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Apr 27 2020
News
‘Liberty is essential’: A look inside the lockdown protests
Protests against lockdown orders are spreading. Even as health officials say it is too soon to end stay-at-home orders, some residents see government overreach.
One side of East Broad Street looked like many downtown roads across COVID-19 America: empty sidewalks, locked restaurants, a handful of cars.
But last Wednesday, the other side of the Richmond street – the lanes leading
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 01 2013
News
Health exchanges go live, with a few snags
The Obama administration unveiled a pillar of its signature health care overhaul Tuesday morning, launching insurance marketplaces -- or exchanges – across the country, just as a partial government shutdown went into effect.
Al Jazeera
Feb 13 2014
News
Rand Paul launches suit against NSA snooping programs
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday to halt the NSA's phone-records collection program and invited millions of Americans to sign up as co-plaintiffs to block overbearing government searches.
Washington Times
Dec 29 2015
News
Point-counterpoint: Is political polarization really such a bad thing?
Americans love to complain about their polarized politics. And why not? It’s the root of congressional stalemates that keep us from dealing with all the important issues of our time, from illegal immigration to bankrupt entitlement programs and government debt — not to mention the waves of hot air that blow over us from cable news talk programs.
The Dallas Morning News
Feb 11 2014
News
Obama wants to stop 'school-to-prison pipeline' for minorities
President Obama plans to launch an initiative aimed at improving the lives of young black and Latino men by bringing businesses and foundations together with government agencies to change what an administration official called the "school-to-prison pipeline."
Los Angeles Times
Sep 07 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: After Protests, Hong Kong Withdraws Extradition Bill
Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam announced the withdrawal of a controversial bill that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be extradited to mainland China for trial. The bill, which had been suspended since July, led to months of protests.
A majority of news coverage acknowledged that despite Lam's apparent backpedal, the Chinese government's decision to withdraw only meets
Henry A. Brechter
May 02 2013
News
Governors, GOP Allies Clash Over Tax Cuts
Republican lawmakers in several states are blunting plans by GOP governors to reduce or eliminate income taxes putting the legislators at odds with figures many in the party see as leading voices on reshaping government.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Sep 27 2013
News
Senate Vote Expected on Funding Bill
The Senate was expected to pass a bill Friday that would fund the government for the first 1 months of the new fiscal year with Democrats planning to restore health-care money that House Republicans had stripped out.
Wall Street Journal (News)