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Mar 08 2023
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Reflections on International Women's Day Mark Successes, Inequalities
March 8 is International Women's Day, which started in 1911 to recognize the achievements of female leaders and advocates.
For Context: According to a 2022 U.S. Census Bureau study, women-owned business generate almost $1.9 billion in sales and employ nearly 10 million workers in the U.S. To mark International Women's Day this year, millions of people around the world plan to attend
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Nov 30 2022
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House Passes Legislation to Avert Rail Strike, Address Some Worker Demands
The House of Representatives voted 290-137 on Wednesday to approve a tentative rail agreement and avoid a potential railroad workers’ strike.
For Context: In a separate 221-207 vote, all House Democrats and three Republicans approved a measure to grant rail workers seven days of sick leave — a key demand that held up prior negotiations. The specter of an economically-damaging rail
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May 31 2023
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How Lessons From 2011 Influenced 2023’s Debt Ceiling Talks
It might seem like this year’s debt ceiling politics are unprecedented, but this has happened before — in 2011, under the Obama administration.
What Happened: As in 2023, the U.S. hit the debt limit in 2011, prompting negotiations between House Republicans and the Obama administration. Then-Vice President Joe Biden, leading the Democratic negotiators, described the initial talks as
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Mar 04 2024
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Border Crisis Draws Cross-Partisan Criticism
Officials across the spectrum criticized the governing of the U.S.-Mexico border amid shifting rulings and the recent projection of the U.S. immigration court backlog hitting 8 million by October.
Texas: U.S. District Judge David Ezra blocked Senate Bill 4 on Thursday, which would have granted Texas police authority to arrest suspected unauthorized immigrants at the border. The ruling
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May 30 2023
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Is the Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Compromise Good for America?
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked to sell their debt ceiling compromise bill to lawmakers on Sunday.
For Context: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen estimated the U.S. Treasury would no longer be able to fulfill its financial obligations on June 5 — giving Congress just one week to avoid an economically damaging debt default. Global rating agencies are already
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Nov 29 2012
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Should Republicans Just Give Obama What He Wants?
What should conservatives make of this provocative post from "RB" at the Right Sphere, which basically counsels Congressional Republicans to just get out of the way and let Obama have his way on the fiscal cliff? Though I have some fundamental quarrels with the premise, I must confess that RB's "let it burn" playbook is certainly appealing on some level:
I’ve been watching the
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Feb 21 2019
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Story of the Week: Media Draws Scrutiny for Original Reporting on Jussie Smollett Case
Several media outlets and politicians came under fire this week for their sympathetic reporting on "Empire" star Jussie Smollett, who has now been charged with filing a false police report in fabricating a racist and homophobic hate crime. Many Left-leaning politicians and publications were quick to come to Smollett's defense, while several Right-leaning publications have criticized them for AllSides Staff
Jan 05 2020
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Iraq's Parliament Votes To End U.S. Military Presence
Lawmakers in Iraq's parliament voted for a resolution on Sunday that would end U.S. military presence in the country by canceling a 2011 security agreement between Washington and Baghdad that stationed some 5,000 troops there to help in the fight against ISIS. The resolution, which still must be signed by the prime minister, comes just two days after a U.S. drone strike killed top Iranian
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Nov 16 2021
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Pfizer to Allow Generic Drugmakers to Manufacture COVID-19 Antiviral Pill
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced Tuesday that it would allow generic drug companies around the world to produce its COVID-19 antiviral pill by granting a royalty-free license to Medicines Patent Pool, a U.N.-backed nonprofit.
Merck made a similar arrangement for its COVID-19 pill last month. Pfizer also formally asked the FDA to grant emergency use authorization for its pill.
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Apr 20 2020
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Bipartisan Group of House Members Closes in on Next Round of Coronavirus Stimulus
The House is preparing to vote as soon as Wednesday on a new coronavirus aid package as the White House and Congressional negotiators near an agreement. Some Republicans had been accusing Democrats of holding up the deal, while some Democrats had been pushing for more money for coronavirus testing.
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