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May 05 2021
Perspectives Blog
Surveys Show Majority of Republicans Believe Government Must Tackle Student Loan Debt
Updated October 2022
Many Americans see the benefits of a college degree, such as opportunities for well-paying jobs. Yet over the years, college costs have become extremely high, both from private and public colleges. This increase has led to more and more debt -- a total of about $1.75 trillion, with the average borrower owing over $35,000.
With student loan debt consuming
Bella Jasper
Jan 20 2021
Opinion
Fox News after the Fox News Presidency
Fox News spent the last four years remaking itself as President Donald Trump’s personal propaganda tool. Until the very end, it was a remarkably effective strategy: The network’s audience swelled to record heights while its hosts achieved unprecedented influence as personal advisers to the Fox-obsessed president. But Trump’s reelection defeat -- and his subsequent turn against Fox for
Media Matters
Mar 23 2021
News
Boulder grocery massacre leaves 10 dead including cop, suspect in custody
Ten people were killed, including a veteran police officer, during a mass shooting Monday inside a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., authorities said at a late news conference.
The officer was identified as Eric Talley, 51, who served on the force since 2010. He was the first officer at King Soopers, the crime scene, after the shooting occurred at about 2:30 p.m. His actions were called
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 23 2021
News
Senate Republicans torn over return of earmarks
Senate Republicans are split on whether to embrace or reject the return of earmarks as the caucus leans into deficit concerns under the Biden administration.
With House Republicans voting last week to join congressional Democrats in supporting the return of the federal spending, which allows members to secure money for specific projects back home, the Senate Republican Conference is
The Hill
Jul 26 2020
News
Democrats see climate change as ‘political weapon’ for picking off key Trump 2016 voters
Democrats want to use climate change to build a winning coalition in 2020, not just to energize the party’s left-wing base but also to pick off center-right voters fed up with President Trump.
The strategy bucks conventional election wisdom. Typically, candidates veer toward the center heading into a general election, tempering any rhetoric around polarizing issues such as climate
Washington Examiner
Nov 18 2019
News
Impeachment: Trump will 'strongly consider' testifying
President Donald Trump has said he likes "the idea" of testifying in the impeachment inquiry against him.
In a tweet on Monday Mr Trump said he would "strongly consider" the move after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested it over the weekend.
The impeachment inquiry is investigating if the president withheld aid to Ukraine in exchange for a probe into ex-Vice President Joe Biden
BBC News
Apr 28 2021
Analysis
The free speech case so complicated it seems to have stumped the Supreme Court
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L, which the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday, is a tough case. And it’s not tough because it presents the kind of politically toxic questions that often cause the justices to retreat into their partisan corners.
Members of the Court from across the political spectrum spent Wednesday morning struggling to determine when a school district should be
Vox
Jan 18 2021
News
Trump Allies Reportedly Collecting Lots of Cash From People Seeking Pardons
People close to President Donald Trump have been able to pocket tens of thousands of dollars from convicts seeking pardons from President Donald Trump, the New York Times reported. The efforts to obtain pardons from the outgoing president have only grown more feverish recently after it became clear Trump had no way to challenge his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. Those who have managed to
Slate
Nov 17 2020
Analysis
Will Donald Trump start his own right-wing news channel?
As Trump and his allies continue their desperate efforts to overturn the election results, there are reports that the soon-to-be former president is planning to launch his own media venture. Mike Allen, of Axios, wrote in his newsletter on Thursday that Trump “has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to clobber Fox News and undermine the conservative-friendly network.”
Columbia Journalism Review
May 07 2021
Analysis
If You Want To Fix the Country, Devolve Power
Revived federalism is a start, but it doesn’t go far enough.
It's a given in American politics that partisans become born-again believers in federalism when their faction is out of power in Washington, D.C., only to lose faith in decentralization the next time they win control of Congress and the presidency. Bossing folks around is, after all, a lot more fun than being bossed around. So
Reason