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May 27 2020
Opinion
We Don’t Know What’s Behind the COVID-19 Racial Disparity. And That’s a Problem.
COVID-19 is killing black Americans with horrifying precision. Black Americans get the disease at a higher rate than white people do. Retirement homes with black residents become outbreak clusters. Black people die of COVID-19 at a higher rate than white people do—and that rate is even higher than it may seem, according to a study released last week by Yale University’s Cary P. Gross and co-
The AtlanticJul 08 2021
Fact Check
House GOP’s Misplaced Blame for Rising Homicides
On Twitter, the House Republican Conference posted an image of rising homicide rates in seven cities with this bit of misleading commentary: “Welcome to President Biden’s America.”
Homicides are on the rise, but the increase started last year when Donald Trump was president. According to data compiled by the Major Cities Chiefs Association, the number of homicides rose 33% in 66 major
FactCheck.orgAug 17 2020
Background
Short on cash? A behavioral expert recommends trying these 3 budgeting tips during the coronavirus pandemic
While Congress and the White House are stalled in negotiations over more stimulus checks and additional unemployment relief, most Americans are feeling more cash-strapped than ever.
But before you let your financial situation overwhelm you, know that there are some mental tricks to help you manage your money during this time.
CNBC Select spoke to Mariel Beasley of Duke University
CNBCAug 17 2020
News
Short on cash? A behavioral expert recommends trying these 3 budgeting tips during the coronavirus pandemic
While Congress and the White House are stalled in negotiations over more stimulus checks and additional unemployment relief, most Americans are feeling more cash-strapped than ever.
But before you let your financial situation overwhelm you, know that there are some mental tricks to help you manage your money during this time.
CNBC Select spoke to Mariel Beasley of Duke University
CNBCAug 03 2021
News
‘This is not just a Republican problem’: Crisis of trust looms in US elections
A former FEC chair talks about the dueling narratives of electoral fraud and voter suppression, which he says have “almost no grounding in reality,” and why stability in election law is so important.
Bradley A. Smith is a professor of law at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio. An authority on election law and campaign finance, he is a co-author of the casebook “Voting
Christian Science MonitorSep 18 2019
News
Michael Bloomberg: Free Speech Is Under Attack on Campus
Former Democratic New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg penned a column for the New York Post this week in which he expressed concern over the state of free speech on college campuses. According to Bloomberg, the campus culture of silencing views that oppose leftist dogma “cannot sustain a liberal democracy.”
Michael Bloomberg is known by many as the politician that advocated for
Breitbart NewsJun 13 2017
News
In Congress, a Move to Affirm Free Speech on Campus
A resolution aimed at public universities addresses what amounts to growing government censorship.
National Review (News)Jan 22 2021
Perspectives Blog
The Most Important Words in Biden’s Speech – “Enough of Us”
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
Now comes the hard part.
Politicians always talk about unity, especially newly-elected presidents. As is so often the case, Donald Trump was the exception that proved the rule. But Obama, Bush, Clinton and Reagan all spoke about putting aside differences and coming together, reaching out across party lines and
Dan SchnurJan 11 2022
Headline Roundup
Biden Backs Filibuster Reform in Voting Rights Speech
President Joe Biden backed Senate Democrats’ proposed filibuster reforms in a voting rights speech on Tuesday.
Speaking in Atlanta, Georgia at a consortium of historically black colleges and universities, Biden said Republicans had ""weaponized and abused" the filibuster, and voiced support for "changing the Senate rules whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of
The Hill New York Post (News) CNN DigitalApr 04 2015
News
SLCC solar program heeds the call for solar training
On Friday, President Barack Obama called on higher education institutions to strengthen the pipeline of workers into the solar industry, which he said is growing 10 times faster than the rest of the economy.
Salt Lake Community College is already working to fill that need.
Since 2009, the college has offered a program through its Green Academy/Energy Institute to train workers
Deseret News