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Aug 09 2021
News
More Provinces, Atrocities for Rampaging Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan—As the Taliban’s white flag of victory flies over more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, people across the country are flooding into the capital to escape the escalating war, straining resources, pushing up prices for food and fuel, and fraying nerves. The clamor to flee the country is growing as borders are closed, choking the outflow of people and inflow of essential
Foreign Policy
Feb 10 2021
News
Biden kills federal government's Supreme Court challenge to Obamacare
President Biden on Wednesday changed the federal government's position in a Supreme Court case where former President Donald Trump challenged the Affordable Care Act's constitutionality.
The case, California v. Texas, was argued a week after the 2020 election. Many legal experts predicted that Biden would drop the government's offense on the act soon after he took office. In a letter to
Washington Examiner
Sep 15 2020
Analysis
Are China and Iran meddling in US elections? It’s complicated.
Don’t expect them to follow the Russian playbook.
This spring, the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua posted a roughly two-minute video titled “Once Upon a Virus” on social media, including on official Chinese government accounts.
The video is in English and features Lego-like figures. One of the Statue of Liberty, representing America, and a warrior Lego representing China,
Vox
Dec 26 2019
News
AOC isn’t talking about billionaire Tom Steyer donating to her campaign
Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) railed against moderate Democrats for being “funded by billionaires” in a steadfast defense of political “purity tests,” all while neglecting to mention her own acceptance of a billionaire’s donation to her campaign.
The Democratic socialist darling, who has endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid, made headlines Saturday
New York Post (News)
Aug 07 2020
Opinion
The Workforce Is About to Change Dramatically
In March, tens of millions of American workers—mostly in white-collar industries such as tech, finance, and media—were thrust into a sudden, chaotic experiment in working from home. Four months later, the experiment isn’t close to ending. For many, the test run is looking more like the long run.
Google announced in July that its roughly 200,000 employees will continue to work from home
The Atlantic
May 11 2021
News
NBC Won’t Air The Golden Globe Awards In 2022 Following Criticism Of The HFPA's Lack Of Diversity
NBC announced on Monday that it will not broadcast the 2022 Golden Globe Awards following months of criticism around the lack of diversity in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
“We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform,” NBC said in a statement. “However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do
BuzzFeed News
Apr 29 2020
News
How coronavirus will change US
As America continues to fight the coronavirus it seems increasingly likely that when we look back, the pandemic of 2020 will be a time when the world changed in sudden and profound ways. It will affect everything from where we live and work to how we communicate with others, and even what counts as patriotic service.
If there’s one thing the COVID-19 pandemic is almost certain to shift
Christian Science Monitor
Nov 19 2020
Opinion
How to Defeat Disinformation
The 2016 U.S. presidential election propelled the threat of disinformation to the forefront of public debate. Americans were shocked by Russian attempts to influence voters by spreading misleading narratives. They had never imagined that a foreign power might use social media and other modern technologies to interfere in their elections.
Four years later, it seems that foreign
Foreign Affairs
May 10 2021
Analysis
What it was like to report from inside the NBA’s pandemic bubble
As the coronavirus pandemic raged, Ben Golliver, the national NBA writer for The Washington Post, spent three months alone in the NBA’s “bubble” in Disney World. His days consisted mostly of work, long, caged-in walks, and ennui.
The unprecedented situation tested everybody. Players, media and referees were confined to a sliver of the mega-theme park’s campus. In-person interaction was
Poynter
Nov 18 2020
News
Where do progressives fit in Joe Biden’s Democratic Party?
In the months before the election, 2020 looked to many like it could be the dawn of a new progressive era in American politics. Democrats had chosen a moderate candidate in Joe Biden — thereby taking ideas like a Green New Deal and Medicare for All off the table — but influential figures from the left wing of the party had pushed him to shift some policy proposals in their direction. If
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