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Jul 22 2013
News
MSNBC Identifies True Culprit in Detroit Bankruptcy: Republicans, Of Course
Welcome to Fantasyland. After decades of one-party rule, extreme fiscal mismanagement and urban rot, the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy late last week -- the largest such municipal failure in US history.
TownhallAug 10 2022
Opinion
America’s New Monkeypox Strategy Rests on a Single Study
Once again, the United States is messing up its approach to vaccines. Three months into its monkeypox outbreak, just 620,000 doses of the two-injection Jynneos shot—the nation’s current best immune defense against the virus—have been shipped to states, not nearly enough to immunize the 1.6 million to 1.7 million Americans that the CDC considers at highest risk. The next deliveries from the
The AtlanticOct 03 2022
News
States spend federal COVID aid on roads, buildings, seawalls
Standing 14 stories tall, the Docking State Office Building is one of Kansas’ largest and oldest state workplaces. It’s also largely vacant, despite a prime location across from the Capitol.
So Kansas officials are planning to spend $60 million of federal pandemic relief funds to help finance its demolition and replace it with a slimmed-down, three-story building designed to host
Associated PressApr 26 2022
News
Harvard Creates Fund to Redress Its Ties to Slavery
Harvard University is committing $100 million to study and redress its ties to slavery, the university’s president announced Tuesday, and with that money will create an endowed “Legacy of Slavery Fund,” which will continue researching and memorializing that history, working with descendants of Black and Native American people enslaved at Harvard, as well as their broader communities.
New York Times (News)Sep 08 2022
Opinion
CNN, Politico Want to Give Authoritarianism a Fair Shake
On Friday, CNN’s John Harwood appeared on-screen to do what he often does—provide reporting and analysis of the day’s events. In this case, Harwood’s focus was a speech given by Joe Biden about the threat to democracy posed by Donald Trump and his many allies within the Republican Party.
“The core point [Biden] made in that political speech about a threat to democracy is true,” Harwood
New RepublicJun 30 2022
Perspectives Blog
How Will Roe v Wade's Fall Change America?
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Last Friday, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the landmark rulings that recognized and reaffirmed constitutional abortion rights. What's next for abortions in the U.S.? In 13 states,
AllSides StaffSep 27 2022
Fact Check
Illinois Law Doesn’t ‘Eliminate All Restrictions on Abortions,’ Contrary to Ad from Advocacy Group
In digital ads, a political advocacy group makes the false claim that Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Democrats voted to “eliminate all restrictions on abortions up until the day of birth.”
Illinois law doesn’t allow for abortions after fetal viability unless the pregnant person’s life or health is at risk.
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme
FactCheck.orgSep 27 2022
News
Hurricane Ian lashes Cuba as Florida braces for 'major disaster'
Hurricane Ian has made landfall in western Cuba as a category three storm, bringing wind speeds of up to 205km/h (125mph).
Cuban authorities declared emergencies in six areas, with forecasters warning of storm surges on the coast along with flash floods and mudslides.
Tens of thousands of people were told to leave their homes and seek shelter.
Ian is expected to strengthen
BBC NewsJul 07 2022
Opinion
Bogus ‘Civics’ Bill Will Push CRT on States
The misleadingly named “Civics Secures Democracy Act” (CSDA) — just now reintroduced in Congress — will allow the Biden administration to push Critical Race Theory (CRT) on every public school in the country. Over a six-year period, this $6 billion pot of competitive grant money will create a de facto national curriculum — just like Common Core. States desperate to tap into the federal gravy
National Review (News)Sep 13 2019
News
Sentencing day for actress Felicity Huffman in 'Varsity Blues' college entrance scam
"Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman is set to be sentenced on Friday for federal crimes stemming from the massive "Varsity Blues" college entrance scam, and prosecutors are asking a judge to send her to prison.
Huffman, 56, will learn her fate when she appears in U.S. District Court in Boston in front Judge Indira Talwani, to whom she has pleaded for leniency.
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