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Aug 21 2019
News
Bernie Sanders’s call to ban facial recognition tech for policing, explained
He’s taken a tougher stance on it than Elizabeth Warren.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is the first presidential candidate to call for a total ban on the use of facial recognition software for policing. He’s also calling for a moratorium on the use of algorithmic risk assessment tools that aim to predict which criminals will reoffend.
His pledge to institute these changes if elected is
VoxAug 20 2019
News
We talked to experts on aging about the 2020 field. Here’s what they told us.
One medical expert says Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump are part of the population known as 'superagers.'
Joe Biden was lying on the operating table and about to get surgery for his second brain aneurysm when the doctor told him he might not recover.
“What's the most likely thing that will happen if I live?” Biden asked him. “Well,” the doctor replied
PoliticoApr 19 2021
News
Ultrawealthy Americans Are Scrambling To Get Ahead Of Biden’s Planned Tax Hikes
In his 50-odd years as an appraiser of gems and fine jewelry, Warren Morss has laid eyes on some dazzling pieces.
There was the eye-popping, 17-carat diamond, and the pair of diamond earrings weighing 4 carats apiece, roughly the same as Hailey Bieber’s engagement ring. There was the emerald necklace boasting not one big pendant, but large-cut stones all the way around the collar and
HuffPostOct 07 2020
News
Former Staffers Allegedly Take Over Katie Hill’s Twitter To Condemn News Of A Katie Hill TV Show
Former Katie Hill staffers allegedly took over Hill’s government Twitter account Tuesday evening to condemn news of a television show about the disgraced former congresswoman.
“The Handmaid’s Tale” star Elizabeth Moss will play Hill in Blumhouse Television’s adaptation of Hill’s memoir, Deadline reported Tuesday. Those tweeting from Hill’s government account, who identified themselves
The Daily CallerMay 25 2021
News
10 Questions About Empathy In America, A Year After George Floyd's Death
"I can't breathe." "I'm scared." For many people, hearing someone say those words would prompt a scramble to help. But not all. It depends who's listening.
A year ago today, the world watched as George Floyd's life was taken from him him in an agonizing 9-and-a-half-minute video — a murder a police officer was convicted of committing. This month, we saw long-suppressed footage of
NPR (Online News)Jul 17 2022
Opinion
Don’t fear the bear. It gives you chances to pick winning stocks and beat the market.
Bear markets are an investor’s best friend. During major stock-market downtrends, you stand a better chance of building up a big lead over indexed investors. If your goal is to beat the market over the long term, then bear markets play a crucial role.
Of course, even when you beat a falling market, odds are that you still lose money in absolute terms. But “beating the market” is
MarketWatchFeb 09 2022
Headline Roundup
Pelosi Joins Growing Bipartisan Support for Ban on Stock Trading in Congress
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that she would support a ban on members of Congress trading stocks so long as the ban was “government-wide.”
Pelosi’s public position on the issue has changed in recent months, shifting from direct opposition in December to apparent openness in January. Pelosi singled out the judiciary branch in her "government-wide" stipulation,
Washington Post New York Post (News) Business InsiderJan 15 2020
Opinion
The Democrats Have Had This Primary Before
The problem with campaigning on electability is that it’s a brittle rationale for a candidacy compared with organic support from the grassroots.
As of this writing, the Democratic presidential contest looks very fluid, with four candidates bunched up in Iowa and New Hampshire. But the sudden relevance of foreign policy, thanks to the confrontation with Iran, has made it look more and
Jonah GoldbergMar 22 2022
Analysis
Everyone wants forgiveness, but no one is being forgiven
The state of modern outrage is a cycle: We wake up mad, we go to bed mad, and in between, the only thing that might change is what’s making us angry. The one gesture that could offer substantive change, or at least provide a way forward — forgiveness — seems perpetually beyond our reach.
In the public sphere, we’re constantly being asked to weigh in on the question of forgiveness as a
VoxMay 26 2020
Analysis
Joe Biden has a plan for that
Former Vice President Joe Biden has never really sought or received a reputation as a deep thinker on domestic policy matters. His highest-profile role as a senator involved judicial confirmations and his time chairing the Foreign Relations Committee. As vice president, his best-known work was in the national security domain or as a personal emissary from the White House to Congress.
As
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