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Oct 02 2012
Opinion
Climate Change
Slowing global warming is among the most complex economic, political and diplomatic challenges of our time. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal, petroleum, and other fossil fuels will require innovation and hard work by governments, businesses and consumers alike. While there are great challenges, there are also promising opportunities in addressing the problem, not only in
Brookings InstitutionJun 12 2019
News
After promising start, Kamala Harris looks for ways to break through
Kamala Harris has always been a trailblazer. As the daughter of immigrant parents – her mother came from India and her father from Jamaica – she was the first woman elected (twice) as California’s attorney general, and the second African American woman elected to the United States Senate, which she entered two years ago. From the moment she got there, the chattering classes began speculating
Christian Science MonitorJul 22 2020
Opinion
The Case for Setting H-1Bs Free
When President Trump suspended the issuance of new H-1B work visas for high-skilled foreigners, he explained it as a way to bolster job prospects for unemployed Americans. But if companies can’t bring talent to the U.S., they respond by shifting resources and research abroad, according to a study released this week by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Britta Glennon, a professor
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Apr 22 2021
News
Biden Pushes Carbon Plan to World Burned by U.S. Flip-Flops
President Joe Biden pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 as he convened 40 world leaders in a virtual summit intended to demonstrate renewed American resolve to fight climate change and pressure wary nations to raise their own ambitions.
Biden announced in opening remarks for the two-day summit that the U.S. will reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions 50%-52%
BloombergFeb 27 2020
Fact Check
Trump addressed the nation on coronavirus. We checked the facts.
President Donald Trump and top U.S. health officials addressed the nation Wednesday evening as governments worldwide worked to combat the spread of the new coronavirus. Their comments came as the U.S. saw its first instance of infection in a person without relevant travel history or exposure to another patient known to have the virus.
With more than 81,300 cases worldwide and spreading
USA TODAYNov 27 2020
Opinion
How Globalization Undermined The Case For Western Values
“Go into the Exchange in London, that place more venerable than many a court, and you will see representatives of all the nations assembled there for the profit of mankind. There the Jew, the Mahometan, and the Christian deal with one another as if they were of the same religion, and reserve the name of infidel for those who go bankrupt.” — Voltaire (1734)
The words expressed by
The American ConservativeJun 30 2021
Opinion
‘Defund The Police’ Was Always A Democrat Scheme, Not A Republican One
White House press secretary Jen Psaki continues to perpetuate the lie that Republicans were the political party set on defunding the police. The White House spin machine appears to be working overtime to ensure this false narrative takes off, but evidence shows that Democrats, not Republicans, are the ones who always wanted to defund the police.
Ever since calls of “all cops are b-
The FederalistMar 18 2021
News
In trip to China’s backyard, Biden team tests its ‘values’ policy
Talk of alliances and democratic values makes for inspiring rhetoric. But can the Biden administration’s new foreign policy stand up to the rigors of strategic competition with China?
When a catastrophic tsunami struck Indonesia’s Aceh Province in 2004, killing more than 200,000 people and uprooting hundreds of thousands more, the United States marshaled the forces of partners Japan,
Christian Science MonitorApr 29 2021
Analysis
5 winners and 3 losers from President Biden’s first congressional address
Winner: Obamacare. Loser: Wall Street.
President Joe Biden struck a notably optimistic tone in his first speech before a joint session of Congress, coming after a long pandemic year that has been marked by isolation, loss, and for far too many Americans, death.
“After just 100 days — I can report to the nation: America is on the move again,” Biden said during his speech. “Turning
VoxJun 30 2020
News
Can the developing world endure the coronavirus?
When the coronavirus first began spreading from China to the rest of the world, public health experts issued dire warnings about the toll the virus would take on poor countries. The United Nations predicted in early April that as many as 3.3 million people in Africa may die from COVID-19. Philanthropist Melinda Gates warned of “bodies out on the street” on the continent. Similarly dire
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