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May 23 2020
Analysis
‘How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is conflating the results of two different types of coronavirus tests, distorting several important metrics and providing the country with an inaccurate picture of the state of the pandemic. We’ve learned that the CDC is making, at best, a debilitating mistake: combining test results that diagnose current coronavirus infections with test results
The AtlanticMay 22 2020
Opinion
COVID-19 may make universal basic income more palatable. That’s a good thing
The idea of a universal basic income — a regular stipend paid to every American adult to meet minimum life needs — has been bubbling around the edges of American politics for decades.
With the coming of the coronavirus pandemic, UBI may finally move to center stage, and stay there.
“This is a moment when the UBI idea is possibly going to feel more appealing to a lot of people,”
Los Angeles TimesAug 01 2012
News
New Polls Show Obama Has Edge in 3 Battleground States
President Obama is struggling to persuade voters that he deserves to win re-election based on his handling of the economy, but his empathy and personal appeal give him an edge over Mitt Romney in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania, according to Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News polls.
New York Times (News)Sep 11 2020
News
Justice delayed: 19 years later, coronavirus pushes back 9/11 trial — again
After 19 years, justice has yet to be attained in the case against the plotters of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — and a year dominated by a global pandemic has pushed the start of the trial at Guantanamo Bay back even further.
Al Qaeda terrorists crashed hijacked planes into the World Trade Center buildings, the side of the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing
Washington ExaminerNov 09 2022
Headline Roundup
How Ticket Splitting Played a Role in the 2022 Elections
Ticket-splitting played a key role in the 2022 elections, particularly in Georgia and Pennsylvania.
For Context: In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is projected to win by a nearly 10-point margin, but the Senate race there is too close to call, and a run-off is expected between Herschel Walker (R) and Raphael Warnock (D) since neither has received the 50% margin required. In Pennsylvania,
Vox Christian Science Monitor Washington ExaminerMar 15 2020
News
Georgia, Louisiana Postpone Primaries Over Coronavirus Concerns
States across the country are grappling with how to hold their presidential nominating contests while keeping voters and poll workers shielded from the coronavirus.
Georgia on Saturday postponed its March 24 primary until May 19 and paused in-person early voting, which had already begun.
Louisiana said Friday it was postponing its April 4 primary, pushing it into June, and later-
Wall Street Journal (News)Nov 04 2020
Opinion
The Nightmare Is Here
Even as the election remained unresolved, President Trump declared victory and denounced efforts to count the remaining votes as “a fraud.”
The 2020 election has been the most anticipated in generations—and for now the result of the contest between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will have to go on being anticipated a little longer.
With most polls
The AtlanticNov 03 2020
News
Republicans have dominated redistricting. Here’s why that could change.
State-level politics matter a lot to voters’ lives, from new laws to the drawing of political districts. While “down-ballot” races tend to get little attention, this year some significant rebalancing of power in state legislatures could occur.
Georgia residents Larry and Helene Hunt – an African American couple who vote straight-ticket Democrat – have figured out over the years that “
Christian Science MonitorFeb 09 2021
News
Why questions of free speech – and its limits – roil US politics
Glance through recent political headlines, and a common thread emerges in many: questions over whether the right to free speech is being abused in dangerous ways – or, alternatively, whether it’s being unfairly stifled.
From former President Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial, to the controversy over Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s inflammatory opinions, to conservative
Christian Science MonitorNov 03 2020
News
What We’ll Know, and When We’ll Know
This year, the rise of mail voting will make election night much harder to follow. In most states, the results will be heavily skewed at various points of the night, depending on when a state counts mail ballots, in-person early voting or Election Day voting. In other words, the results could be very misleading. And in some states, the count might take days.
More than anything else,
New York Times (News)