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Jun 08 2022
News
US has wasted more than 82 million COVID-19 vaccine doses: report
More than 82 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have reportedly gone to waste since the beginning of the pandemic, according to media reports.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shared the data with NBC News, meaning that just over 11% of doses the federal government distributed between December 202 through mid-May were discarded.
That's nearly 20 million more
Fox News DigitalJul 21 2022
Analysis
What we can do about political polarization
The committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is holding another primetime hearing Thursday night. It comes at a time of high tension in the American political landscape.
A new University of California Davis study found that one in five Americans think that political violence is at least sometimes justifiable “in general.” The researchers found that distrust of
NPR (Online News)Oct 13 2022
Perspectives Blog
Putin Rhetoric, Increased Russian Strikes Mark New Era in Conflict
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Escalated Russian strikes on Ukraine and threats from President Vladimir Putin have raised new concerns about the conflict. After Putin said last month that Russia would use "all the means that we have" to defend itself,
AllSides StaffApr 24 2022
News
France’s Emmanuel Macron Wins Second Term in Presidential Election
French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected Sunday, according to projections based on early ballot counts, overcoming deep divisions among voters worried about inflation and the impact of immigration on France’s national identity.
Mr. Macron garnered 58.2% of the estimated vote Sunday, while far-right leader Marine Le Pen won 41.8%, according to a projection from polling firm Ipsos
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 17 2019
News
Trump Administration Moves to Deny Bail to Some Asylum Seekers
Ruling could mean that asylum seekers could spend more time in jail while their cases are decided
The Trump administration has moved to deny bail to some asylum seekers at the southern border, amid a surge of Central American immigrant families that the administration has dubbed a crisis.
If the ruling issued by Attorney General William Barr Tuesday takes effect, it could mean
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 12 2021
Analysis
Chilling Texan bill defines parents of trans kids consenting to healthcare as ‘child abusers’
Texas Senate Bill 1646 was filed on 11 March, 2021, and is sponsored by 13 Republican state senators.
The bill states that a person will be considered guilty of child abuse by “consenting to or assisting in the administering or supplying of, a puberty suppression prescription drug or cross-sex hormone to a child, other than an intersex child, for the purpose of gender transitioning or
PinkNewsJul 03 2022
News
Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Took Effect. Chaos Ensued
The trouble in Orange County Public Schools began, perhaps unsurprisingly, at a seminar called “Camp Legal.”
The meeting’s stated purpose was for the district’s attorneys to walk school administrators through changes to law, a part of their annual training. But Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, better known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, was due to take effect the following week
RollingStone.comAug 24 2022
News
More IRS Audits Are Coming for Americans at All Income Levels
The chances of an audit have greatly increased for every American thanks to the ‘Inflation Reduction Act.’
The Democrats in D.C. finally noticed the high inflation in the United States — caused by their $2 trillion spending bill last year — so they passed a bill to spend even more on green energy, environmental workshops, and labor-union credits.
I’m sure this will fix inflation
National Review (News)Jan 20 2022
Analysis
The Senate filibuster vote dooms much of Democrats’ agenda
The Senate on Wednesday voted 48-52 against changing the chamber’s filibuster rules, dooming much of Democrats’ agenda for the near term.
Democrats were ultimately split on the rules vote, with two opposing the change and 48 in favor of it. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) were the only Democrats who voted against the rules change, which would have made an exception to
VoxJul 28 2022
Opinion
Russia Created a Refugee Crisis, and Now Putin Is Weaponizing It
Vladimir Putin’s hybrid war in Ukraine has created a multifaceted humanitarian crisis that the Kremlin plans to weaponize against the West to further provoke instability and chaos. Refugees have poured out of Ukraine since his February 24 invasion, and Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s agricultural sector—from grain-export blockades to theft to strikes on agricultural facilities—are creating
The Dispatch