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Nov 04 2022
Perspectives Blog
Threats to Democracy: Voter Suppression and Voter Fraud
Voting is a major issue on the right and the left. Both sides want free and fair elections, but they have different ideas of what the problem is with our current election model, with one side more likely to be worried about voter fraud and the other, voter suppression.
Politicians and partisan media often try to motivate their base to subscribe, donate, engage and turn out to vote by
Clare AshcraftJan 26 2024
Headline Roundup
MSNBC Host Joy Reid and Moms for Liberty Co-Founder Spar over ‘Book Bans’ in TV Interview
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice recently appeared on MSNBC (Left bias) host Joy Reid’s show to discuss “book bans” in the American school system.
The Details: Reid took the position that the small number of individuals responsible for most book challenges should not disproportionately affect school library catalogs. She argued that books with explicit content should be
Townhall Fox News (Online News) MediaiteJul 20 2020
Opinion
University’s Return Plan to Classroom Ignores Pandemic’s Impact on Communities of Color
IOWA CITY — In early July, the United States surpassed three million COVID-19 cases. As of July 17, the country has confirmed more than 138,000 deaths stemming from the pandemic. Nonetheless, universities across the country are eager to send students, faculty, and instructional staff back into the classroom.
The University of Iowa (UI), where I am a graduate student and Teaching
Latino RebelsJan 19 2018
Perspectives Blog
Living Room Conversations for Inclusive Campus Environments
Minnesota has some of the worst gaps in educational attainment in the country. That’s not really news anymore. What may be news to people living outside the state, however, is the degree of ethnic and class segregation in our apparently progressive “best places to live” Twin Cities. Our extreme segregation is what inspired a handful of Minneapolitans from varying ethnic backgrounds to try
Jessica ShryackDec 09 2014
News
Justice Department broadens ban on racial profiling
The Justice Department on Monday issued new guidelines to federal law enforcement officers that will regulate their use of racial profiling in investigations, an update to a policy first put in place in 2003 by then-Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft.
The policy is intended to eliminate discrimination without hindering federal inquiries and law enforcement. The old guidelines banned profiling
Los Angeles TimesDec 12 2013
News
John Boehner: Conservative Groups Have Lost All Credibility
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) assailed conservative groups Thursday for opposing the latest budget deal, saying they had crossed a line and lost their credibility.
"This budget agreement takes giant steps in the right direction," Boehner said at a press conference. "But when groups come out and criticize something they've never seen, you begin to wonder just how credible those
HuffPostApr 21 2021
Analysis
The law delivered justice to George Floyd. America's political leaders are up next
The conviction of Derek Chauvin showed George Floyd's life really did matter to a justice system on trial.
Now, millions of Americans wait to see whether a moment of rare hope will spur political leaders to deliver similar justice by reforming policing and eradicating systemic racism. A jury of 12 Minnesotans did more than convict ex-policeman Chauvin Tuesday on all counts of murdering
CNN (Online News)Sep 17 2020
Fact Check
Trump fuels spread of altered Biden video, tweeting it twice
A video altered to make it appear as though Democratic president candidate Joe Biden played a song disparaging the police was viewed more than 4.5 million times on Twitter by Wednesday afternoon, its spread fueled by President Donald Trump, who tweeted it — twice.
The video, which appears to show Biden playing a controversial song by the rap group N.W.A. during a campaign trip to
Associated Press Fact CheckJul 03 2020
Analysis
Putin Plots a Parallel Internet
Vladimir Putin is stepping up his war on the World Wide Web. In late May, claiming that it was key to Russia’s counterterrorism efforts, Putin signed a decree dramatically expanding his government’s power to regulate — and limit — access to the Internet for the country’s nearly 150 million inhabitants.
The edict, an update to the Kremlin’s 2014 counterterrorism strategy, gives Russian
National Review (News)Jul 20 2023
Headline Roundup
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies Before House Weaponization Subcommittee
Robert F. Kennedy, a candidate in the Democratic primary race for the 2024 election, testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Thursday.
Details: Democratic lawmakers on the committee and elsewhere in Washington made an effort to prevent Kennedy from testifying after a video released last weekend where Kennedy is seen stating, “
ABC News (Online) The Hill Fox News (Online News)