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Jun 07 2020
News
What public health experts want critics to know about why they support the protests
As someone with asthma, Meredith Blake was very worried about getting sick in the pandemic. With Covid-19 spreading across America, she stayed inside her home in Boston for 12 weeks, isolating from others as much as possible.
Her self-quarantine ended on June 1. After George Floyd’s killing at the hands of police in Minneapolis, she was compelled to march in the streets with a large
VoxJun 29 2017
Opinion
Connecting Students Across the Partisan Divide
About two years ago, I found myself wandering the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. The city was eerily deserted on a Sunday evening, and I filled the space with scenes from civil rights films— Klansmen parading down the sidewalk in defiance of sit- ins, and police dogs snarling at protesters. As darkness set in, I almost expected Bull Connor himself to dart out of the shadows, seize his
Guest Writer - LeftApr 17 2013
Opinion
Media Walks Back Arrest Reports
CNN and other outlets found themselves with egg on their face when they reported that an arrest had been made in the Boston bombings and were then forced to walk that news back. Though it was not alone CNN took the brunt of the blame for its faulty reporting.
HuffPostApr 24 2021
News
Vaccine passports: Pandemic spurs rise of portable health records
On a snowy April morning, Laurie Riley is heading to Aruba. Prior to the pandemic, she would come to Boston’s Logan Airport with her ticket and passport. Now, she also carries her COVID-19 test results before boarding the flight. She printed them out and also put them on an app in her cellphone, called CommonPass.
In Aruba, the pass will give her access to dedicated immigration lanes
Christian Science MonitorJul 08 2013
Opinion
Immigration: Assimilation and the measure of an American
Immigration reform making its way through Congress and the Boston Marathon bombings allegedly committed by two Chechen immigrants has raised heated debate about how we measure the assimilation of newcomers civically culturally economically and even patriotically.
Christian Science MonitorJun 13 2013
News
AP News - FBI director to undergo questioning by House panel
FBI Director Robert Mueller is nearing the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency that is conducting high-profile investigations of the Boston Marathon bombings, the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans and leaks of classified government information.
TownhallJun 13 2013
Opinion
FBI director faces grilling by House panel on Benghazi, data leaks
FBI Director Robert Mueller is nearing the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency that is conducting high-profile investigations of the Boston Marathon bombings, the attacks in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, and leaks of classified government information.
Fox News (Online News)Apr 21 2013
News
Terror attacks in public places force US officials to balance safety, privacy concerns
The Boston Marathon bombing in which the suspects apparently blended into the finish-line crowd without detection long enough to place two fatal explosives on a sidewalk has renewed talk about homeland security in a post 9-11 world.
Fox News (Online News)Aug 03 2020
News
Some Facebook Ad Boycotters Return—but Plenty of Big Players Are Staying Away
Some advertisers that left Facebook Inc. for July to protest its handling of hate speech on its platforms say they are coming back, while the tech giant’s financial outlook suggested the boycott isn’t taking a major financial toll.
VF Corp.’s North Face, arguably the first widely known brand to join the campaign, said it would resume doing business with Facebook in August. “We are
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 22 2013
News
House committee wants administration's intelligence on Tamerlan Tsarnaev
A Republican-led House committee is asking the Obama administration for all information on the Boston bombing suspect once suspected of engaging in terrorist activities saying the tragedy mark another intelligence failure and raises serious questions about the efficacy of the federal counterterrorism efforts.
Fox News (Online News)