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May 05 2020
Analysis
Why the Covid-19 economy is particularly devastating to millennials, in 14 charts
Millennials still recovering from the Great Recession now face a downturn that’s being compared to the Great Depression.
The economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic is immense, with tens of millions unemployed and the US economy shrinking at a rate unseen in more than a decade. Global financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund are warning that Covid-19 could trigger a
VoxAug 10 2020
Analysis
The Trouble With Mail-in Voting Might Not Be Fraud, But Government Incompetence
President Trump has repeatedly warned of potential voter fraud associated with mass mail-in ballots for the November election, but a bigger threat might be sheer incompetence. Can we really rely on the U.S. Postal Service to handle a nationwide influx of mail-in ballots beginning next month?
So far, there’s not much reason for confidence. Last week in New York City, the Board of
The FederalistNov 02 2014
News
Pope Francis’ Claims About God and Evolution Spark Major Debate — but Here’s Why Some Are Lambasting the Media
Pope Francis’ recent comments favoring evolution and the Big Bang Theory led to rampant media coverage claiming that the pontiff is embracing a newfound and “progressive” mentality.
But many critics are charging that journalists generally missed the mark, noting that there was nothing new about his statements and citing the Catholic Church’s decades-old belief that evolution and God’s
The BlazeDec 05 2013
News
Fact Checker: Obama’s claim that there is ‘no solid evidence’ that boosting the minimum wage harms jobs
The Fact Checker generally hesitates to wade into messy economic debates. As the Atlantic memorably noted earlier this year, “If a meteor ever smashes into the earth, leaving the planet a dark lifeless wreck, there will still be two economists walking down a desolate post-apocalyptic Connecticut Avenue arguing about whether minimum wage laws kill jobs.”
Washington PostSep 25 2012
News
In U.N. Speech, Obama Warns Time Runs Short on Iran
UNITED NATIONS  President Obama challenged the Arab world to use its newfound embrace of democracy to ensure protection for freedom of religion and speech and even life, using the last address of his first term to the General Assembly on Tuesday to call for a renewed focus on the “painstaking work of reform.
New York Times (News)Sep 20 2012
News
Issa: Eric Holder Didn't Do His Job
Last night Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa went on Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier to react to the release of a 500-page Department of Justice Inspector General Report about Operation Fast and Furious yesterday.
TownhallJul 12 2019
News
Sanders and Warren voters have astonishingly little in common
His backers are younger, make less money, have fewer degrees and are less engaged in politics.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are two of the most ideologically aligned candidates in the Democratic primary — both left-wing populists who rail against a “rigged” economic system.
But the fellow enemies of the 1 percent have surprisingly different bases of support.
In poll
PoliticoApr 21 2019
News
Why It Matters That Trump and Michael Cohen Had a Falling Out
Fixer. The title wasn’t a formal one, but Michael D. Cohen wholeheartedly embraced the role as a lawyer at the Trump Organization. It amounted to serving as chief problem solver for Donald J. Trump, offering Mr. Cohen an unusually up-close view of his boss’s personal and professional lives.
Mr. Cohen was often at Mr. Trump’s side in the decade before he became president, including
New York Times (News)May 01 2020
Analysis
America’s Covid-19 hot spots shed a light on our moral failures
It’s no accident that prisons and meatpacking plants are hotbeds of Covid-19.
In 2010, the moral philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah made a list of practices that he believed people in the distant future will condemn our generation of humanity for, much as people in the 21st century almost universally condemn slavery or the denial of women’s suffrage.
His four candidates were the
VoxJun 12 2016
News
Hillary Clinton’s New Ad Attacks Donald Trump Using Strong Words (His)
In her first ad of the general election campaign, Hillary Clinton will use Donald J. Trump’s words to portray him as a violently divisive candidate who is intolerant of the diverse fabric of the American electorate.
“Today, we face a choice about who we are as a nation,” Mrs. Clinton says in the ad, called “Who We Are” and scheduled to air in battleground states on Thursday. Footage
New York Times (News)