelled
The Pentagon has reassured allies of its "ironclad" security commitments, after President Donald Trump cancelled its Korean military exercises.
BBC NewsDec 18 2018
News
Judge Postpones Sentencing of Michael Flynn After Harshly Rebuking Him
A federal judge on Tuesday postponed the sentencing of Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s first national security adviser, after warning Mr. Flynn that he could well face prison for lying to
New York Times (News)