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Sep 03 2020
Opinion
Trump is trying to pin Kenosha on Biden – but he created the chaos and violence
Make no mistake: this is Trump’s America, where protesters are shot by vigilantes as police look on.
Donald Trump took a trip to a place called Biden’s America on Tuesday. It is a strange land where the president of the United States is a helpless guest, a doomed corner of his own country that is somehow ruled by a former vice president.
It is a topsy-turvy place, this Biden’s
The GuardianNov 08 2021
News
‘Catastrophic implications’: UN health expert condemns US over threat to abortion rights
The United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health has called on the US supreme court to uphold the right to abortion in America or risk undermining international human rights law and threatening that right elsewhere in the world.
The special rapporteur, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, is one of just a handful of global observers whose mandate is to travel the world defending human
The GuardianFeb 10 2020
News
The Golden Age of White Collar Crime
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, nearly every institution of American life has taken on the unmistakable stench of moral rot. Corporate behemoths like Boeing and Wells Fargo have traded blue-chip credibility for white-collar callousness. Elite universities are selling admission spots to the highest Hollywood bidder. Silicon Valley unicorns have revealed themselves as long cons (Theranos), venture-
HuffPostFeb 06 2016
News
How would Bernie Sanders deal with the world?
Even Bernie Sanders admits that he's not done enough to explain his foreign policy positions.
His presidential bid is anchored in a sweeping critique of what he sees as the corrupting influence of large corporations and politics, so the chaotic churn of global events and geopoliti
CNN DigitalDec 05 2013
News
Large Companies Prepared to Pay Price on Carbon
More than two dozen major American corporations are preparing to pay climate-related taxes, departing from conservative orthodoxy and exposing divisions between the Republican Party and its business supporters.
New York Times (News)Nov 23 2021
News
US to release 50 million barrels of oil to ease energy costs
President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from America’s strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs, in coordination with other major energy consuming nations, including China, India and the United Kingdom.
The move is aimed at global energy markets, but also at U.S. voters who are coping with higher inflation and rising prices ahead of
Associated Press Fact CheckJan 26 2021
News
White House Enlists ASL Interpreters For Daily Press Briefings
The White House on Monday announced that its regular press briefings will now include an American Sign Language interpreter. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the move was "part of this administration's accessibility and inclusion efforts."
She noted that Monday's interpreter, identified as Heather, was translating the briefing virtually (a livestream of the
NPR (Online News)Feb 18 2021
News
Biden immigration plan speeds legalization, lags on border security
President Biden‘s immigration bill cancels penalties for future illegal immigrants, speeds legalization of those already here and increases legal immigration levels. But the bill, which lawmakers will officially introduce on Capitol Hill on Thursday, backtracks on new border security and worksite enforcement compromises that have long been seen as key parts of any serious attempt to overhaul
Washington TimesMay 11 2021
Opinion
What’s Behind the Vaccine Slowdown?
For a few weeks this spring, the United States was a world leader in vaccines, administering shots to a larger share of its population than even the United Kingdom or Israel. But since the middle of April, our vaccine campaign has stalled. The average number of people getting a first or single dose is down almost 50 percent from its peak on April 13.
What’s notable about that date? Well
The AtlanticJan 04 2015
News
Republicans taking control of Congress eager to reshape policy and strike deals
Republicans taking control of Congress this coming week will try to overcome their reputation as a divided party hobbled by infighting by working to reshape policy in ways that Americans will feel in corporate boardrooms, on factory floors and at the gas pump.
Incoming committee
Washington Post