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Apr 06 2020
News
Prayer services during a pandemic: Why some churches stay open
If liquor stores and smoke shops are considered “essential,” why not religious services? That’s the question a number of conservative religious groups are asking in the wake of the nearly nationwide shutdown sparked by the coronavirus crisis.
Rusty Reno has been a bit alarmed over the past few weeks as both civil and religious authorities began to restrict the number of people who can
Christian Science MonitorFeb 27 2020
News
Let’s Revisit Coronavirus Czar Mike Pence’s History on Public Health Initiatives
Mike Pence is now in charge of the United States’ response to coronavirus, Donald Trump announced at a press conference Wednesday night. Mike Pence’s qualifications, per Trump, include that he is “terrific in many ways,” “very good on health care,” and “really very expert at the field.” OK! Here are a few fast facts about Mike Pence and public health:
• When he was governor of Indiana,
SlateMay 20 2019
News
Morning Joe Claims Buttigieg 'Mainstreams' Democrats, Ignores Hard-Left Positions
Has the liberal media ever met a Democrat it couldn't characterize as a centrist? Take Barack Obama. He had the most liberal voting record in the Senate. But that didn't stop Politico, for example, from in 2008 publishing "Obama’s steady centrism."
That same kind of false advertising was on display on today's Morning Joe regarding Pete Buttigieg. The panel was gaga over Buttigieg's town
NewsBustersDec 17 2014
News
Obama: Isolating Cuba hasn't worked
President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced plans to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba and ease economic restrictions on the nation, an historic shift he called the end of an "outdated approach" to U.S.-Cuban relations. Obama said he's instructed Secretary of State John Kerry to immediately begin discussions with Cuba to re-establish diplomatic relations, and that the U.S. will re-
CNN DigitalMay 28 2020
News
How Covid-19 could redesign our world
The coronavirus crisis is reshaping the world. One transformation that might be here to stay? How our restaurants, gyms, bars and parks are designed – and how we use them. A As many countries ease lockdown restrictions, residents are returning to old spaces that now feel unfamiliar. The places themselves did not change – but from wearing masks to avoiding crowds, the way we are allowed to
BBC NewsMar 30 2020
News
Trump Extends Social Distancing Guidelines Through End of April
The president, facing grim figures from his health advisers, starkly reversed an earlier upbeat assessment that the country could relax the guidelines by Easter.
President Trump retreated Sunday from his desire to relax coronavirus guidelines by Easter, announcing instead that all Americans must continue to avoid nonessential travel, going to work, eating at bars and restaurants, or
New York Times (News)Mar 30 2020
News
White House Extends Social-Distancing Guidelines Until End of April
President Trump on Sunday said he was extending the administration’s social-distancing guidelines for another 30 days through the end of April, after saying for days that he was hoping to open up the country in the coming weeks.
Mr. Trump, speaking at a news conference in the White House Rose Garden, said the peak of the death rate from the new coronavirus was expected to hit in two
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 28 2020
Perspectives Blog
Trump vs. Biden on Gun Rights and Gun Control, Explained in 2 Minutes
Here's a brief overview of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden's stances on gun control and gun rights, plus quick links to articles covering the topic from across the political spectrum as determined by AllSides Media Bias Ratings.
Trump:President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda includes a pledge to “support the exercise of Second Amendment rights." During his first term,
AllSides StaffApr 21 2020
Opinion
‘It’s a Free Country, Brother’
Thank God for the Bill of Rights.
In this current crisis, the longest if not the first complete shutdown in U.S. history, the freedoms of American democracy are being tested in ways we scarcely ever imagined. Out of nowhere little Napoleonic governors arise to enact decrees prohibiting gardening or strolling on an empty beach — decrees that seem to have little purpose other than to
Victor HansonSep 28 2020
Analysis
Experts say Covid-19 cases are likely about to surge
America keeps making the same mistakes over and over. So another surge of coronavirus cases seems likely.
The surge of Covid-19 cases and deaths in America over the summer resulted from a toxic mix of factors: states reopening, lockdown fatigue, and a season typically filled with vacations and holidays like Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. People gathered and celebrated indoors — at
Vox