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Jan 29 2020
News
Impeachment stokes questions about Biden and Trump family finances
Two political families. Two situations that have drawn criticism. They’re part of a troubling pattern, ethicists say: Real or potential conflicts of interest arise in Washington far too often.
In 2005, then-Sen. Joe Biden voted for a bankruptcy law overhaul that benefited a major banking firm that was paying his son Hunter as a consultant.
More recently, President Donald Trump
Christian Science MonitorDec 06 2014
News
Job numbers soar, but Obama gets no credit
Don't look for President Barack Obama to get much political kudos for America's humming job creation engine. The jobless rate is steady at 5.8 percent, the stock market's roaring, the housing market is stirring and the rescued auto industry is motoring. Gas is down to $2.71 a gallon, according to an American Automobile Association average, leaving a little extra cash for families this
CNN DigitalOct 04 2012
Opinion
Policy Basics: Climate-Change Legislation and Low-Income Consumers
“Putting a price on carbon through market-based policies like cap and trade or a carbon tax is the most cost-effective way to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. By raising the price of fossil-fuel energy products  from home energy and gasoline to food and other goods and services with significant energy inputs  these policies would encourage energy conservation, investments in
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesJan 19 2024
Headline Roundup
Americans' Economic Outlook Rapidly Improving, Consumer Survey Finds
Americans' outlook of the economy sharply improved over the last two months.
For Context: In the final months of 2023, outlets across the spectrum sought to understand why Americans’ view of the economy was out of sync with traditional economic indicators. Despite strong output and weakening inflation, many Americans were pessimistic about the state of the economy. Outlets attributed
Axios Wall Street Journal (News) Washington ExaminerDec 01 2014
News
Obama To Meet Civil Rights Leaders To Talk About Mistrust Of Police
After another day of mostly peaceful protests in Ferguson, Mo., President Obama is scheduled to meet with civil rights leaders to discuss mistrust of police in communities of color.
A White House official said Obama will also meet elected officials, and community and faith leaders, "to discuss how communities and law enforcement can work together to build trust to strengthen
NPR (Online News)Jan 23 2020
News
Should we fiddle with Earth’s thermostat? This man might know how.
Scientists are exploring a radical idea: dimming the sun. If it works, solar geoengineering could be a last-ditch option to buy time and avert ecological disaster. But it raises ethical, legal, and geopolitical questions.
On the wall of David Keith’s airy, book-lined office in Harvard University’s engineering school is a faded 3-by-3-inch card. The framed typewritten label is the badge
Christian Science MonitorMar 22 2022
Perspectives Blog
AllStances™: Teaching LGBTQ+ Topics In Schools
Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, is sparking a wide array of arguments on all sides of the spectrum.
Should public schools teach primary school students about sexual orientation and gender identity? At what grade level should teachers start teaching LGBTQ+ topics in the classroom? Is banning the discussion of these issues a
Antonio FermeJul 19 2021
Opinion
The Government Should Stop Telling Facebook To Suppress COVID-19 'Misinformation'
The federal government is stepping up its effort to purge the internet of COVID-19 "misinformation." On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki singled out a dozen specific anti-vaccine Facebook accounts and called on the platform to ban them.
"There's about 12 people who are producing 65 percent of vaccine misinformation on social media platforms," said Psaki. "All of them
ReasonMay 02 2016
News
Seattle May Day Violence: 5 Police Injured in Clashes, 9 Arrested
At least nine protesters were arrested and five police officers injured during May Day clashes in Seattle where flares, bricks and Molotov cocktails were thrown, authorities said.
The anti-capitalist disorder followed a peaceful march earlier in the day by advocates for workers and immigrants — one of several nationwide events Sunday calling for better wages for workers and work permits
NBC News DigitalOct 13 2015
News
Democrats Are Starting To Line Up Against Obama's Clean Power Plan
Obama’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) is facing some opposition from his own party in Kentucky and Missouri. The ambitious green energy plan aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. It’s a regulatory nightmare that will hurt millions of Americans, especially those in rural areas and living on fixed-incomes. It will impact Americans’ electrical costs, and
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