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Sep 14 2020
Background
Geopolitics: How Maps Help Us Understand History, Predict the Future, and Go Beyond Politics
American students are notoriously bad at geography, and have been for some time. In 2002, for instance – the year after the 9/11 attacks – only 17% of American students could find Afghanistan on a map. In 2016, less than one third were able to score a minimal pass of 66% on the National Geographic Global Literacy Survey. In 2015, the United States Government Accountability Office reported that
Ammo.comJun 03 2020
News
Widow: Retired police captain died protecting friend’s store
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A retired police captain who died during a night of violent protests was trying to protect his friend’s pawn shop, his widow said.
David Dorn’s last moments were caught on video and apparently posted on Facebook Live, though the video has since been taken down. He was killed by people who had broken into Lee’s Pawn & Jewelry, and his body found on the sidewalk at
Associated PressJun 03 2020
Opinion
If President Trump does use the military to quell protests, he’ll likely rely on the same law used to aid the Civil Rights movement
After a week of both peaceful protests and violent chaos in the wake of George Floyd’s death, President Donald Trump announced, “If a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them.”
Is Trump’s warning just bluster? Does the president
Guest Writer - CenterMay 07 2019
News
Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Recorded Her Own Video of Traffic Stop Confrontation
AUSTIN, Tex. — As Trooper Brian Encinia angrily threatened her with a stun gun from just outside her car window, Sandra Bland recorded the encounter on her cellphone, shown in a newly released 39-second video that has prompted Ms. Bland’s family to call for a renewed investigation into her arrest and death nearly four years ago.
Ms. Bland, a 28-year-old African-American from Chicago,
New York Times (News)Aug 09 2016
News
Parents of 2 Americans Killed in Benghazi Attack Sue Hillary Clinton
The parents of two Americans killed in the 2012 attack on a United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, filed a lawsuit on Monday against Hillary Clinton, saying that her “‘extreme carelessness’ in handling confidential and classified information” while secretary of state contributed to the conditions that led to their sons’ deaths.
New York Times (News)Aug 14 2014
News
It's Perfectly Legal To Film The Cops
Snapping photos of police in Ferguson, Missouri, may have gotten Huffington Post reporter Ryan J. Reilly arrested Wednesday night while he was covering protests prompted by the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager who was shot to death by a police officer.
Reilly and Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowrey were detained and assaulted after attempting to film a swarm of
HuffPostMay 01 2020
Analysis
Trump and Governors Should Use Commutations To Combat the Spread of Coronavirus
The COVID-19 pandemic has not spared any aspect of American society, including the criminal justice system. Eight of the 10 biggest clusters of COVID-19 cases currently are in jails and prisons. The Cook County jail in Illinois, for example, has confirmed nearly 1,000 cases. In Ohio, more than 25 percent of the 16,000 statewide cases are in prisons, which includes the nearly 2,200 confirmed
Center For American ProgressOct 23 2020
News
Donald Trump, Joe Biden Clash Over Covid, Ethics in Calmer Presidential Debate
President Trump and Democrat Joe Biden offered starkly differing views of the administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, traded accusations about their personal ethics and questioned each other’s records on economic and racial-justice issues in the final debate before the Nov. 3 election.
Thursday night’s meeting was less combative than the pair’s first, three weeks earlier
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 24 2024
Headline Roundup
Two Years Since Russian Invasion: Can Ukraine Win?
Today marks the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, drawing media perspectives across the spectrum.
No, It Can’t: Anatol Lieven, writing for Time Magazine (Lean Left bias), highlighted the dire circumstances Ukraine finds itself in and argued it is impossible to achieve President Volodymyr Zelensky’s previously stated ambitions of taking back all occupied
Christian Science Monitor Time Magazine The Telegraph - UKNov 14 2019
News
1 killed in shooting at Saugus High School that has left at least 3 others wounded; suspect is caught
A female was killed and at least three others injured in a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita Thursday morning that prompted a massive response of law enforcement and fire personnel, with authorities catching the teenage suspect within a couple of hours.
It was initially reported that six people had been wounded by gunfire on campus, but Patrick Moody, a spokesman for the
Orange County Register