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Apr 13 2021
News
Cop, police chief resign 2 days after Black motorist’s death
A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city’s police chief — moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest.
The resignations from Officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon came two days after the death of 20-
Associated Press
May 17 2019
News
Tracking Trump On Immigration: Despite Focus, Many Ideas Are Stalled Or Blocked
President Trump is proposing a fundamental overhaul of the U.S. immigration system, including more border security and tougher standards for who could be admitted. It's the latest in a long line of White House efforts to reshape and restrict immigration.
But many of those efforts have been stymied by the courts, Congress, and the administration's critics at the state and local level.
NPR (Online News)
Nov 14 2019
News
Don’t count on the Senate to save Dreamers from SCOTUS
President Donald Trump says young undocumented immigrants have nothing to worry about from the Supreme Court. The Senate begs to differ.
Minority Whip Dick Durbin has been on the front lines of the Senate’s immigration battles for decades, including trying unsuccessfully to work with Trump over the last three years. And he says after so many stalemates, there’s no reason to believe
Politico
Sep 10 2019
Background
Ballot harvesting
Ballot harvesting is the collecting and submitting of absentee or mail-in voter ballots by volunteers or workers. It occurs in some areas of the U.S. where voting by mail is common, but is illegal in some other states.
Arizona banned the practice except for family members and caregivers. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed a Ninth Circuit Court ruling that overturned the ban in 2016 and a U.S
Wikipedia
Mar 22 2021
Analysis
Why Obamacare Survived
The affordable care act, the health-care law also known as Obamacare, turns 11 years old this week. Somehow, the program has not merely survived the GOP’s decade-long assault. It’s actually getting stronger, thanks to some major upgrades tucked in the COVID-19 relief package that President Joe Biden signed into law earlier this month.
The new provisions should enable millions of
The Atlantic
May 12 2016
Opinion
How well-meaning political reformers are helping to elect President Trump
Academic hand-wringing rarely changes political institutions. But political science researchers’ recent obsession with political polarization seems to be having some impact. These researchers argue that polarization has “put the nation at
Washington Post
Sep 09 2019
News
Judge Blocks Ban on Asylum-Seekers Who Travel through Safe Third Country
A federal judge in San Francisco restored a nationwide injunction on Monday preventing the Trump administration’s ban on asylum-seekers who travelled through a so-called safe third country before arriving in the U.S.
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar issued the ruling after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in August narrowed his previous nationwide injunction, allowing the
National Review (News)
Apr 06 2020
Perspectives Blog
Better Angels Becomes Braver Angels
An important announcement: Many of you are familiar with our friends at Better Angels. Better Angels is America’s largest, bipartisan grassroots organization dedicated to confronting political polarization. We don’t have to tell you how important that work is today.
Things are changing over at Better Angels however. Better Angels has now become Braver Angels. Braver Angels is
AllSides Staff
Feb 24 2020
News
Appeals court upholds Trump ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics
A federal appeals court ruled on Monday in favor of a polarizing Trump administration policy that bans federally funded family planning centers from referring women for abortions.
The 7-4 decision by the California-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit delighted social conservatives who are central to President Trump’s political base. It infuriated civil libertarians, Planned
Washington Post
Jan 02 2017
News
Will the media and resistance be ready on day one of Trump's presidency?
The approaching days of Donald Trump's ascension to the United States presidency is concerning. More concerning than having someone highly unqualified is the seemingly tepid preparation of the media and the resistance—read progressives—for the catastrophic change, he will unleash on us all.
Daily Kos