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Aug 31 2021
Opinion
We’re Giving Up On Afghanistan—and the Americans Still There
Nemo resideo is a Latin phrase that means, “Leave no one behind.” It is such a fundamental American value that this commitment is embedded in the creed of several branches of the U.S. military. Yet some American citizens are being left behind now that the last plane has left Kabul on Monday. “We believe there are still a small number of Americans—under 200 and likely closer to 100–who remain
Matt LewisOct 18 2020
Analysis
Climate Change Could Tip the Scales in These 6 Toss-Up House Races
With so much focus on the 2020 presidential race, it’s easy to forget there’s also a lot at stake elsewhere on the ballot. Seats in the Senate, House, and state legislatures—not to mention quite a few governors’ roles—are just a few of the positions up for grabs on Election Day. That means voters will have an opportunity to shift the balance of power between Republicans and Democrats on both a
Mother JonesNov 13 2021
Opinion
Kyle Rittenhouse Doesn’t Need to Be Acquitted to Win
Kyle Rittenhouse was 17 when he killed two Black Lives Matter protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and wounded another. Rittenhouse, who is now 18, has been charged as an adult with five felonies and is accused of crossing state lines and using a gun to kill Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, and injure Gaige Grosskreutz. Earlier this month, amid a swarm of controversy, he went on trial in a
Mother JonesJun 26 2020
Analysis
Forever Families for Forgotten Kids
Last year, I met with a group of students who had endured the foster-care system. Anthony was moved from foster home to foster home for 18 years — his entire childhood. Another, David, had entered foster care at eight years old. He was placed in seven different inpatient facilities within six months. Both expressed their hope that no child would ever have to experience what they had.
National Review (News)Jun 28 2015
News
Same-sex marriage: A matter of dignity
A matter of "dignity" is how Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy cast his majority opinion upholding the right to same-sex marriage.
CBS News (Online)Nov 07 2021
Analysis
4 takeaways from the first week of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial
The first week of testimony has come to a close in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old charged with homicide after he shot and killed two protesters at a demonstration in Kenosha, Wis., in August 2020.
The protests in Kenosha began after police shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, on Aug. 23, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Multiple nights of unrest followed
NPR (Online News)Feb 12 2019
News
FBI scrambled to respond to Hillary Clinton lawyer amid Weiner laptop review, newly released emails show
Newly released internal FBI emails showed the agency's highest-ranking officials scrambling to answer to Hillary Clinton's lawyer in the days prior to the 2016 presidential election, on the same day then-FBI Director James Comey sent a bombshell letter to Congress announcing a new review of hundreds of thousands of potentially classified emails found on former Rep. Anthony Weiner's laptop.
Fox News DigitalOct 30 2016
News
Reopening Email Investigation Stain on Clinton AND Comey
Anthony Weiner, a man ill-equipped to keep even his most private equipment from public exposure, possessed emails from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on his home computer.
The American SpectatorOct 24 2017
News
How Betsy DeVos Became The Most Hated Cabinet Secretary
Cabinet secretaries are rarely household names. For every Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton, there are 10 Ann Venemans and Anthony Foxxes. If an official does gain wider name recognition, it’s usually someone in a higher position like the attorney general or secretary of state.
HuffPostAug 05 2018
News
The Partisan Battle Brett Kavanaugh Now Regrets
By the beginning of 1998, Brett M. Kavanaugh seemed set: a Yale law degree, three judicial clerkships, including one with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, and, less than a decade out of law school, a coveted partnership at Kirkland & Ellis, a prominent law firm with offices a block from the White House.
New York Times (News)