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Aug 14 2020
Opinion
How to Study Racial Disparities
As the United States grapples with the national reckoning over race prompted by the killing of George Floyd, it has become increasingly clear that even a pandemic does not strike equally. Nationwide, Black people have been 3.7 times as likely as white people to die of COVID-19, taking age into account; in some states, Black people have died of COVID-19 at age-adjusted rates five to nine times
Scientific American
May 03 2020
Opinion
Coronavirus crisis proves 'net neutrality' was a mistake, repeal was right move
Deregulation has been the most effective tool in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. As of this writing at least 350 regulations at the national and state level have been waived to help fight COVID-19.
Regulations can make things worse. A well-named regulation can do great damage. Regulations sometimes do the opposite of what was promised or hoped for.
The recent Trump
Grover Norquist
Aug 19 2021
News
Harris uses convening power to expand her political network
The vice president is building relationships with a wide array of Democratic allies, which she could leverage in the administration — and a future presidential campaign.
Kamala Harris took out her notebook and pen, put her elbows on the long shiny table and looked at the women surrounding her.
“Tell me what you got,” she said, according to one of the meeting’s attendees. It was a
Politico
Mar 31 2020
News
CDC may urge Americans to cover faces in public: report
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may urge Americans to cover their faces in public to protect themselves and others amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Washington Post is reporting.
The recommendation, if approved, would call for Americans to use cloth coverings instead of surgical and N95 masks, which have been in short supply at hospitals and medical facilities
The Hill
Mar 31 2020
News
Steven Mnuchin Is Trying to Rescue the Economy From the Coronavirus
Treasury secretary’s ability to keep the president’s trust while working with those outside the administration is expected to be crucial.
At a World Economic Forum dinner in Davos, Switzerland, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke up. It was 45 minutes into a conversation about climate change and trade, and no one had mentioned the most important issue facing the world, he said: The
Wall Street Journal (News)
May 28 2020
News
How Covid-19 could redesign our world
The coronavirus crisis is reshaping the world. One transformation that might be here to stay? How our restaurants, gyms, bars and parks are designed – and how we use them. A As many countries ease lockdown restrictions, residents are returning to old spaces that now feel unfamiliar. The places themselves did not change – but from wearing masks to avoiding crowds, the way we are allowed to
BBC News
Aug 12 2020
News
College football updates: Focus shifts to SEC, ACC and Big 12 after Big Ten, Pac-12 moves
The college football season remains in a state of flux, with the NCAA’s member institutions and conferences not exactly presenting a united front with regard to how to proceed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As matters stand now, two major conferences, the Big Ten and the Pac-12, will not play this fall. Two others, the SEC and the ACC, are hoping to move ahead with the plans they announced
USA TODAY
May 01 2020
News
Time for states to reopen their economies? Political divisions emerge as Midwest governors weigh coronavirus cases vs. unemployment.
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across America, many of the nation’s governors find themselves in a political vise, squeezed between pressure to reopen local economies amid record unemployment and to keep citizens safe from a highly contagious disease.
No region in the country has met the public health crisis with a wider range of responses than the Midwest, which is home to large
Chicago Tribune
Apr 26 2021
Opinion
How do Biden’s first 100 days in office compare with Trump’s?
A president’s first 100 days are an arbitrary benchmark, a point of measurement journalists are fond of because it allows us to draw comparisons between the current officeholder and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the last chief executive whose first three months were truly momentous.
But in recent times, the 100-day trope has also been taken seriously by presidents — including both Donald Trump
Los Angeles Times
Aug 11 2020
Fact Check
Trump’s smoke and mirrors on executive orders
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump isn’t telling the full story when it comes to executive orders on coronavirus relief payments and health care.
Over the weekend, the president suggested that his move to bypass Congress with executive action calling for up to $400 in weekly unemployment assistance would mean immediate cash in hand for laid-off Americans during the pandemic. There
Associated Press Fact Check