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Jun 23 2020
News
Jackson Statue Near White House Still Standing After Protesters Try To Topple It
Police fired chemical agents to clear Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., on Monday night after protesters attempted — and failed — to pull down a huge statue of Andrew Jackson located there.
The famous statue of the seventh president on a rearing horse sits opposite the North Portico of the White House. The park has been the scene of anti-racist protests since the police killing of
NPR (Online News)Jan 03 2022
Perspectives Blog
When Biden Has To Decide What’s Most Important
From the CenterNew Year’s Political Quiz: What is Joe Biden’s top legislative policy priority for 2022? Answer: your guess is as good as mine. To be fair, presidents almost never have complete control over their agendas: there are always unexpected crises that can undermine even the most carefully crafted of political strategies. Biden didn’t ask for a Covid resurgence, or festering
Dan SchnurMar 19 2020
News
Coronavirus-Era Food Supply: America Has a Lot. Moving It Is Tricky.
Farm giants juggle operations to answer surge in demand and ready workers to fill in for any who fall ill; ‘Platoon coverage’ Sanderson Farms Inc., a Mississippi-based poultry company, said it ran extra shifts last weekend in its five plants that produce meat for supermarkets and will add more this weekend. In coming weeks, Sanderson could convert two plants handling mainly restaurant chicken
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 09 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Students Return to Schools Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
After spending much of the past year learning remotely, many U.S. students are returning to in-person classes. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact students and school systems nationwide. COVID-19 cases among children rose as schools reopened, and more than 1,400 schools across 35 states have closed again temporarily for COVID-19 related reasons. Children younger than 12 aren't
AllSides StaffMar 04 2020
Headline Roundup
Biden Sweeps South on Super Tuesday, Revives Campaign in Momentous Showing
Former Vice President Joe Biden put on a dominant performance on Super Tuesday 2020, winning 10 of 14 states and apparently cementing the race for the Democratic nomination as a two-way contest between he and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). While Sanders is projected to win California, Biden proved popular among southern voters and saw somewhat surprising success in Massachusetts and the
Washington Post National Review (News) NPR (Online News)Jul 08 2019
News
Democrats to make probe of immigrant detention center conditions a priority
Congress left town last month for its Independence Day vacation on a bipartisan high note, having passed a $4.6 billion spending bill to rush humanitarian aid to the U.S.-Mexico border.
All of that goodwill has now faded.
Lawmakers return to Washington this week more divided than ever and facing a series of new immigration policy crises, with an urgency to troubling conditions at
Washington TimesNov 05 2019
News
It's Election Day 2019. Here's What To Watch
Voters in four states head to the polls on Tuesday. These off-year contests may not be as high profile as the 2020 presidential and congressional elections will be a year from now, but they could offer some important hints on how voters are feeling about President Trump, impeachment, guns and more.
The main action is happening in three states: Kentucky, Mississippi and Virginia. The
NPR (Online News)Apr 03 2024
Headline Roundup
Biden and Trump Win New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin Primaries
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their parties’ respective primaries in four states on Tuesday.
The Details: Despite having already secured their parties’ nominations for the general presidential election this fall, Biden and Trump added delegates to their totals with wins in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. Delaware, which would have also
Associated Press Newsweek Washington ExaminerAug 27 2020
Analysis
Hurricane Laura hits Gulf Coast as an “extremely dangerous” storm
The storm barreled toward Texas and Louisiana during the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
The National Hurricane Center warned that Hurricane Laura will cause “life-threatening storm surge” reaching up to 40 miles inland and rising up to 20 feet as the storm made landfall in Texas and Louisiana.
Laura reached the Gulf Coast after midnight on Thursday morning at an “
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The Commercial Appeal
The Commercial Appeal (also known as the Memphis Commercial Appeal) is a daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee, and its surrounding metropolitan area. It is owned by Journal Media Group; its former owner, The E.W. Scripps Company, also owned the former afternoon paper, the Memphis Press-Scimitar, which it folded in 1983.