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Oct 08 2021
News
One Western town’s solution to wildfires? Community.
As wildfires haunt the American West, Ashland, Oregon, has emerged as a leader in forest management. The city’s bipartisan approach hinges on a cooperative ethos that mitigates both fire risk and ideological divides.
A municipal water tank built into the forested hills above Ashland offers postcard views of the mountain valley town on clear days. This warm September morning is not, alas
Christian Science MonitorMay 07 2021
Analysis
Anti-vaxxers aren’t the cause of America’s dropping vaccine rates
America’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout has dwindled in recent weeks, plummeting from a previous high of nearly 3.4 million doses administered a day, on average, in mid-April to around 2.2 million a day this week.
The best analogy I’ve heard to explain the trend comes from Brown University School of Public Health dean Ashish Jha: Think of what happens when a new iPhone is released.
VoxJan 18 2022
Background
More worker power is the only sure path to safe work and pandemic recovery
Trapped at work during an intense storm that generated multiple tornadoes, six Amazon workers in Illinois and eight workers at a Kentucky candle factory died tragic, preventable deaths at the end of 2021. Their deaths brought brief visibility and attention to the reality that unless workers have a union, many lack the power to refuse unsafe work even in the face of extreme hazards.
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Economic Policy InstituteMay 22 2020
News
Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort Got to Leave Federal Prison Due to COVID-19. They’re The Exception.
Michael Cohen is just the latest well-connected federal prisoner to be sent home early because of the coronavirus, even though he has served only a third of his sentence—well shy of the 50 percent threshold federal officials often cite in denying requests for early release. By contrast, prisoners like Eddie Brown, an Oklahoma man who has served a bigger portion of his sentence than Cohen and
The Marshall ProjectJan 22 2020
Headline Roundup
Chief Justice Roberts Calls For Civility at Impeachment Trial
Chief Justice John Roberts, who is currently presiding over President Donald Trump's (R-FL) impeachment trial, took time out of Tuesday night's hearing to call for both sets of house managers to be more civil. Roberts took exception to name calling by both sides of the aisle (excluding senators who are required to be silent), specifically by White House counsel Pat Cippolone and House manager
Vox USA TODAY The Epoch TimesOct 10 2020
Analysis
How a pandemic exposed – and may help fix – inequalities in education
In the early 2010s, Jon Valant, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Brown Center on Education Policy, began researching Americans’ perception of the “achievement gap,” mainstream lingo for the difference in educational outcomes between historically advantaged and disadvantaged students.
What he found surprised him.
As a scholar of education, he thought it was clear
Christian Science MonitorFeb 26 2020
News
Court upholds Texas’ winner-take-all system of electoral votes for president
Texas’ winner-take-all system of allocating electoral votes for president is constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The League of United Latin American Citizens and a group of voters filed suit in 2018 to strike down the winner-take-all distribution as a violation of the one-person, one-vote standard that renders millions of Democratic ballots meaningless in the race
Austin American-StatesmanSep 23 2021
Analysis
A simple solution to endless school quarantines
It’s a situation nearly all parents have found themselves in at some point during this pandemic: There’s a positive Covid-19 case in your child’s class, so everyone needs to stay home and quarantine.
That means kids have to switch to remote instruction, if their school is even still offering a remote option. And parents, already ground down by more than 18 months of online or hybrid
VoxMar 03 2015
News
Justice Dept.: U.S. report finds racial bias in Ferguson police
The Justice Department will conclude that there is a “pattern of police bias and excessive force” at the Ferguson, Missouri, police department, but is unlikely to directly charge former Officer Darren Wilson in the death of teenager Michael Brown, several news outlets reported Tuesday.
The full report is expected to be released this week, possibly as soon as Wednesday. The department
Washington TimesAug 05 2020
Top Argument
Comedians Debate What Is Acceptable Humor
For over 50 years stand-up comedians have played an important part in the examination of popular culture and society. Several generations of comedians have served as critics and observers of American life. Many comedy acts have also courted controversy.
Right now, people inside and outside the world of comedy are debating what, if anything, is too controversial for comedic use. In other
Voice of America (VOA)