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Jun 11 2020
Perspectives Blog
Black Lives
Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Braver Angels.
This past December, before the world changed but at a moment when most of the problems that led us here were in full view, I was invited to speak at an event organized by Bishop Omar Jawar of Dallas, Texas, in front of the black church community.
Dallas is a city that has known racial heartache. We’re all feeling
John R. Wood Jr.
Jul 21 2020
Fact Check
Was the Trump Campaign Going to Use a ‘Spy Gadgets’ on a Blimp to Collect Voter Data?
It’s not crazy to think that Donald Trump might deploy a blimp over swing states to advertise for his re-election campaign. But would he use “state-of-the art spy gadgets” to collect data on those living below?
That was the claim of a post by America Web Media first published in March. The article was shared again by America Web Media on Sunday, and received more than 100,000 views
The Dispatch
Jan 15 2021
Analysis
If someone you care about has been radicalized, here's what to know
The violence America witnessed at the Capitol was more than unleashed rage. Terrorism experts say it was the culmination of years of radicalization.
"A lot of people at the Capitol protest I would describe as radicalized," said Mary Beth Altier a professor at NYU's Center for Global Affairs and an expert in political violence. "I'm worried about the next two to three weeks, and then
USA TODAY
Aug 10 2021
News
Senate votes to begin debate on Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget resolution
Fresh off a bipartisan infrastructure victory, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer moved swiftly on Tuesday to advance Senate Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget resolution — with the Senate voting 50-49 to begin debate.
Why it matters: The budget lays the groundwork for Democrat-led committees to begin drafting sections of a massive spending bill that would mark the biggest expansion of
Axios
Dec 15 2021
News
Evictions on the rise months after federal moratorium ends
Soon after losing his trucking job amid the pandemic, Freddie Davis got another blow: His landlord in Miami was almost doubling the rent on his Miami apartment.
Davis girded for what he feared would come next. In September he was evicted — just over a month after a federal eviction moratorium ended. He’s now languishing in a hotel, aided by a nonprofit that helps homeless people.
Associated Press
Mar 15 2021
Analysis
The Elusive Dream of the Driverless Car
Deep in the Mojave Desert, 60 miles from the city of Barstow, is the Slash X Ranch Cafe, a former ranch where dirt bike riders and ATV adventurers can drink beer and eat burgers with fellow daredevils speeding across the desert. Displayed on a wall alongside trucker caps and taxidermy is a plaque that memorializes the 2004 DARPA Grand Challenge, a 142-mile race whose starting point was at
Mother Jones
Nov 11 2021
Opinion
On Veterans Day, honor those who served and focus on what unites us
As we salute all American veterans on this special day, we must not forget that freedom is not free. Veterans Day is a day to honor and respect those who have served and protected our great nation, and those who continue to help secure our future.
As proud Americans, we need to stand united as one nation. Fact is, all of us stand on the shoulders of so many who have gone before and
Fox News (Opinion)
Jun 23 2021
News
All recent US population growth comes from people of color, new census estimates show
As we await the final 2020 census statistics for America’s race and ethnic populations (due later this summer), newly released Census Bureau estimates compiled independently of the 2020 census[1] suggest something unprecedented: The 2010s could be the first decade when the nation’s white population registered an absolute loss.
These new estimates show annual population changes by race
Brookings Institution
Nov 28 2021
News
Trump Jr. Blasts Americans As 'Sheep' For Not Protesting COVID Restrictions
Donald Trump Jr. lauded European protests against COVID-19 restrictions — and trashed Americans as “sheep” for not doing the same.
In comments to Fox News host Dan Bongino, Trump Jr. said “Europe is pushing back.”
But America, he continued, "is sitting there like sheep. 'Oh, this is great. We'll just go along with what these guys who've gotten nothing right in the last two years
Newsmax (News)
Jan 06 2020
News
The killing of Qassem Suleimani sends gold to a seven-year high
“NOBODY REALLY understands gold prices, and I don’t pretend to understand them either,” Ben Bernanke, then chairman of the Federal Reserve, told America’s Senate Banking Committee in 2013, after a turbulent few months in the market for the metal (it hit its all-time peak in 2011, at the height of the euro-zone crisis and following a downgrade of America’s credit rating). Yet it is not
The Economist