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Oct 22 2020
News
Senate Judiciary Republicans advance Barrett nomination despite Democrats' boycott, committee rules
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously advanced the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett at its executive business meeting despite a decision by Democrats to boycott the Thursday markup in protest of how close Republicans are moving the nomination to Election Day.
Barrett was reported favorably out of the Judiciary Committee by 12-0, with no Democrats
Fox News (Online News)Apr 10 2013
Opinion
New York City to Pay Occupy Wall Street Over $300K
The City of New York agreed on Tuesday to settle a lawsuit awarding more than 365000 to Occupy Wall Street protesters (remember them) and others who say their property was destroyed when the New York Police Department raided Zuccotti Park on Nov. 15 2011. The settlement includes 47000...
The BlazeJul 14 2020
Analysis
What’s in a name?
As tens of millions of people worldwide have taken to the streets over the past six weeks to pronounce that Black lives matter, corporate America has been nudged into action. But instead of marching alongside protesters, it’s eyeing its own shelves.
Quaker Oats spoke up first, announcing in June that Aunt Jemima, the name and face of the brand’s syrup and pancake mix for more than 130
VoxMar 29 2013
News
W.H. calls on Egypt to stop rapes
White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest on Friday condemned a spate of sexual violence during protests in Egypt and called on the Egyptian government to intervene. quotSexual violence including gang rape has occurred during recent demonstrations in Egypt and this is a cause of great concern to the United States the international community...
PoliticoMay 04 2022
Perspectives Blog
Live Blog: Daily Russia-Ukraine News Updates
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AllSides StaffMay 08 2019
News
Cuba cancels annual Conga Against Homophobia march
In a Facebook post, the state-run National Centre for Sex Education (CENESEX) blamed "new tensions in the international and regional context" for the cancellation.
Activists have condemned the move and questioned the government's motives.
Cuba was set to approve same-sex marriage under a new constitution, but removed the clause after protests.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel
BBC NewsSep 22 2019
News
Joe Kennedy III enters U.S. Senate race against Ed Markey
Joseph Kennedy III launched his U.S. Senate bid Saturday morning in the basement gymnasium of the East Boston Social Centers, paying homage to his family’s immigrant roots in the neighborhood while pledging to “show up” for Massachusetts as he embarks on what promises to be a marquee contest against incumbent Edward Markey.
“This community, Massachusetts, has been with my family for an
Boston HeraldJul 09 2020
Analysis
How the House Armed Services Committee, in the Middle of a Pandemic, Approved a Huge Military Budget and More War in Afghanistan
WHILE THE COUNTRY IS SUBSUMED by both public health and an unemployment crisis, and is separately focused on a sustained protest movement against police abuses, a massive $740.5 billion military spending package was approved last week by the Democratic-controlled House Armed Services Committee. The GOP-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee will almost certainly send the package with
The InterceptJul 14 2013
News
Zimmerman Attorney Concerned About Safety After Verdict
After a year and a half of living as a hermit, George Zimmerman emerged from a Florida courthouse a free man, cleared of all charges in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
His brother said the former neighborhood watch volunteer was still processing the reality that he wouldn't serve prison time for the killing, which Zimmerman, 29, has maintained was an act of self-defense. A
Newsmax (News)Aug 28 2020
News
Trump attacks Biden hard in White House address accepting GOP nomination
President Trump attacked Joe Biden as a purveyor of a liberal agenda that would lead America to ruin in his address accepting the 2020 Republican presidential nomination from the White House on Thursday, seeking to present a contrast with the Democratic nominee as he trails him in the polls.
Trump leaned into themes that his campaign has already sought to hammer home, casting Biden as
The Hill