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May 18 2021
Perspectives Blog
Odd Couples: Pro-Trump Rally + BLM Protest
Note: This piece was originally created by The Village Square and published on respectandrebellion.com.
“If we really want America great, we do it together.” -- Black Lives Matters leader, after having been invited onstage at a conservative rally.”Hawk Newsome stood defiantly with his fist in the air on the Mall in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and began to sweat,
Respect + Rebellion
Mar 29 2015
News
America’s Hinge Moment
The country is going through the most significant period of change since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Across the United States, we are seeing a convergence of economic, technological and demographic forces that is transforming every aspect of our lives. These changes are all reinforcing each other, adding to the pace and the scale of the disruption. Despite the upheaval
Politico
Nov 03 2019
Opinion
Obama’s Very Boomer View of ‘Cancel Culture’
When Barack Obama talks, everyone listens.
That’s why I paid close attention to his remarks about young people and our activism on social media at a Tuesday Obama Foundation event, and why I gasped at what I heard: “This idea of purity and you’re never compromised and you’re always politically ‘woke’ and all that stuff. You should get over that quickly. The world is messy. There are
New York Times (Opinion)
Sep 19 2019
News
No, the New York Times has not admitted to peddling ‘fake news’ about most recent Kavanaugh claim
The conservative publication PJ Media says in a headline spreading virally on Facebook that the New York Times admitted a new allegation against Justice Brett Kavanaugh is "fake news," but that is misleading.
The back-and-forth stems from a Sept. 14 report in the New York Times that contains a previously unreported accusation of sexual impropriety by Kavanaugh while a student at Yale.
PolitiFact
Nov 02 2019
News
Warren Laces Into Rivals as Iowa Campaign Grows Combative
DES MOINES — Displaying a new assertiveness toward her Democratic opponents, Elizabeth Warren laced into her chief political rivals, warning on Friday night that the country was in a “time of crisis” and arguing that Democrats would lose in 2020 if they nominated “anyone who comes on this stage and tells you they can make change without a fight.”
Speaking to thunderous applause during
New York Times (News)
Feb 15 2020
News
Trump Isn’t Waging a War on Poverty. He’s Waging a War on Poor People.
This week, President Donald Trump released a $4.8 trillion budget proposal that would further decimate the already weakened social safety net. Trump’s plan would make steep cuts to food stamps, Medicaid, housing assistance, and other welfare programs that millions of Americans rely on.
But the budget is merely a wish list with no chance of passing the Democratic-controlled House. More
Mother Jones
Sep 03 2020
News
U.S. Jobless Claims Fell in Latest Week
New measurement method could be a factor in weekly figures, along with slowly improving labor market.
New applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, a possible sign of a slowly improving labor market and the impact of a new measurement method.
Weekly initial claims for jobless benefits fell by 130,000 to a seasonally adjusted 881,000 in the week ended Aug. 29, the
Wall Street Journal (News)
Mar 28 2019
News
Maryland just became the sixth state to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour
Democrats in Maryland just overrode the governor’s veto of the $15 minimum wage bill.
On Thursday, lawmakers managed to override Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a minimum wage bill. Maryland’s current minimum wage is $10.10, and the new policy will gradually raise the wage floor to $15 by 2025.
Hogan had blocked the bill earlier this week, claiming that such a change would
Vox
Jul 03 2020
Analysis
Putin Plots a Parallel Internet
Vladimir Putin is stepping up his war on the World Wide Web. In late May, claiming that it was key to Russia’s counterterrorism efforts, Putin signed a decree dramatically expanding his government’s power to regulate — and limit — access to the Internet for the country’s nearly 150 million inhabitants.
The edict, an update to the Kremlin’s 2014 counterterrorism strategy, gives Russian
National Review (News)
Nov 25 2017
News
House moves toward mandatory anti-sexual harassment training for members, aides
The House took an important step Friday toward requiring members and staff to undergo training to prevent sexual harassment and discrimination, a change that would bring employment standards in Congress more in line with the rest of the federal government.
Washington Post