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Jul 15 2020
Analysis
Radical Left ‘Repeatedly Consulted’ on Facebook’s New Oversight Board
Conservatives were already critical of Facebook’s new content Oversight Board. Now, they have even more reasons to complain.
Facebook released the third and final version of the radical left’s audit of its operations last week. As the company caves increasingly to critics demanding more speech restrictions, it was still shocking how much Facebook works actively with the left.
NewsBustersFeb 04 2020
News
Democrats Call for End of Iowa Caucuses After Results Debacle
DES MOINES, Iowa—The results debacle surrounding Iowa’s presidential caucuses is threatening to end the decadeslong tradition of starting the nomination race in a state already long criticized for having such an outsize role despite its small, mostly white population.
“You’re not going to see the Iowa caucuses be first in 2024,’’ said Joe Trippi, who helped guide the campaigns of
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 23 2020
News
How Millennial Leaders Will Change America
Love ’em or hate ’em, this much is true: one day soon, millennials will rule America.
This is neither wish nor warning but fact, rooted in the physics of time and the biology of human cells. Millennials–born between 1981 and 1996–are already the largest living generation and the largest age group in the workforce. They outnumber Gen X (born 1965–1980) and will soon outnumber baby
Time MagazineSep 14 2020
News
A Tight Trump-Biden Race in Florida: Here’s the State of Play
Elections in Florida are won by running up margins in favorable terrain while losing more closely in hostile precincts. Joseph Biden visits the state on Tuesday for the first time since claiming the nomination.
As Linda Kanner hoisted groceries into her Volvo outside the Publix in this affluent Gulf Coast enclave last week, she unleashed a stream of invective toward President Trump to
New York Times (News)Jun 25 2020
Opinion
A Reckoning Over Objectivity, Led by Black Journalists
It was a brief interaction, during the first weeks of my career. There had been a stabbing, and I’d been dispatched to a block in Roxbury, a predominantly black section of Boston, to snag quotes from anyone who might know anything about what had happened.
“Who are you with?” inquired the first person I had approached, a black man in his 50s. “The Globe?” he exclaimed after hearing my
New York Times (Opinion)Jan 12 2021
Perspectives Blog
An Expert's Proposals for Social Media Reforms May Appeal to Both Parties
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
There are disagreements over what role social media companies should play in securing our First Amendment rights and what role, if any, our government should play in regulating hate speech and disinformation. In this context, the Knight First Amendment Institute offers a novel approach to thinking about regulating
Rolf HendriksMay 16 2019
News
Report: SAT will assign a new score that factors in where you live and how much your parents make
(CNN)The nonprofit group that administers the SAT will assign an adversity score to each student who takes the test to reflect social and economic backgrounds, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
The move comes amid heightened scrutiny that colleges are facing over the admissions process and the diversity of their student bodies. "There are a number of amazing students who
CNN DigitalMar 05 2020
News
Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Will Drop Out of Presidential Race
BOSTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts plans to drop out of the presidential race on Thursday and will inform her staff of her plans later this morning, according to a person close to her, ending a run defined by an avalanche of policy plans that aimed to pull the Democratic Party to the left and appealed to enough voters to make her briefly a front-runner last fall, but that
New York Times (News)Jul 25 2015
News
White people have a race — but everyone flips out when we talk about it
As far as Lee Bebout was concerned, his Arizona State University course, US Race Theory and the Problem of Whiteness, was off to a good start. A multiracial, politically diverse group of undergraduates was enrolled. He’d prepared a syllabus and was ready to lead them in seminar-style discussions, assigning basic readings and weekly papers on the history of race in America and other topics.
VoxJun 04 2020
Analysis
How To Have A Courageous Conversation About Race
This week as leaders, many of us are trying to figure out how to address the issue of racism in America. Some of us are avoiding the conversation because we feel ill-equipped to have it. For others it feels too painful to talk about. Still others are thinking it is not their issue to address. They are hoping the CEO message about how they stand for diversity will be enough. In my view, it is
Forbes