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Jan 12 2015
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Supreme Court won't hear Louisiana gay marriage case
The Supreme Court denied a plea from gay and lesbian couples in Louisiana on Monday that it consider striking down the state's ban against same-sex marriage.
The decision means that a district court ruling upholding the ban there first must be challenged in a federal appeals court, where it was argued Friday along with cases from Texas and Mississippi.
USA TODAYJun 24 2020
Analysis
Trump thinks Andrew Jackson’s statue is a great monument — but to what?
Amid weeks of reckoning with America’s history of white supremacy, protesters have brought down monuments to the Confederacy and statues of Christopher Columbus. This week, demonstrators tried to topple the most well-known statue of Andrew Jackson, featured on horseback in military attire, in Washington, D.C.’s Lafayette Square. President Trump called it an attack on a “great monument” and
Washington PostApr 27 2020
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States Reopening
“Georgia’s reopening is set to continue Monday when movie theaters can welcome customers and limited in-restaurant dining may resume in a loosening of coronavirus restrictions. This comes after other businesses, including barbershops, gyms, tattoo shops and nail salons, were allowed to start seeing customers Friday.” (AP News)
“[Oklahoma] began opening hair and nail salons and other
The Flip SideDec 07 2019
Analysis
Civility Is Overrated
Joe biden has fond memories of negotiating with James Eastland, the senator from Mississippi who once declared, “I am of the opinion that we should have segregation in all the States of the United States by law. What the people of this country must realize is that the white race is a superior race, and the Negro race is an inferior race.”
Recalling in June his debates with
The AtlanticMar 11 2021
Analysis
March 11, 2020: The Day Everything Changed
A year into the coronavirus pandemic, the enormous changes in our lives have become unremarkable: The collection of fabric masks. Visits with friends or family only in small outdoor gatherings. Working or learning from home. Downtowns deserted at noon on a weekday.
While some changes happened gradually, there was one day that marked the beginning of the new normal, though that wasn't
NPR (Online News)May 26 2020
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Is the $600 unemployment bonus helping or hurting?
In late March, Congress passed the largest stimulus package in American history in an effort to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the most important elements of the massive $2 trillion bill was a provision that boosted unemployment insurance benefits for those who lost work because of stay-at-home orders designed to limit the spread of the virus.
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Yahoo! The 360Nov 12 2019
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This Groundbreaking FDA-Approved Study Will Use Marijuana Produced by a U.S. Company
CTPharma, a Connecticut company that supplies cannabis products to dispensaries under that state's medical marijuana program, recently announced that it is collaborating with researchers at Yale University on a federally approved study of CBD and THC as treatments for pain and stress. This appears to be the first time that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has signed off on a medical
ReasonJul 21 2021
Analysis
How America lost its commitment to the right to vote
The Supreme Court isn’t even pretending that it’s bound by legal texts in its voting rights cases.
The Supreme Court, Justice Elena Kagan lamented in a dissenting opinion earlier this month, “has treated no statute worse” than the Voting Rights Act.
She’s right.
The Voting Rights Act is arguably the most successful civil rights law in American history. Originally signed in
VoxOct 28 2014
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Joe Biden in Iowa: We must ‘stop the march of the tea party now’
Vice president Joseph Biden took to the Iowa campaign trail to warn voters they must select Bruce Braley — over Joni Ernst — to the Senate, or the nation will fall to tea party types.
“This election is more important than Iowa,” Mr. Biden said, to a crowd of about 150 at Modern Woodmen Park, a minor league field on the banks of the Mississippi, Politico reported.
Washington TimesJun 21 2019
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Supreme Court overturns conviction of man tried six times for murder, citing racism in jury selection
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Mississippi prisoner tried six times for murder deserves a seventh chance because of a prosecutor's discrimination.
The decision in favor of death-row inmate Curtis Flowers reflected a consensus among both liberal and conservative justices that potential jurors cannot be struck based on their race.
That's what district attorney Doug Evans
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