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Dec 04 2020
Opinion
A Conservative Woman Just Broke New Ground, but the Media Is Nowhere to Be Found
Ever since Joe Biden became our nation’s presumptive next president, the media has been bending over backward to celebrate historic “firsts” for women.
This past week alone, they couldn’t get enough of the first female college football player kicking in a Power Five conference, Kamala Harris hiring the first all-female senior vice president staff, or Biden choosing the first all-female
The Daily SignalJul 19 2021
News
Outrage As A Business Model: How Ben Shapiro Is Using Facebook To Build An Empire
In 2021, Ben Shapiro rules Facebook.
The conservative podcast host and author's personal Facebook page has more followers than The Washington Post, and he drives an engagement machine unparalleled by anything else on the the world's biggest social networking site.
An NPR analysis of social media data found that over the past year, stories published by the site Shapiro founded,
NPR (Online News)Jul 27 2020
Analysis
Affirmative Action: Should California Repeal Prop 209 In November?
Almost 25 years since passing Prop 209, Californians are again thinking of reversing it. As the University of California (UC) system gave preliminary findings last week of their entering class of college students this fall, a major achievement was felt by the Latino community: of the newly admitted undergraduate students for the fall term, the largest represented racial/ethnic group is Latino
Daily ChelaAug 14 2021
Opinion
‘Everybody I Know Is Pissed Off’
The vaccinated, across party lines, have kind of had it with the unvaccinated, an array of new polls suggests.
While most state and national GOP leaders are focused on defending the rights of unvaccinated Americans, new polling shows that the large majority of vaccinated adults—including a substantial portion of Republicans—support tougher measures against those who have refused COVID-
The AtlanticAug 17 2020
News
South Carolina Senate race slipping from GOP grip
Sen. Lindsey Graham may hold a lead over his Democratic challenger in recent polls, but as the race tightens, election analysts say the South Carolina Senate race is no longer a sure win for the Republican Party.
On Monday, the Cook Political Report , considered the gold-standard election forecasters, moved its prediction from a "Likely Republican win" to "Lean Republican win."
Washington ExaminerOct 08 2019
News
Washington state says hackers try every day but that its election security is first in class
Local races and a handful of legislative special elections are the only things on the ballot in Washington next month, but the state's chief election official is nonetheless warning that hackers are hunting for a way to disrupt the contests. She's also asserting that her agency is up to the cybersecurity task because of lessons learned from Russia's 2016 interference.
"We have attempts
The FulcrumJun 14 2021
News
How Some Americans Are Breaking Out of Political Echo Chambers
LAST OCTOBER, STUDENTS in Sarah Candler’s seventh-grade English class in rural Tennessee were discussing the presidential election, echoing each other’s pro-Trump sentiments. One student dared the others: “Who’s a Democrat, anyway?”
A lone girl raised her hand. “I saw looks aghast from the other kids,” recalls Candler. Then Candler, too, raised her hand.
The closed-minded dialog
WiredJan 27 2021
News
Teaching the Capitol riot is tricky. Especially if the teacher was there.
Schools are trying to help students make sense of tumultuous political events. So what happens when your teacher attends a rally that becomes a riot?
Paula Wilson’s children watched the Capitol siege unfold on TV from their Wisconsin living room, texting her updates as she worked an emergency room shift. When she got home, her son showed her a post from his 10th grade social studies
Christian Science MonitorMay 13 2016
News
Obama Administration Warns Schools To Allow Transgender Access To Bathrooms
The Obama administration on Friday told schools and colleges nationwide they must allow transgender students access to bathrooms consistent with their gender identity.
HuffPostMay 20 2020
News
Trump Steps Up Attacks on Mail Vote, Making False Claims About Michigan
President Trump threatened to withhold federal funding for Michigan and Nevada if the states moved forward in expanding vote by mail.
President Trump on Wednesday incorrectly accused Michigan’s Democratic secretary of state of mailing ballots to all of the state’s registered voters, falsely claiming that it was illegal, as he escalated his assault against mail voting.
The
New York Times (News)