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Jun 04 2021
News
NFL pledges to halt ‘race-norming,’ review Black claims
The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of “race-norming” — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function — in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and review past scores for any potential race bias.
The practice made it harder for Black retirees to show a deficit and qualify for an award. The standards were created in the 1990s in hopes of
Associated PressAug 18 2021
Analysis
4 Reasons A Taliban Takeover In Afghanistan Matters To The World
Helicopters evacuating Americans from Kabul as the Taliban closed in was a scene likened to the 1975 fall of Saigon in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam.
Afghanistan's U.S.-trained forces appeared to readily collapse in the face of a concerted push by Taliban forces. Names and places that became familiar to Americans during their country's long involvement there — including
NPR (Online News)Sep 16 2021
News
'Now is the time': Biden's influence faces Capitol crucible
The next few months will push President Joe Biden to wield every drop of his influence over Congress.
Democrats are plunging into messy internal debates over social programs from child care to drug pricing as they try to beat back GOP resistance on voting rights while steering the United States away from economic catastrophe. And in order to avert a government shutdown, avoid a debt
PoliticoJun 25 2021
Opinion
Urban Policy Can Help Bridge Political Divides
Urbanists lament the fact that the average American knows and cares little about the built environment, but this sad reality has a significant upside. Because urban policy is a relatively fringe topic, it presents what is in today’s political climate a rare opportunity: the chance to make converts to conservative principles through rational persuasion.
As the left and right solidify
The American ConservativeJun 25 2021
News
NYC Mayoral Election
“Eric Adams, the Brooklyn Borough president and a former police captain, was in the lead Wednesday to be New York City's next mayor. But even though voting is done, the race is far from over. It may take several weeks to find out who won the Democratic primary for mayor, with absentee ballots still trickling in and a new ranked-choice voting system allowing New Yorkers to list their top five
The Flip SideAug 20 2019
News
For NYT’s Interpreter Blog, the Context Is Always the Same
"The Interpreter" blog and newsletter at the New York Times is more likely to report on "far right" politicians and movements around the world than "far left" ones, an analysis finds.
Described as a blog and newsletter that explores "the ideas and context behind major world events," "The Interpreter" is penned by Max Fisher and Amanda Taub, who are alumni of the left-leaning explainer
Washington Free BeaconJan 18 2022
Perspectives Blog
From Cholera to COVID: Using Narratives to Mark “Our Side” Safe
From The Center
Early in the pandemic, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a picture of herself exercising with the caption, “this is my COVID protection.” While Greene is certainly known for hyperbole, her sentiment is widely shared: social media is packed with assertions that you’re safe from the virus if you eat healthy and exercise. But for every tweet wryly asking
Jessica HardinMar 12 2020
Analysis
A Compromise Bill on Domestic Surveillance Reform Aims to Do Just Enough to Shut Trump Up
Privacy activists on the left and the right decry a limp set of proposed changes to the USA Freedom Act.
A lackluster compromise bill to reauthorize and reform federal surveillance powers has been released, and privacy rights activists on both the left and the right are speaking out against it.
At the end of the week, the USA Freedom Act will sunset if it's not renewed. Passed
ReasonApr 28 2021
News
To tell the truth? From Armenia to Afghanistan, a new US diplomacy.
Speaking the plain truth is practically synonymous with being undiplomatic. Yet in the realm of U.S. foreign policy, it’s suddenly in vogue. It speaks to a need to focus on what’s important.
And another one bites the dust.
By formally recognizing that the atrocities committed against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire more than a century ago constituted genocide, President Joe Biden
Christian Science Monitor