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Jul 09 2021
News
Biden's Executive Order Acknowledges Passenger Rail's Biggest Problem
On Friday, President Biden issued an executive order aimed at creating more competition in the American economy. The wide-ranging order covers many important issues ranging from right to repair to ownership of banking data to big tech mergers. And it called out one of the biggest stumbling blocks to more productive and useful passenger train service in the country, an issue that past
ViceNov 22 2020
Analysis
Here Are The Pro-Union Labor Laws Joe Biden Has Promised To Pass As President
President-elect Joe Biden campaigned on a series of labor policies, which would dramatically cut back on state right-to-work laws and potentially empower fading labor unions, experts said.
President-elect Joe Biden officially announced his candidacy for president at a local International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in April 2019. In his year
The Daily CallerMay 27 2021
Opinion
Mitch McConnell’s Gift to Progressives
Republicans plan to mount their first legislative blockade of the Biden presidency this week, and progressive activists are ready to send them a thank-you note. The GOP’s maiden filibuster won’t come on a tax increase or Medicare for All or the Green New Deal—not even on the Democrats’ big voting-rights package. No, Republicans are planning to block the creation of an independent, bipartisan
Guest Writer - LeftOct 20 2020
Opinion
What Happens on Campus Doesn’t Stay on Campus: Why Socialist Organizing Should Concern Us All
Just last year, the Xavier University student newspaper announced nine new student clubs, including a chapter of the Network of Enlightened Women, which I serve as president. What caught my eye is that the Xavier Socialists Club was started at the same time.
According to the Socialists Club president, the organization is for students interested in “direct action to help correct
The Daily SignalDec 17 2021
Opinion
A question for Pelosi: Why are members of Congress allowed to trade stocks?
In the world many of us would like to see, we’d admire public servants of all kinds for their dedication to the country. Yet we’d also acknowledge that having a government that operates smoothly and free of corruption requires those public servants to accept some conditions on their employment they might not tolerate if they were in the private sector.
Most of the time, that’s how
Paul WaldmanMar 16 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Is Tucker Carlson Guilty of ‘Spreading Russian Propaganda’?
From the Left
While accusations of “propaganda” are nothing new in American media, such accusations have taken on a new life since Russia began moving troops to the Ukrainian border.
Persistent disinformation and competing narratives surrounding the invasion have made it even more important to discern whether accusations of “spreading propaganda” are valid, merely
Joseph RatliffMar 04 2021
News
House Democrats pass sweeping elections bill as GOP legislatures push to restrict voting
The House late Wednesday night passed expansive legislation to create uniform national voting standards, overhaul campaign finance laws and outlaw partisan redistricting, advancing a centerpiece of the Democratic voting rights agenda amid fierce Republican attacks that threaten to stop it cold in the Senate.
The bill, titled the “For the People Act,” was given the symbolic designation
Washington PostOct 13 2021
Fact Check
The Southwest Airlines mess and rumors of a vaccine walkout
What are you going to believe: Official statements or social media?
The Southwest Airlines cancellations over the weekend are a good example of how news travels on two different tracks today.
In the part of the United States that relies on traditional media, rumors that the cancellations were the result of a pilot protest over coronavirus vaccine mandates were dismissed because,
Washington PostSep 02 2021
News
Supreme Court Upholds New Texas Abortion Law, For Now
The U.S. Supreme Court late Wednesday night refused to block a Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The vote was 5-to-4, with three Trump-appointed justices joining two other conservative justices. Dissenting were conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, and the court's three liberal justices.
The decision left open the option for abortion providers to challenge the
NPR (Online News)Mar 17 2021
News
What we know about the Atlanta shootings that left 8 dead at Asian businesses
Eight people were killed in shootings at three businesses in the Atlanta area on Tuesday. Six of the eight victims were Asian women, authorities say.
The attacks began at around 5 pm Tuesday afternoon. Atlanta police officers first responded to a crime scene at Young’s Asian Massage, where four people were killed, in Cherokee County, just north of Atlanta. The victims were Delaina
Vox