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Mar 01 2020
News
Churchgoers in Selma turn their backs on Bloomberg during service
Congregants at the historic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, silently protested 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg as he delivered remarks there Sunday, standing and turning their backs on the former New York City mayor.
Bloomberg addressed the congregation at Brown Chapel AME Church during a church service in which he discussed voter suppression and the fight for
CBS News (Online)Aug 31 2021
Perspectives Blog
How a Teen Became a Key Member of a Presidential Campaign and Ventured to Unite America
While others his age racked up victories playing Fortnite, danced to the Old Town road challenge as they scrolled through Tik Tok, or experimented with face-altering filters as they messaged friends on Snapchat, Andrew Juan was embarking upon a political career.
Until his sophomore year of high school, Andrew Juan was no different than his peers: he was unaware of politics and
Jackson LanzerMar 20 2022
Analysis
Liz Cheney turns to Democrats to save her hide
In 2007, in this blue bastion of one of the reddest states in the country, liberal activists wheeled a giant statue of Dick Cheney through town to protest his star role in the Iraq War — before toppling it, Saddam Hussein style, for good measure.
Fifteen years later, his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is turning to the same rare species in Wyoming — Democrats — to save her House seat
PoliticoOct 10 2020
Analysis
A history of “wokeness”
Before 2014, the call to “stay woke” was, for many people, unheard of. The idea behind it was common within Black communities at that point — the notion that staying “woke” and alert to the deceptions of other people was a basic survival tactic. But in 2014, following the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, “stay woke” suddenly became the cautionary watchword of Black Lives
VoxApr 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 MonitorApr 14 2022
Analysis
Upholding Roe Would Be Final Blow to the Modern Conservative Coalition
With the Supreme Court expected to determine the fate of Roe v. Wade in the coming months, there has been a lot of speculation about how striking down the decision would affect abortion law and the 2022 midterm elections.
The Court’s 1973 decision to create a constitutional right to abortion has played a dominant role in U.S. politics for nearly 50 years. Removing it from the equation
National Review (News)Jul 29 2020
News
Oregon governor says feds to leave Portland, but feds say they're staying
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday that the federal government had agreed to withdraw its law enforcement officers from Portland, where violent protests have persisted for weeks — but the Department of Homeland Security indicated it would keep its officers on the ground for the time being.
The dueling statements mark another twist in the increasingly fractious communications between
NBC News DigitalOct 09 2021
Opinion
Is the pro-life movement prepared to win?
After being given a huge nudge from the Supreme Court declining to block Texas’ new restrictions on abortion, the main topic of conversation in the pro-life movement today is the possibility of Roe v. Wade being overturned or weakened. When the court rules on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case in the coming months, many in the movement are hopeful for a big legal win.
Deseret NewsJan 24 2022
Analysis
As White House Frets About Roe v. Wade, March for Life Activists Feel Their Time Has Come
The White House said that abortion "is under assault as never before" on the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that enshrined the procedure as a constitutional right.
Saturday's statement comes a day after an anti-abortion march in Washington, DC where activists expressed hope Supreme Court justices weighing up a Mississippi case would eventually overturn the Roe
NewsweekAug 05 2021
Perspectives Blog
The Bipartisan Fight for Mental Health
From the CenterThis view is from an author rated as Center.
“Too many Americans who suffer from mental health illnesses are still suffering in silence,” declared Barack Obama during a 2013 White House conference. “You see commercials on TV about a whole array of physical health problems, some very personal,” he quipped. “And yet we whisper about mental health issues… we need to get
Jackson Lanzer