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Apr 28 2022
News
Disgraced general to far-right hero: Michael Flynn rides the next wave
Donald Trump’s former national security adviser is rallying the faithful and looking to future elections. He’s become an icon for a GOP base that’s increasingly suspicious of a corrupt “deep state” and elites.
The sun has already set outside the white-walled church as Michael Flynn walks onstage. The crowd inside the 1,100-capacity auditorium has thinned some after 10 hours of speeches
Christian Science Monitor
Mar 23 2022
Opinion
Judging in the Judiciary Committee
When Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Tuesday afternoon, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont proved they have something in common in addition to being members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Neither of them was in the hearing room.
CNSNews.com
Mar 14 2022
News
Manchin has 'positive' meeting with Biden's Supreme Court nominee
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) met on Wednesday with President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Manchin, in a statement, said he and Jackson talked about "her experience, record and opinions on important issues impacting West Virginians" but that he would wait until after her Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, which is scheduled to start on March 21, to decide
The Hill
Mar 30 2022
News
GOP Sen. Collins says she’ll back Jackson for Supreme Court
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring that Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
Collins said in a statement that she met with Jackson a second time after four days of hearings last week and decided that “she possesses the experience,
Associated Press
Nov 08 2021
News
On Chicago’s West Side, Urgent Needs Collide With Washington Compromises
Democrats in Washington want to talk about what has made it into President Biden’s domestic legislation. Chris Brown on Chicago’s West Side wants to talk about what has been cut.
For many in the North Lawndale neighborhood, affordable housing has a direct link to curbing gun violence in the area, where five people were shot near an elementary school this year. One proposed solution —
New York Times (News)
Jul 27 2021
Opinion
Jeffrey Epstein's crimes would have gone unexposed without local journalism
New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg paid tribute this month to Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald reporter who exposed the corrupt lenient plea bargain prosecutors gave billionaire Jeffrey Epstein after he trafficked and molested at least 80 teenage girls.
Goldberg noted that Brown often had to pay her own expenses while reporting on Epstein and that, despite having broken one of
MSNBC
Mar 21 2022
News
Grassley calls for Judge Jackson records amid GOP scrutiny over child porn sentencing; White House pushes back
Sen. Chuck Grassley is calling for records related to Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson’s time on the U.S. Sentencing Commission ahead of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing next week, amid Republican claims she was overly lenient to child pornographers -- a charge that the White House is branding a "debunked" and "desperate" conspiracy theory.
"Judge Jackson’s history of sentencing below
Fox News (Online News)
Apr 12 2022
News
Trump-backed Alaska hopeful officially files for Senate run
Kelly Tshibaka, who has received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, on Monday officially filed to run as a candidate for U.S. Senate in the race against the incumbent Republican.
Tshibaka will face off against U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who drew Tshibaka’s aim during a news conference after Tshibaka filed with the state Division of Elections in Anchorage.
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Associated Press
Feb 23 2016
News
How to follow Vergara v. California
This week, a state appellate court will be asked to overturn a closely watched legal decision that said poor and minority school students in California have been denied their right to a proper education because of laws that prevent the dismissal of bad teachers. The case, Vergara v. California, was filed on behalf of nine students in 2012 by Students Matter, a non-profit organization founded
CalMatters
Apr 26 2022
News
Harvard sets up $100 million endowment fund for slavery reparations
Harvard University is setting aside $100 million for an endowment fund and other measures to close the educational, social and economic gaps that are legacies of slavery and racism, according to an email the university’s president sent to all students, faculty and staff on Tuesday.
The email from Harvard President Lawrence Bacow included a link to a 100-page report by his university’s
Reuters