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Jun 02 2022
Perspectives Blog
What Are "Assault Rifles" and "Assault Weapons"?
In the wake of mass violence in the United States, especially attacks that involve rifles, some voices often call for bans on "assault rifles" or "assault weapons," while others push back. But what exactly would that include? For advocates of such bans, "assault rifles" and "assault weapons'' are terms used broadly to describe automatic and semiautomatic rifles, especially those
Henry A. BrechterOct 05 2020
News
Why young people who protested for George Floyd question the power of voting
For the youngsters who took to the streets of Minneapolis this summer, protests were their first political act – but many have also lost faith in the power of representative democracy
On 25 May, white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes. The viral video of the horrific slaying became a catalyst for a civil uprising
The GuardianJan 03 2022
Opinion
No, Not Every Day Is January 6
The political-journalism world has decided that this week will be focused upon the one-year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol Hill riot, led by the New York Times editorial board declaring that, “Jan. 6 is not in the past; it is every day.”
Because I’m going to swim against the current here, go back and read what I wrote on January 7 of last year.
I called for Trump’s
Jim GeraghtyFeb 05 2021
News
That Settles That: White House Is Keeping Space Force
The Space Force is here to stay.
The Biden administration has no plans to get rid of the military’s newest branch, championed by former President Trump and eventually approved by Congress.
“They absolutely have the full support of the Biden Administration,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday. “We are not revisiting the decision to establish the Space Force.”
Defense OneAug 18 2020
Opinion
The first night of the DNC did something radical. It let us feel normal again.
You don’t usually need to market normal. But on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, that was the most powerful element of the party’s pitch: Vote for Joe Biden, a regular guy, and you can have some semblance of your everyday life back.
As politics, that’s a modest pitch. But as television, the convention did something impressive: It made ordinary life feel within
Washington PostFeb 05 2021
Opinion
As embedded fact-checking grows, reporters need to show their sources
Five years ago, the trend began as a trickle.
A few reporters started adding a bit of extra information to their stories, declaring when a politician said something false. At the time, this was a bold move. Political stories were traditionally for news and the he-said/she-said of politics and policy; fact-checking was considered a separate genre.
But this trend — in the Duke
PoynterOct 19 2021
News
Survey Finds No Rise in Anti-Asian Violence, Assaults Declined in 2020
Some recent evidence has suggested that the national period of declining crime—which began in the mid-1990s, as rate of violence fell dramatically in the U.S.—may be over: The most recent Uniform Crime Report (UCR), an important though incomplete snapshot of homicides nationwide, found that homicide had increased by 30 percent from 2019 to 2020.
But just-released data from the National
ReasonAug 15 2020
Analysis
What today's guilty plea in the Russia probe shows (and what it doesn't)
(CNN) -- For months and months, Republicans -- led by President Donald Trump -- have pointed to an ongoing probe into the origins of the FBI's counterintelligence Russia meddling investigation as the smoking gun of the 2020 (and 2016) election.
Of John Durham, the Connecticut US Attorney tasked by Attorney General William Barr with overseeing the probe, Trump said Thursday: "I hope he's
CNN DigitalOct 30 2020
News
Will the election be decided by the Supreme Court?
President Trump has made no secret of the role that the Supreme Court could play in helping him win reelection. After the death of liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Trump argued that the Senate should move quickly to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy because she could be the deciding vote in a legal challenge that decides the election. He later said he is “counting on” the court
Yahoo! The 360Nov 08 2019
News
Whistleblower's lawyer sends cease-and-desist to White House counsel
The Ukraine whistleblower's lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter to White House counsel Pat Cipollone on Thursday, saying President Trump's rhetoric puts his client and the intelligence community in danger.
Why it matters: Trump and his allies have called on the whistleblower to come forward and some, including Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., have publicly stated the whistleblower's
Axios