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Dec 06 2015
News
Obama speech aims to reassure a nervous nation
President Barack Obama will try to reassure a nervous nation on Sunday that he has a plan to defeat the fast-evolving threat of terrorism, as fears multiply of ISIS attacks on the homeland and public trust in his handling of the threat dipping to record lows.
Obama's rare 8 p.m. ET Oval Office address reflects growing anxiety that the global showdown with the extremist group has now
CNN (Online News)
Mar 30 2020
News
Sex offenders among those released from New York jail to stop coronavirus spread
About 50 inmates — including eight registered sex offenders — have been released from an upstate New York jail as part of the efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus, according to a report.
The inmates were sprung Saturday from the Monroe County Jail as part of a statewide order by the Department of Corrections and Community Services, WIVB reported.
Nine of them are staying
New York Post (News)
Jun 30 2020
Analysis
Marsha P. Johnson Probably Didn't Start Stonewall, and Might Not Have Been Trans. Does It Matter?
Head over to Google today and you'll see one of its famous doodle sketches in the form of Marsha P. Johnson, the LGBT rights activist, with her signature flower crown, gender-bending ensemble, and wide smile.
In recent years, Johnson has been credited as a "trans woman of color" who started the Stonewall Riots and thus, in some sense, the LGBT rights movement. While it's undeniable that
Reason
Sep 04 2019
News
Hong Kong leader withdraws extradition bill, but too little too late, say some
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday withdrew an extradition bill that triggered months of often violent protests so the Chinese-ruled city can move forward from a “highly vulnerable and dangerous” place and find solutions.
Her televised announcement came after Reuters reports on Friday and Monday revealing that Beijing had thwarted an earlier proposal from Lam to withdraw the bill
Reuters
Sep 30 2019
News
Virginia Girl Recants Story of Boys Cutting Off Her Dreadlocks
It was a story bound to unleash a storm of news coverage: A black 12-year-old girl reported that three white boys had pinned her down in a school playground and cut off her dreadlocks.
It was the same private Christian school in Virginia where the vice president’s wife was a part-time teacher, which only fueled the social media outrage.
The police said they were investigating.
New York Times (News)
Aug 04 2020
Opinion
Biden should pick a Black woman for VP. Here are 6 great options
Black women have been betting on the Democratic Party since the civil rights era. It is time for the Democratic Party to bet on them.
That's why this month Joe Biden must select a Black woman as his running mate.
Just consider that 98% of Black women voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, according to Pew Research Center. They voted Democratic in similar numbers in a down-ticket race
CNN (Opinion)
Jun 29 2020
News
TikTok Is Shaping Politics. But How?
As a place where millions of young Americans perform and explore their identities in public, TikTok has become a prominent venue for ideological formation, political activism and trolling. It has homegrown pundits, and despite its parent company’s reluctance to be involved with politics — the service does not allow political ads — it has attracted interest from campaigns. It is also a space
New York Times (News)
Jul 16 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Biden Unites the Country to Confront a Mortal Threat – Sort Of
From the CenterThis view is from an author rated as Center.
President Joe Biden spoke at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia this week, where he called the debate over voting rights “the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil war.” The next day he went to Capitol Hill for his first closed-door session with Senate Democrats to rally them in support of his
Dan Schnur
Mar 22 2017
News
U.K. Parliament Under Lockdown After 'Firearms Incident'
Police in London say they are responding to an ongoing situation near the U.K.'s Parliament.
NPR (Online News)
Sep 03 2019
News
2020 Democrats Demand Gun Control, but Differ on Tactics
Joe Biden said there was no room for compromise with congressional Republicans, while Elizabeth Warren sounded more open to it and wanted a broad solution to gun violence.
Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, two of the leading candidates for the 2020 Democratic nomination, made the case on Monday for muscular new gun control proposals, but differed on whether it was possible to reach
New York Times (News)