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Mar 21 2022
News
Ketanji Brown Jackson brings varied legal resume to U.S. Supreme Court
If confirmed as its first Black woman justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson would add not only racial and gender diversity to the U.S. Supreme Court but would also bring a varied legal background including a stint representing low-income criminal defendants.
Jackson, 51, served early in her career as a Supreme Court clerk for Justice Stephen Breyer, whose retirement announced in January
ReutersApr 22 2022
Opinion
There’s No Such Thing as a Value-Neutral Education
The public schools are meant to serve — whom?
Writing in the New York Times, Frank Bruni thinks he has an answer: “all of us.”
“The schools . . . exist for all of us,” Bruni writes, “to reflect and inculcate democratic values and ecumenical virtues that have nothing to do with any one parent’s ideology, religion or lack thereof.”
This is naïve and ahistorical.
The
Kevin D. WilliamsonDec 09 2021
News
Colorado’s top elections official seeks security protection
Colorado’s Democratic secretary of state is asking lawmakers for $200,000 annually for guards and other security-related measures after receiving escalating threats over her advocacy of elections security.
Jena Griswold has consistently debunked claims, both locally and on national media, that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. She’s also sued a Republican county clerk in
Associated Press Fact CheckMay 06 2021
Opinion
The past year has underscored the need for vigilance in defending the First Amendment
The tumultuous events of the past year have highlighted the First Amendment’s vital role as a pillar of American democracy. They have also underscored the need for vigilance in defending it.
Journalists’ coverage of these events — the pandemic, the nationwide protests denouncing police killings of Black Americans and supporting racial justice, and the bitterly contested presidential
PoynterJul 23 2021
News
FBI accused of running 'fake tip line' during Brett Kavanaugh background check
Seven Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats demanded the FBI explain its use of a novel tip line implemented during a supplemental background investigation into then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.
In a Tuesday letter to Director Chris Wray, Democratic senators accused the FBI of being “politically constrained by the Trump White House,” demanding to know what extent the
Washington ExaminerMar 23 2021
News
Colorado's tragic and prolific history of mass shootings from Columbine to King Soopers
For many in Colorado, hearing the news Monday of 10 people being shot dead at a Boulder grocery was a tragic, but familiar headline.
Colorado, a state where open carry is legal, has suffered through some of the most deadly mass shootings in American history, including the 1999 Columbine shooting and the Aurora theater attack in 2012, which have fundamentally changed safety measures in
ABC News (Online)May 26 2020
Top Argument
Should ‘Black Lives Matter’ Fight for All Lives?
Social media networks are full of hashtag battles between #BlackLivesMatter and the response of #AllLivesMatter. Strong opinions on both sides insist that they are expressing a desire for justice and human dignity. We take a look at both sides of the debate, asking whether it is effective for the BLM movement to protest only for Black Lives, or if the winning call to arms should instead be All
The PerspectiveOct 19 2021
News
Covid-19 booster shots: What you need to know
The Food and Drug Administration is poised to dramatically expand the use of Covid-19 booster shots as soon as this week, after weeks of public debate over who needs the shots — and when.
POLITICO breaks down the U.S. booster rollout and the big remaining questions, including how long the shots’ protection lasts and whether the Biden administration will authorize “mix and match”
PoliticoMay 05 2021
Data
Americans divided on whether Trump should be permanently banned from social media
Americans are split on whether former President Donald Trump should be barred from social media. Some 49% of U.S. adults say Trump’s accounts should be permanently banned from social media, while half say they should not be. But views are deeply divided along partisan lines, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
The survey, fielded April 12 to 18, was conducted before Facebook
Pew Research CenterFeb 26 2020
News
Our Revolution, accused of dark-money spending for Sanders, took only six donations over $5,000 last year, none larger than $25,000
RIVAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES have been attacking Sen. Bernie Sanders over the advocacy groups boosting his campaign, accusing the Democratic frontrunner of taking untraceable dark money and contributions from super PACs and from the nonprofit he founded in 2016, Our Revolution.
The problem with the charge: It’s not dark money, and it’s not big, either.
The issue arose most
The Intercept