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Jul 28 2022
News
Blood, Treasure And Chaos: The Cost Of Russia's War In Ukraine
Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has left tens of thousands of dead, displaced millions and sown economic strife across the world.
Following are the main impacts of the war:
DEATH
Since Feb. 24, 5,237 civilians have been recorded as killed and 7,035 as injured, though the actual casualties are much higher, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on
International Business Times
May 25 2022
News
Rampage at Robb Elementary is the 27th shooting to happen at a school so far this year
In a tragedy that has become all too common in the U.S., a gunman on Tuesday entered a school in Texas, killing young students and teachers just days before summer vacation.
An 18-year-old male, wearing body armor and armed with a handgun, AR-15 and high capacity magazines, killed at least 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. It was the deadliest elementary school
CBS News (Online)
Jul 28 2022
News
After bidding war, JetBlue agrees to buy Spirit for $3.8B
JetBlue Airways has agreed to buy Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion and create the nation’s fifth-largest airline if the deal can win approval from antitrust regulators.
The agreement Thursday capped a months-long bidding war and arrives one day after Spirit’s attempt to merge with fellow budget carrier Frontier Airlines fell apart.
Spirit CEO Ted Christie is being thrust into the
Associated Press
Apr 01 2022
News
Biden seeks a crosswalk between oil and clean energy
Two White House initiatives unveiled on Thursday show how President Biden is struggling to navigate an oil supply crunch without letting his clean energy goals blow even further off-course.
Catch up fast: Biden announced the release of up to 180 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and urged U.S. producers to speed up tepid production growth, too.
But he's
Axios
Oct 08 2021
News
Biden becomes first president to commemorate Indigenous People's Day
President Biden on Friday became the first present to issue an official proclamation commemorating Indigenous People's Day.
The big picture: Biden's proclamation boosts efforts looking to shift the focus of the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus to the contributions of Native Americans, AP reports.
He made an earlier proclamation for Columbus Day where he
Axios
Oct 03 2022
Perspectives Blog
ACROSS THE DIVIDE: Perspectives on President Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness
This piece was originally published by Braver Angels, which AllSides rates as mixed.
Editor’s Note: Below are four perspectives — two red and two blue — on President Biden’s recent executive action on student loan forgiveness.
Ellen Laird (Red):My opinion piece contains no statistics. There are no quotes from esteemed economists, academicians or trendologists. It’s simply
Braver Angels
Mar 02 2018
Opinion
OPINION: Why Sessions Is Right to Stand Up to Trump
Wednesday gave us a spectacle never before seen in the 228-year history of relations between American presidents and their attorneys general. President Trump publicly attacked Jeff Sessions, his attorney general, as “DISGRACEFUL” for refusing to unleash his prosecutors on Mr. Trump’s political enemies — seemingly suggesting that the attorney general should quit (and not very subtly at that).
New York Times (News)
Jul 05 2022
Analysis
Landmark EU rules will finally put regulation of Big Tech to the test
Imagine an online world where what users want matters, and interoperability reigns. Friends could choose whichever messaging app they like and seamlessly chat cross-app. Any pre-installed app could be deleted on any device. Businesses could finally access their Facebook data, and smaller tech companies could be better positioned to compete with giants. Big Tech could even face consequences for
Ars Technica
Jul 13 2022
Opinion
The Left and Right Are Living in Different Realities
The way Washington's spending grows, in libertarian mythos, goes like this: Republicans want to spend money on X but not Y, and Democrats want to spend money on Y but not X, so they reach a grand, bipartisan compromise to spend money on both X and Y, in ascending quantities, forever. It's simplistic, as myths are wont to be, but it tells some truth.
Recently, I've been thinking about
Reason
Aug 14 2022
Opinion
Democrats Beef Up Tax Enforcement, But Let Immigration Enforcement Languish
Enforcing laws has not exactly been the Democrats’ strong suit in recent years. At the federal level, the Biden administration has blatantly gutted border and immigration enforcement and is even defying court rulings ordering them to resume enforcement. At the state and local level, prosecutors have essentially nullified entire sections of criminal and civil codes by refusing to prosecute many
Townhall