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Feb 11 2021
Fact Check
Schumer, Warren Misstate Student Loan Debt Disparity
In a press conference in which they called on President Joe Biden to use his executive authority to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt for individuals, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren misstated a racial disparity statistic.
Schumer, who conferred with Warren on the figures, wrongly said “after 20 years, only 5% of whites have
FactCheck.orgFeb 01 2020
Background
Bernie Sanders (D) Positions & Statements on the Issues
Should the Federal Government Provide Universal Childcare?
"We must prepare the next generation to rebuild, rather than to abandon, rural America. We must guarantee a strong public education system from childcare up to college and jobs training programs for every child and young adult in America.
Enact a universal childcare program for every child in America that provides rural
ProCon.orgApr 05 2021
News
Pfizer Says Clinical Trial Shows Vaccine is Highly Effective For 6 Months
An ongoing Phase 3 clinical study shows that the Pfizer vaccine is 91% effective for at least 6 months, the company announced April 1.
Vaccine experts say it is likely effective longer than that, but this data showing high protection 6 months after both shots are administered is good news.
“The vaccine was 100% effective against severe disease as defined by the U.S. Centers for
Scriberr Media - NewsApr 29 2021
News
American Families Plan
“President Joe Biden proposed a sweeping new $1.8 trillion plan in a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.” (Reuters)
The American Families Plan includes:
$200 billion to provide free preschool to all 3- and 4-year-olds $109 billion to offer two years of free community college to all Americans $225 billion to subsidize child care for families and support child care
The Flip SideSep 10 2016
News
Black Millennials: Don't Help Donald Trump
With the election less than two months away, there still remains plenty of cause for concern regarding the black vote and Hillary Clinton. Clinton and the Democrats inevitably were going to win the lion’s share of the black vote, but that has never been enough. Clinton needs to win a share of the black vote similar to Barack Obama’s to ensure that the Democrats retain the White House. And
Daily BeastOct 28 2019
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Teachers Union Now Training Members To Use Identity Politics in The Classroom
A prominent teachers union is training it members to inject identity politics into nearly all aspects of teaching, and included in its journals biased and debunked information.
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation’s second-largest teachers union, took to the pages of its quarterly journal, “American Educator,” to instruct members to incorporate liberal ideology in
The Daily WireJul 16 2020
Analysis
Florida health expert denies Sunshine State is facing New York-style COVID-19 disaster: 'It's pretty clear'
Dr. Charles Lockwood, dean of the University of South Florida's College of Medicine, told "The Ingraham Angle" Tuesday that "it's pretty clear" that the state's current increase in confirmed coronavirus cases doesn't come close to the catastrophic effect of the virus on New York and New Jersey.
"For one thing," Lockwood told host Laura Ingraham, "our case fatality rate -- that's the
Fox News DigitalFeb 10 2018
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Students, faculty pose biggest threat to academic freedom, report finds
More than a century ago, colleges and universities feared that outside forces such as corporations or state lawmakers would infringe upon academic freedom, but today the threat to free inquiry has shifted to internal campus forces, a report shows.
Washington TimesFeb 27 2016
News
South Carolina Primary Will Test Hillary Clinton’s Grip on Obama’s Coattails
Hillary Clinton recaptured momentum with her win against Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses last weekend, but the South Carolina primary on Saturday will serve as the true test of whether she can excite the voters who shunned her in 2008 to support Barack Obama.
In her last campaign, the state shattered Mrs. Clinton’s hopes and frayed the relationship she and Bill Clinton had with
New York Times (News)Nov 02 2014
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Braced for a Shift in Congress, Obama Is Setting a New Agenda
Whipsawed by events and facing another midterm electoral defeat, President Obama has directed his team to forge a policy agenda to regain momentum for his final two years in office even as some advisers urge that he rethink the way he governs.
Without waiting for results from elections on Tuesday that few in the White House expect to go well for Mr. Obama, top aides have met for weeks
New York Times (News)