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Jul 07 2020
Fact Check
Do Masks Make It Impossible to Breathe in Enough Oxygen?
In a viral video on Facebook, Jeff Neff, a candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate, measured the oxygen levels behind various masks and concluded that “No matter what you choose—head sock, neoprene-type fancy mask, cheap mask, N-95, the best available—none of them allow you to breathe in the required oxygen level.”
In the video, Neff used an MSA ALTAIR 5X Multigas Detector, a device
The DispatchSep 18 2020
Background
Learn About Sustainability
What is Sustainability?: Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. To pursue sustainability is to create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations.
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Environmental Protection AgencySep 15 2020
News
There Was A College Mental Health Crisis Before COVID-19. Now It May Be Worse.
With very few colleges and universities across the United States fully reopened, learning is not as it used to be. COVID-19 has dramatically redefined education, and while college students are navigating through this “new normal,” it’s impacting their mental health.
Young people were already experiencing an uptick in mental health issues. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HuffPostApr 23 2021
News
Senate Republicans propose $568 billion infrastructure plan to counter Biden
Senate Republicans unveiled a $568 billion infrastructure plan Thursday limited to roads, bridges, broadband and other physical infrastructure, countering President Biden's American Jobs Plan with a framework around one-quarter the size of his sweeping $2.25 trillion package.
Although their plan doesn't specify how to pay for the spending, Republicans suggested new user fees, resisting
USA TODAYJul 16 2020
Headline Roundup
Follow-Up: Weiss Quitting NYT Invites Debate About Filter Bubbles, Cancel Culture in Media
New York Times columnist Bari Weiss resigned this week, citing a hostile work environment. The move reignited conversations about bias and filter bubbles at the Times; opinion editor James Bennet's departure earlier this year followed a controversy over an op-ed from Republican Sen. Tom Cotton. Weiss' resignation letter rebuked the Times and its purported buckling to pressure from prominent
The Guardian Washington Post USA TODAYJan 14 2021
News
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: We Set A ‘Dangerous’ Precedent By Banning Trump
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey acknowledged in a statement on Wednesday evening that his company’s decision to ban President Donald Trump from the platform set a “dangerous” precedent and said that it was ultimately a “failure” by the company to “promote healthy conversation.”
Dorsey’s remarks come after the company has taken a hit in its value since banning the president last week, following
The Daily WireOct 25 2019
Opinion
Why Do Environmentalists Seem Determined To Torment, Rather Than Convince?
From plastic bag bans to plastic straw bans to bans on shampoo bottles in hotels, California is adopting supposedly environmental policies that won't save the environment but will piss off residents.
Grocery shopping had never been one of my favorite activities, but it never used to be as cumbersome as it is now. I'd fill up the cart with food, wait in line at the check-out counter and
ReasonNews Media
National Journal
National Journal is an American weekly magazine that reports on the current political environment and emerging political and policy trends. National Journal was first published in 1969. Times Mirror owned the magazine from 1986 to 1997, when it was purchased by David G. Bradley. It is now - alongside The Hotline - a part of National Journal Group, a division of Atlantic Media Company. Source Wikipedia
Dec 30 2015
News
Skewed news reporting reinforces political polarization
The biggest threat to political news today is not the transition from print to digital. It’s the balance between good reporting and good sales.
Good reporting involves the coverage of pertinent issues and facts concerning the political environment. But it has become increasingly apparent that straight facts are boring. Boring doesn’t sell.
However, concentration on entertaining
The Red and BlackMay 02 2015
News
Chris Christie's not-so-terrible day
Friday was a bad day for Chris Christie. But it could have been a whole lot worse. The indictments of two former Christie allies in connection to their involvement in the Bridgegate scandal, and a guilty plea from a third, cast a harsh, unflattering light on the New Jersey governor. They rose troubling questions about his administration, and about whether Christie had propagated an environment
Politico