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Apr 29 2022
News
A growing vice
As the ad starts, a woman leaps from a blimp flying over the big game, free-falling in black leather. She lands on the goal post like a character from “The Matrix,” just in time to deflect a field goal — as she warns against safe bets. “Life is a gamble,” says this cyberpunk Lady Luck. In shifting scenes, she joins Joe Namath promising to win Super Bowl III, Evel Knievel jumping his motorcycle
Deseret NewsJul 28 2022
News
Dr. Ben Carson on Healing America’s Identity Crisis
Referring to Alexis de Tocqueville’s study of America in the 1830’s, Dr. Carson notes the great role of churches in helping Americans establish a sense of morality and duty. He says it is not simply a religious structure which provided those ideals. “It is a true belief in the power of God and the power of good. The power of God gives us the ability to do that which is good, both individually
CBNNov 21 2022
Perspectives Blog
How to Improve Your Political Discussions At Thanksgiving Dinner
This piece was written by Jessica Carpenter from BridgeUSA, which AllSides rates as Mixed. Read more about Mixed ratings here.
It’s everyone’s favorite time of year– getting to have political discussions with family around the dinner table! I mean, Thanksgiving.
For some, Thanksgiving is an excuse to get together with loved ones, share a meal and give thanks for what we have.
BridgeUSAJun 11 2020
News
Welcome to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where Seattle protesters gather without police
Welcome to the CHAZ, the newly named Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, where most everything was free Tuesday.
Free snacks at the No-Cop Co-op. Free gas masks from some guy’s sedan. Free speech at the speaker’s circle, where anyone could say their piece. A free documentary movie — Ava DuVernay’s “13th” — showing after dark.
A Free Capitol Hill, according to no shortage of spray paint
The Seattle TimesApr 28 2021
Analysis
Biden takes aim at American inequality by investing $1.8 trillion in families
Biden’s new plan would be life-changing for many American families. Can it pass?
President Joe Biden on Wednesday proposed a $1.8 trillion package that, if passed, would be the largest American investment in child care, paid leave, and early education in recent history — if not ever.
The American Families Plan would work with states to incentivize universal preschool for all 3-
VoxJun 08 2022
News
Supreme Court sides with Sen. Ted Cruz in campaign finance case
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority sided with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday, ruling that a federal ban on outsiders repaying a candidate's campaign loan to himself after an election violates the constitutional guarantee of free speech.
The vote was 6-to-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing the majority opinion.
Cruz challenged a federal law that has been on
NPR (Online News)Feb 09 2022
News
Pelosi shifts stance on banning lawmakers from trading individual stocks
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) shifted her public position Wednesday on banning lawmakers and their spouses from owning and trading individual stocks, saying more readily that she would support a ban if members of her caucus wanted to do so.
In December, Pelosi had swiftly shot down the idea that lawmakers and their spouses should not trade individual stocks while in Congress.
Washington PostAug 08 2022
News
John Oliver Gives Marjorie Taylor Greene A Blunt Fact-Check On Monkeypox
John Oliver took a closer look at the monkeypox outbreak ― and, more specifically, just how badly the federal government has handled it so far.
One reason for it, he said, is because many of those affected are gay men.
“You have to believe that if monkeypox were spreading largely through heterosexual sex, things would be drastically different,” he said. “By now, you’d probably
HuffPostMay 13 2022
News
Experts perplexed over number of people getting long COVID
Public health experts are divided over how many people are getting long COVID-19, a potentially debilitating condition that comes after a patient has recovered from the coronavirus.
Ill effects from the condition can include fatigue, pain, neurological issues and even changes in mental health.
Initially, public health officials believed that only a small minority of people would
The HillApr 27 2022
Opinion
Student loan forgiveness must target the needy. Profligate collegiate spenders must pay the piper.
Attacking “waste, fraud and abuse” is a common promise made by both parties, but too often forgotten after the campaigning is over. On the touchy issue of student loan debt forgiveness, President Joe Biden can hardly afford to forget.
On the one hand, everyone knows that debt from student loans is raging out of control. On the other, Democrats don’t want to further compound their
Chicago Tribune