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May 20 2020
Interactive Debate
Should we judge the quality of artwork based on the conduct of the artist?
A recent flood of sexual misconduct, abuse and assaultallegations has drastically reshaped the public perception of a number of famous entertainers and artists. While these are recent and topical, both popular and fine arts have a long tradition of practitioners with instances or histories of various forms of scandalous, unsavory and even destructive behavior and alleged behavior.
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KialoDec 29 2017
Opinion
The Age of Outrage
What the current political climate is doing to our country and our universities.
National Review (News)Feb 14 2019
News
It Isn’t Your Imagination: Twitter Treats Conservatives More Harshly Than Liberals
Of 22 prominent, politically active individuals who are known to have been suspended [from Twitter] since 2005 and who expressed a preference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, 21 supported Donald Trump.
QuilletteDec 21 2019
News
Five Current, Former New Jersey Public Officials Arrested For Bribery
There’s a reason New Jersey is colloquially known as The Soprano State.
A bipartisan group of public officials in the state were arrested Thursday for taking thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for political favors. Three Democrats and Two republicans were charged after an investigation by New Jersey’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA). State Attorney General
The Daily WireAug 25 2020
News
FDA chief clarifies remarks about COVID-19 treatment following criticism
The head of the US Food and Drug Administration has clarified his remarks about a new COVID-19 treatment — and insisted politics had nothing to do with his agency’s decision to authorize its emergency use.
“I have been criticized for remarks I made Sunday night about the benefits of convalescent plasma. The criticism is entirely justified,” FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn tweeted.
New York Post (News)Jan 07 2020
News
Bill to stop 'prison gerrymandering' advances in New Jersey
A nearly decade-long drive to end what's known as "prison gerrymandering" in New Jersey is accelerating toward success, likely in plenty of time for the redrawing of the state's political maps for the coming decade.
Legislation that would count incarcerated people at their home addresses, rather than where they are in imprisoned, is headed to the full state House after it was endorsed 7
The FulcrumOct 22 2020
News
Russian, Chinese, and Iranian media are turning on Trump, an analysis of foreign news outlets suggests
It can be easy to overlook how the rest of the world is making sense of America’s chaotic campaign season.
But in many cases, they’re paying attention just as closely as U.S. voters are. After all, who wins the U.S. presidency has implications for countries around the world.
Since Sept. 22, we’ve been using machine-learning algorithms to identify the predominant themes in foreign
Nieman LabAug 03 2020
Background
How Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Can Lead to Inefficient Economic Policy
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down two campaign finance provisions in the past few years that limited independent political expenditures by corporations and other organizations and placed aggregate limits on individual donations. The Court found that the provisions infringe on the right of free speech and that the aggregate limits do not prevent a narrowly defined version of corruption. Since
Center For American ProgressJul 08 2021
News
‘Personnel is policy’: How progressives are shaping Biden administration
As Congress becomes gridlocked, both the left and right have increasingly looked to wield influence from within the executive branch.
In the first six months of the Biden administration, progressives have scored a series of landmark achievements – beyond what even they had expected.
They got Congress to approve $4 billion for Black farmers as part of the spring COVID-19 relief
Christian Science MonitorMar 17 2020
Analysis
Now More than Ever, Free-Speech Dogma Is Worth Defending
‘Two things form the bedrock of any open society,” Salman Rushdie once noted, “freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don’t have those things, you don’t have a free country.”
Well, in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, “How Free Speech Dogma Failed Us in Charlottesville,” Michael Signer, the former mayor of Charlottesville, makes the argument that restricting speech is necessary
National Review (News)