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Oct 27 2014
News
Gun extremists’ ghastly new low: A fight over “open carry” turns vulgar and scary
Nuts fighting to save their "rights" aren't just demonstrating or issuing propaganda. Now they're getting personal.
Salon
Apr 28 2021
Analysis
The free speech case so complicated it seems to have stumped the Supreme Court
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L, which the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday, is a tough case. And it’s not tough because it presents the kind of politically toxic questions that often cause the justices to retreat into their partisan corners.
Members of the Court from across the political spectrum spent Wednesday morning struggling to determine when a school district should be
Vox
May 22 2019
News
Both parties agree infrastructure needs fixing. So why hasn’t it happened?
It can be hard for Congress to pass legislation when there are sharp partisan differences. But on infrastructure, there’s actually plenty of agreement. Progress has stalled over questions of funding – and political positioning.
In the wee hours of the morning on Nov. 9, 2016, Donald Trump took to the podium for the first time as president-elect and promised to “begin the urgent task of
Christian Science Monitor
Apr 16 2020
News
The Fed Loves Main Street as Much as Wall Street This Time
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues had a hard decision to make as the coronavirus epidemic worsened in February and March. If they stuck to the standard policy of buying only highly rated bonds, they would likely be accused of favoring Wall Street over Main Street—the traditional rap on the Fed. If they got creative, they could help more sectors of the economy but they
Bloomberg
Jun 09 2020
Analysis
Democrats’ sweeping new police reform bill, explained
House and Senate Democrats unveiled a new policing reform bill on Monday in the wake of George Floyd’s killing at the hands of a now-former Minneapolis police officer and the weeks of protests against police brutality that followed.
The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 contains a number of measures that make it easier to prosecute police misconduct and demilitarize police departments
Vox
Jan 03 2014
News
Income Inequality in 2014
Income inequality is different from poverty an issue that is often discussed by politicians.
HuffPost
Aug 01 2016
Opinion
Missing Perspectives: Black Lives, Blue Lives: Truth on Both Sides, Part I
Lately the media has seemed inundated with reports of alleged police brutality. Now, the recent murders of policemen in Dallas and Baton Rouge add another wrinkle to this grave issue. Demonstrations against police racism vie against rallies to support slain officers.
Beth Ballentine
Nov 02 2019
News
Why Beto O’Rourke’s Campaign Failed
Beto O’Rourke has played games with the media before, but he got a last laugh of sorts — at least a wistful chuckle — by dropping out of the presidential race on Friday afternoon, sending political writers into a tizzy right before the weekend. And although his candidacy once had great promise, O’Rourke’s exit from the race came down to his weak poll numbers and reduced fundraising numbers, as
538 (ABC News)
Mar 13 2020
Opinion
On Coronavirus, the Nationalists Aren’t Nationalist Enough
One might have thought the coronavirus would activate Trump’s defensive instincts.
Aforeign threat, emanating from China and requiring border controls and the exercise of government power to protect Americans, has arrived in the United States.
Yet President Donald Trump spent the initial weeks minimizing the threat and talking of it magically disappearing, despite being a
Rich Lowry
Sep 02 2017
News
Special counsel in Trump-Russia investigation partners with IRS
We learned this week that Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team investigating the Trump-Russia scandal have begun working with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D), whose office is also scrutinizing relevant players in the controversy. It’s an important revelation: if charges are eventually filed against anyone involved in the affair, Donald Trump wouldn’t be able to issue
MSNBC