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Jan 06 2021
News
US holds first oil lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic refuge
The U.S. government held its first-ever oil and gas lease sale Wednesday for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, an event critics labeled as a bust with major oil companies staying on the sidelines and a state corporation emerging as the main bidder.
The sale, held as scheduled after a judge Tuesday rejected requests by Indigenous and conservation groups to halt the event,
Washington Post
Dec 13 2017
News
USA Today just ran the most anti-Trump editorial of the year
USA Today had some scathing words on President Donald Trump Tuesday: He is a “uniquely awful” figure whose “sickening behavior is corrosive to the enterprise of a shared governance based on common values and the consent of the governed.”
Vox
May 14 2021
News
Another Group of Scientists Calls for Further Inquiry Into Origins of the Coronavirus
A group of 18 scientists stated Thursday in a letter published in the journal Science that there is not enough evidence to decide whether a natural origin or an accidental laboratory leak caused the Covid-19 pandemic.
They argued, as the U.S. government and other countries have, for a new investigation to explore where the virus came from.
The organizers of the letter, Jesse
New York Times (News)
Nov 02 2021
News
Manchin Raises Doubts on Safety Net Bill, Complicating Path to Quick Vote
Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia raised new doubts on Monday about an emerging compromise on a $1.85 trillion climate change and social safety net bill, warning that he had serious reservations about the plan and criticizing liberals in his party for what he called an “all or nothing” stance on it.
Mr. Manchin’s broadside, delivered during an appearance in the Capitol,
New York Times (News)
Sep 23 2021
News
Hospital Strained by Influx of Illegal Immigrants: Del Rio Mayor
DEL RIO, Texas—The flood of illegal immigrants that has crossed over the Rio Grande River since mid-September is straining the hospital and other resources in this small Texas border city.
Del Rio has a population of about 35,000. Some 16,000 illegal aliens have entered the city in the past week or so, according to Texas officials.
The hospital is concerned about the situation,
The Epoch Times
May 13 2021
Opinion
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict's cycle of absurdity
Amid threats for more than a decade that Israel would destroy Hamas and rebuild Israel’s deterrence, in reality, the policy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his governments have been to keep a weakened Hamas in power. The primary reason for this policy is to ensure that in the eyes of the Israeli public there is no Palestinian partner for peace. Israel says that Palestinian Authority
Guest Writer - Center
Oct 08 2021
News
Do police belong in America's schools?
An 18-year-old woman in Long Beach, Calif., who was shot in the head by a school safety officer earlier this week, was taken off life support on Friday, according to a family attorney. Mona Rodriguez, the mother of a 5-month-old child, was allegedly involved in an altercation near a local high school on Monday that prompted the officer to intervene. As Rodriguez and two others attempted to
Yahoo! The 360
Jul 30 2021
Opinion
Want to recycle better? Get manufacturers involved.
Who should pay to recycle all that plastic, paper, and other packaging that come into homes, from milk bottles to those seemingly impenetrable plastic wrappers surrounding electronic gadgets?
The companies selling products, not consumers, should bear that responsibility, says a law just enacted in Maine. That shift in thought, if it continues to spread more widely, could go a long way
Christian Science Monitor
May 17 2021
Analysis
In Washington State, the Left Won a Major Victory for Taxing the Rich
Last month, Washington State passed a capital gains tax aimed at the state’s ultra-wealthy. The tax is historic because Washington, despite its progressive reputation, until now had the worst tax code in the nation when it comes to fairness, behind Texas, Florida, and South Dakota.
A landmark 2018 report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that the poor and working
Jacobin
Sep 03 2021
News
Job growth slowed sharply in August as COVID-19 spread
Hiring across the U.S. pulled back dramatically in August as a surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant dragged down the recovery.
Employers added 235,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported on Friday, far fewer than the roughly 700,000 expected by forecasters. The nation's unemployment rate fell to 5.2%, from 5.4%.
The monthly job gains are a big drop from
CBS News (Online)