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Jun 10 2020
Headline Roundup
Trump Denies Calls to Rename Military Bases Memorializing Confederates
Calls to rename military bases commemorating Confederate leaders were met with a resounding no from President Donald Trump Wednesday. The debate and ensuing decision have seemingly pitted social and racial justice causes against those who advocate for the societal value of historical preservation. Statues of Confederates and other controversial historical figures have been the focus of similar
Slate The Atlantic Fox News DigitalMar 10 2020
News
The Coronavirus Crash: Here's What Trump Is Proposing, Plus Some Good News from China
Monday brought the worst coronavirus crash so far, sending stock markets plunging in a freefall that led to the biggest drop since 2008. Now President Trump is proposing a step to stop the slide even as a bit of good news appears to also be coming out of China.
The White House is set to ask Congress for a payroll tax cut and economic assistance to hourly workers to help those hurt
CBNAug 26 2020
Opinion
It's Been A Hard Year. 5 Families On How 2020 Will Shape Their Vote For President
It's been a brutal year for Americans.
The relentless spread of COVID-19, the ensuing economic crisis and the reckoning around social injustice has made this a year like none other.
NPR wanted to know how these cataclysmic, consequential events have affected American families and how those experiences might shape their political choices in the upcoming presidential election.
NPR (Online News)Oct 21 2021
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CDC gathers to discuss which patient groups should get Moderna and J&J COVID-19 vaccine boosters, and Pfizer reports positive results from booster trial
There was a flurry of positive news on vaccine boosters Thursday, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gathered to discuss which patient groups should be eligible for boosters developed by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
The meeting follows a decision Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration to allow those boosters, marking a big step toward expanding the booster
MarketWatchJun 07 2021
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Will rising crime rates sink the push for police reform?
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in May 2020 and the worldwide protest movement it inspired, there were signs that comprehensive police reform was possible in the United States. The public expressed strong support, reform-minded lawmakers signaled major changes in big cities, and a bipartisan deal in Congress seemed possible.
Those reform efforts have largely stalled, however.
Yahoo! The 360Dec 03 2020
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Biden to call for 100 days of masks after inauguration
President-elect Joe Biden said during an interview Thursday that he plans to ask the American public to wear masks for 100 days, starting the day he is inaugurated, in order to drive down the number of coronavirus cases. Biden, during an interview with CNN, said he will ask Americans to mask up, but only for a limited period.
"The first day I'm inaugurated I'm going to ask the public
Fox News DigitalJul 30 2021
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US jobless claims slide to 400,000 as recovery trudges forward slower than expected
Filings for unemployment insurance fell last week, signaling the labor market's recovery is back on track after an unexpected increase the week prior.
Jobless claims slid to 400,000 last week, the Labor Department announced Thursday. The median estimate from economists surveyed by Bloomberg was for a decline to 385,000 claims.
The previous week's count was revised to 424,000 from
Business InsiderOct 21 2021
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White House, Dems hurriedly reworking $2 trillion Biden plan
The White House and Democrats are hurriedly reworking key aspects of President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion domestic policy plan, trimming the social services and climate change programs and rethinking new taxes on corporations and the wealthy to pay for a scaled-back package.
The changes come as Biden more forcefully appeals to the American public, including in a televised town hall
Associated Press Fact CheckNov 29 2021
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More childless U.S. adults say they’ll likely never have kids, survey finds
Having children is not an expectation or desire for a growing share of childless American adults, according to a new Pew Research Center report. And many who are already parents say they don’t plan to have more children.
Pew’s findings come amid news that the U.S. birthrate, which already hit a record low before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, is continuing to fall. The decline in
Deseret NewsNov 29 2021
Background
The Age of the Creative Minority
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks once observed that being a minority in 19th-century Europe was like living in someone else’s country home. The aristocrat owned the house. Other people got to stay there but as guests. They did not get to set the rules, run the institutions or dominate the culture.
Something similar can be said of America in the 1950s. But over the ensuing decades, the Protestant
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