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Aug 24 2020
Opinion
The Party of No Content
Republicans are remarkably quiet on how they would govern and what they seek to accomplish in the coming years.
What does the Republican Party want? Although Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has shifted into full, strange force with an empty 2020 convention, it is a hard question to answer.
In June, the Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Trump to name his top-priority agenda
The Atlantic
Apr 22 2019
News
7 things we’ve learned about Earth since the last Earth Day
We continue to shape life on Earth, and threaten our survival, in unexpected ways.
It’s Earth Day, and Google is celebrating with a Google Doodle of six amazing creatures to remind us we are not separate from nature (this year’s theme is Protect Our Species).
This Earth Day arrives at a sobering moment. The world is warming faster than ever. The oceans are rising. Thousands of
Vox
Nov 03 2022
Perspectives Blog
AllStances™: Is Voter Fraud or Voter Suppression a Bigger Issue?
Is voter suppression or election security and voter fraud the bigger issue in U.S. elections?
The left and right perspectives on election integrity show how both sides disagree majorly whether American voting laws suppress certain groups or are insecure and prone to fraud. From the January 6 Capitol riot to calls for increased accessibility and ease of voting, both sides are calling
Isaiah Anthony
Oct 07 2020
Analysis
Vice presidential debates have never moved the needle
Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris will face off on Wednesday for the first and only vice presidential debate during the 2020 campaign. But if history is any guide and people continue to vote the top of the ticket, the debate won't change much.
An analysis published by Gallup in 2012 declared that the median change following vice presidential debates in 1992,
Washington Examiner
Mar 21 2022
News
Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Concordia Summit
A super PAC supporting corporate Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb in his U.S. Senate run appears to be gearing up for an attack on his primary challenger Lt. Gov. John Fetterman—who's commanding a 30-point lead—over his support for widely backed progressive proposals.
Documents obtained by Politico reveal the super PAC, Penn Progress, attempting to blame Lamb's (D-Pa.) position well behind
Common Dreams
Jan 17 2022
Perspectives Blog
When Chuck Schumer Turns Into Wile E. Coyote
From the CenterThe preferred cartoon analogy for a hapless and easily fooled political figure is the image of Charlie Brown preparing to kick a football before Lucy pulls the ball away at the last minute. But for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has yet again careened into a solid brick wall of solid opposition from within his own party, the better comparison might be Wile E. Coyote
Dan Schnur
May 25 2022
News
After Uvalde, angry Democrats assail GOP over resistance to gun laws
Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut who once held a 15-hour filibuster on the Senate floor on the need for stricter gun laws in the United States, returned there Tuesday night to plead with his colleagues to find a way to put politics aside and work together to stop the carnage of mass shootings.
Murphy was in the House in 2012 when a shooting took place in his district, at
Washington Post
Aug 19 2021
Analysis
Just How Big a Mess the California Recall Is
It’s hard to know where precisely to start. The sun is shining, the fires are raging, and California is stumbling in a daze through a gubernatorial recall election that might change more than anyone wants to admit. You might already know the general outlines of the story: A small but passionate minority of voters, most of them Republican, are pumped to give Gov. Gavin Newsom the boot. They
Slate
Jun 02 2014
News
EPA eyeing 30 percent emissions cut for power plants
Having failed to ram a key piece of his climate agenda through Congress in 2010, President Obama on Monday will endorse far-reaching new restrictions on carbon pollution widely expected to push states to embrace cap-and-trade-style systems.
Washington Times
Mar 20 2022
News
Skyrocketing gas prices cause severe pain for Californians
After eight years of driving for Uber with a perfect 5-star rating, Richard Martin is considering changing gears — not because he dislikes the work, but because California’s soaring gas prices are making his career unsustainable.
“I moved to San Diego from the Los Angeles area a little over eight years ago, and I thought I would do this for a couple of months,” Martin, 60, told The Hill
The Hill