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Jun 25 2012
News
Supreme Court Arizona immigration ruling: Justices clear key part
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a constitutional challenge to a central provision of Arizonas anti-illegal immigration law, clearing the path for similar legislation to take effect in other states and potentially angering Latinos in a way that could give President Barack Obama an added boost from Hispanic voters in November. That provision, requiring police to conduct immigration checks
Politico
Oct 21 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: The Week, USA Today Cover Republican and Democrat Purportedly Racist Comments Differently
Last week, Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez resigned after audio leaked of her making comments some saw as racist. Meanwhile, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, a Republican, was also accused of racist remarks by commenters on the left when he pushed back on Democrats’ calls for reparations.
AllSides spotted media bias by spin and bias by omission in how two news outlets
Julie Mastrine
Jul 14 2020
News
Have Dems Outraged Over Stone Commutation Forgotten Who Clinton and Obama Pardoned?
Despite the pearl clutching from Democrats over President Trump’s decision to commute the prison sentence of Roger Stone, Fox News's “The Five” co-hosts reminded viewers that Presidents Obama and Clinton had much more controversial pardons.
"Stone's no saint and he has been in the gutter for decades, but he is not a criminal either," Jesse Watters said Monday. "He is an old man who
Townhall
Jul 10 2020
Fact Check
How Do Police Deaths in the Line of Duty Compare to Police Shooting Deaths of Suspects?
A viral post from popular Instagram account @cloydrivers76 on Wednesday showed images from a segment about police killings in America from Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show:
The screenshots come from the June 3 episode of The Ingraham Angle, during which Ingraham cited the Washington Post as her source of information for statistics on fatal police shootings of unarmed individuals in 2019
The Dispatch
Sep 12 2015
News
White House Invites Obama's Religious Allies to Reception Welcoming Pope Francis
An array of individuals who have served as political allies to President Obama will be on hand to greet Pope Francis when he arrives at the White House later this month.
The Associated Press reports that among those confirmed guests for the reception in the Pope’s honor are Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the liberal National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which has
Breitbart News
Mar 11 2020
News
Democratic lawmakers call on Republicans to apologize for 'bigoted' coronavirus language
Congressional Democrats called on Republicans on Tuesday to apologize for language about the coronavirus the Democratic lawmakers slammed as "bigoted."
Earlier in the day, the House minority leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., shared the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's page about the coronavirus, which has been named COVID-19, referring to it as the "Chinese coronavirus
USA TODAY
Jun 14 2018
News
The fraught racial politics of entrance exams for elite high schools
Last week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a drastic change in the way students are admitted to the city’s elite high schools.
Students gain entry to one of these eight “specialized” schools by scoring high enough on a single exam called the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT). De Blasio has called for phasing out the exam and instead admitting the top students
Vox
Jun 11 2020
News
Another 1.5 million workers file jobless claims
More than 1.5 million American workers filed jobless claims last week as the coronavirus crisis wages on, the Department of Labor said Thursday, the fewest number of filings since the crisis began.
The number of new unemployment filings has leveled off since peaking in late March even though millions of workers are still out of work as pandemic restrictions ease and states begin to
ABC News (Online)
Sep 16 2019
News
On offense: Trump eyes path to expand 2016 victory map, flip Democratic-leaning states
New Mexico called ripe target because president has a "good story to tell" about job creation there.
The Trump 2020 campaign noticed something interesting while crunching data from its February rally in El Paso: A significant percentage of the crowd crossed into Texas from Las Cruces, New Mexico, including plenty of women and Hispanics, who will be pivotal to the president’s reelection
Washington Times
Jul 18 2013
News
Shooting of Trayvon Martin
The fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman took place on the night of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, United States. Martin was a 17-year-old African American high school student. George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old mixed-race Hispanic, was the neighborhood watch coordinator for the gated community where Martin was temporarily staying and where the shooting took place.[2][3][
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