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Jul 21 2020
News
Apple vows to be carbon neutral by 2030
Apple aims to ensure that within 10 years every product it sells will have a net zero impact on climate change, the tech giant announced Tuesday.
The big picture: The new goal is the latest by global technology companies looking to go big on climate change even while they face growing scrutiny over the main thrust of their businesses, namely antitrust concerns.
Where it stands:
Axios
Apr 07 2020
News
Oil Price War
“Oil prices sharply fell after the so-called OPEC+ group of countries including Russia failed to agree to production cuts in early March. A price war began soon after, with Saudi Arabia threatening to pump at a record-breaking pace to seize back market share even as the coronavirus pandemic saw demand sharply drop.” (AP News)
The left is critical of Russia and Saudi Arabia and calls for
The Flip Side
May 14 2020
News
GOP arranges a do-over for Missouri voters on revamping redistricting
Voters in Missouri will decide this fall whether to abandon a decision they made just two years ago, which was to minimize power politics and maximize fairness and competition in the drawing of legislative boundaries.
A measure added to the November ballot on Wednesday by the Republican-majority General Assembly would essentially reverse those priorities, and also do away with plans to
The Fulcrum
May 14 2020
Analysis
Transcript Of The Russian Behind The Dreaded Trump Tower Meeting Revealed
Thursday night was the night when the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation was finally released for the world to see. Those that have time reading through novel-length interview transcripts will find one clear thread — Hollywood Rep Adam Schiff had nothing on President Trump with regards to him or his campaign working in cahoots with Russia, or Russians, to beat Hillary Rodham
Forbes
Apr 06 2020
News
Justices rule for federal employee over age discrimination
WASHINGTON (AP) — Well, OK, boomer.
The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for federal employees 40 and older to sue for age discrimination.
The justices ruled 8-1 that federal workers have a lower hurdle to overcome than their counterparts in the private sector. The decision came in the case in which Chief Justice John Roberts, a 65-year-old baby boomer, invoked the “OK, boomer
Associated Press
Apr 09 2020
Fact Check
Trump’s Claims on IG, Wisconsin Election
At the White House coronavirus task force press briefing on April 7, President Donald Trump distorted the facts about the person he dismissed as the chief watchdog for spending under the new pandemic relief legislation and the Wisconsin election, which took place as scheduled despite the coronavirus outbreak:
The president suggested he removed Glenn Fine as the Pentagon’s acting
FactCheck.org
Jun 17 2020
News
People are reserving tickets to Trump’s Tulsa rally to leave empty seats. It probably won’t work
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign says 1 million people have registered for tickets to his June 20 campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., the first since the outbreak of the coronavirus put a halt to large-scale gatherings months ago.
But some social media users say they bought tickets with no intention of going.
"It would be really interesting if we all went to events.
PolitiFact
Jun 17 2020
News
India’s Islamophobia Creeps Into Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal—In Nepal, Muslims, who make up about 4 percent of the population, have lived peacefully alongside the majority Hindu population for centuries, arriving as immigrants from elsewhere but establishing strong communities. Nepalis pride themselves on a history of religious tolerance, even in a region where faith has often had bloody consequences.
But India’s right-wingers
Foreign Policy
May 12 2020
News
Breonna Taylor: Family Of A Louisville Woman Mistakenly Killed By Police Wants To Be Sure Her Story Is Told
The family of a Louisville, Kentucky woman who was killed by police is speaking out and looking for answers. It has been more than two months since Breonna Taylor was shot to death by police who came into her house to execute a drug warrant, except they had the wrong location. The death of the 26-year-old had been buried in the headlines due to the coronavirus pandemic but details are now
BET
Apr 03 2020
Fact Check
FACT CHECK: Trump On Not Expanding Insurance, Democrats And Health Care
President Trump was asked Wednesday why his administration hasn't reopened the healthcare.gov exchanges to help bridge the insurance coverage gap for those who do not have private insurance and who do not qualify for Medicaid.
"There will be people who don't have insurance who get sick before any of these mitigation efforts are put into place," Fox News' John Roberts asked at the
NPR (Online News)