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Jun 23 2022
Perspectives Blog
How Will the US Combat Inflation?
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U.S. consumer inflation is at its highest level in four decades. What is the government doing about it? President Joe Biden called on Congress this week to enact a 3-month federal gas tax holiday; reports from the left and right
AllSides StaffNov 22 2014
News
What we know today about Ferguson
There's still no word on whether a grand jury will indict officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown. As of early Saturday, officials have declined to say where the jury is in its process.
Ahead of that announcement, here's what we do know:
• Police and protesters are planning ahead. Police leaders have met five times with some protest group leaders, resulting
USA TODAYFeb 06 2021
News
2 Prominent 'New York Times' Journalists Depart Over Past Behavior
Two widely heralded journalists for The New York Times departed the paper Friday after unrelated episodes of their past behavior received sharp new scrutiny from other media outlets, readers and colleagues.
Donald McNeil Jr., recognized as one of the nation's leading reporters on COVID-19, left after fallout from the disclosure in The Daily Beast that he had used a racial slur during a
NPR (Online News)Jan 08 2021
Analysis
The four-hour insurrection
How a Trump mob halted American democracy
Before noon, the president of the United States, their rogue hero, told thousands of his supporters that this was the last stand, the moment to overturn the result of November’s election and ensure a second term for Donald Trump.
“We’re going to have to fight much harder,” Trump told several thousand red-clad, flag-waving acolytes
Washington PostNov 21 2021
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Rittenhouse Trial Results
The Kyle Rittenhouse trial flooded the homepages of national media outlets and subsequently caused a massive partisan divide across the political spectrum.
After being acquitted on all five charges pressed against him Friday afternoon, Rittenhouse said “the jury reached the right verdict” and emphasized that “self-defense is not illegal." The majority of right-rated voices seemed to
National Review (News) Mother Jones The HillApr 30 2017
News
Thousands March In Washington, D.C. Heat To Demand Trump Act On Climate Change
As more than 100,000 protesters took to the National Mall Saturday to demand the Trump administration quit cozying up to fossil fuel companies and take action against climate change, D.C. experienced sweltering heat that tied a record for April 29.
HuffPostSep 02 2020
Perspectives Blog
President Trump and Black America
Editor's Note: This post originally appeared as a Braver Angels newsletter.
In the last several days the United States of America has again witnessed a law enforcement shooting of a Black man that has again triggered, in turn, dramatic unrest in American cities.
We have seen political violence result in the shooting of two Black Lives Matter activists in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
John R. Wood Jr.Sep 24 2020
Analysis
How Portland Became a Nightmare for Democrats
For Donald Trump, cities are crime-ridden, infested with rioters and looters, and overseen by liberal mayors who are either absent or complicit—or often both. But among the cities about which the president has railed though this summer of unprecedented protests, Portland has stood out as his personal punching bag. He has called it a “mess” (and “has been for many years,” apparently) and
PoliticoAug 11 2020
Analysis
Is Kamala Harris as Safe a VP Pick as She Seems?
So, it’s Kamala. After all the speculation about whom Biden might pick to be his running mate, he chose the woman most likely to get the nod all along, according to the betting markets.
The California senator was and is widely seen as the “safe” choice, given the constraints Biden had imposed on himself. He pledged to pick a woman, and after the George Floyd protests he seemed
National Review (News)Jan 16 2020
News
ICE Is Force-Feeding Hunger Strikers, in Violation of Medical Ethics
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is subjecting asylum seekers to forced feeding and hydration, despite widespread agreement among medical professionals that the practice is unethical and never justified.
Three men at ICE’s LaSalle detention center, a facility in Louisiana run by the for-profit prison company GEO Group, have been on a hunger strike since November 1, according to
Mother Jones