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Sep 05 2023
News
Governor Appoints Leslie Fisken as Secretary of Transformation & Shared Services
We were unable to send the article. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday named Leslie Fisken as secretary of the Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services. Fisken replaces Secretary Joseph Wood, who was elected chair of the Republican Party of Arkansas last month. Wood had led the department since January. Fisken currently serves in Sanders' administration as director of
Arkansas BusinessSep 26 2023
News
Black Americans see bias in media despite changes, survey says
Black Americans say news coverage about Black people is often more negative than news about other residents, and few are optimistic that will change soon, a new survey finds.
Why it matters: Media outlets vowed to hire more diverse staff after the murder of George Floyd, but three years later, those commitments have done little to transform Black Americans' perceptions of news media.
AxiosSep 07 2023
News
LGBTQ+ History Month proposal voted down by Miami-Dade County School Board
A proposal to create an LGBTQ+ History Month that would take place in October was voted down by the Miami-Dade County School Board early Thursday, WPLG-TV reported. What are the details? The sponsor of the proposal said in a committee meeting last week that designating an LGBTQ+ History Month is a symbolic gesture akin to Hispanic Heritage Month and Black History Month, the station said. “
The BlazeAug 28 2023
News
Report: Emails Show Weiss, DOJ Conspired to Mislead Congress
Emails have surfaced that challenge the assertion that David Weiss, the U.S. attorney for Delaware, had “ultimate authority” over charging decisions in the Hunter Biden investigation, The Federalist reported Monday. The emails, obtained by the Heritage Foundation following a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit and shared with The Federalist, show that Weiss, who is now special counsel in charge
Newsmax (News)Dec 15 2023
Perspectives Blog
Why University Presidents Find it Hard to Punish Advocating Genocide − College Free Speech Codes are Both more and Less Protective Than the First Amendment
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Lynn Greenky, Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University.If a student were to walk off the Harvard campus and onto a street in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and argue for the genocide of Jews, the U.S. Constitution would bar prosecuting her for hate
"The Conversation" ContributorSep 06 2023
Opinion
Abortion ban has led to an OB/GYN shortage. It will be lethal in rural Tennessee
Rural communities form the foundation of Tennessee’s heritage and culture, and agriculture remains the biggest industry in Tennessee. As Gov. Bill Lee put it, “What happens in rural Tennessee matters to all of Tennessee.” That’s why we should all worry about the deterioration of women’s health care and its impact on our 2 million neighbors who call rural Tennessee home. According to March of
The TennesseanSep 05 2023
News
Military expert unveils what tourist-posing Chinese nationals want at US sensitive sites
Following a bombshell report regarding China’s latest espionage attempts, one former U.S. military official revealed precisely what the nationals-posed-as-tourists are looking for at various government sites across America. "They want a global military power projection capability that's very hard to build, took us decades," Heritage Foundation senior fellow and the Hudson Institute Director of
Fox BusinessSep 24 2023
News
First evacuees from Nagorno-Karabakh cross into Armenia
The first several hundred refugees from war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh have crossed into Armenian territory, as a historic evacuation begins that could lead to a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians while Azerbaijan appears on the brink of taking control of the breakaway region.
They are the first civilians to have crossed from Nagorno-Karabakh into Armenia in nearly a year, reuniting families
The GuardianSep 20 2023
News
AG Garland slaps down 2 tiers of justice narrative in opening statement ahead of House testimony
Attorney General Merrick Garland will target the narrative that Democrats benefit from a two-tiered justice system in his opening statement before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
Republicans across the country have pointed to Hunter Biden's case as a prime example of such a system, contrasting his treatment with that of former President Trump. Excerpts of Garland's planned
Fox News (Online News)Jul 16 2023
News
How Portland's racial demographics have changed
The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander population saw the biggest percentage increase compared to other racial or ethnic groups between 2000 and 2022 in the Portland area — rising 168% to 16,500 — per a new analysis of Census estimates.
The metro area's multiracial population also more than doubled in that time period, along with the Hispanic and Asian populations.
Why it
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