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Mar 22 2017
News
It’s not the internet’s fault you’re a jerk about politics
The recent election, which took place beneath a cloud of fake news, revealed that Americans cloister in like-minded online communities. Since then, it's become increasingly fashionable to complain about the polarizing power of the Internet. Everyone from Katy Perry to Barack Obama to the Pope has lamented the social-media echo chamber and its corrosive effects on society.
Washington PostAug 15 2014
Opinion
Here's how conservatives should fight inequality
Who says this is only a liberal political issue? These days, just about everyone — from Barack Obama to Pope Francis — seems to be worried about inequality. Now, inequality is actually shrinking on a global level, but inside many countries, it has increased. And the result is a renewed focus on inequality.
The Week - NewsMar 06 2020
News
Iran official dead from coronavirus as global cases reach 100,000
The novel coronavirus has infected nearly 100,000 people worldwide — spreading to around 90 countries and even slipping past the walls of the Vatican.
The tiny city-state within Rome confirmed its first case Friday, but wouldn’t say who was infected.
The Vatican has insisted that Pope Francis — who canceled audiences last week over a “slight indisposition” — has only a cold. He
New York Post (News)Apr 08 2024
Headline Roundup
Vatican Says Gender Surgeries Defy God
The Vatican on Monday declared “sex changes” and “gender theory” as threats to human dignity.
The Details: In a 20-page document titled “Infinite Dignity,” the leadership of the Catholic Church issued statements on a wide range of social issues, including abortion, surrogacy, poverty, and violence against women.
Key Quotes: “All attempts to obscure reference to the ineliminable
Newsweek Daily Beast National Review (News)Jun 28 2022
Perspectives Blog
Demolishing Schools After a Mass Shooting Reflects Humans’ Deep-Rooted Desire for Purification Rituals
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Dimitris Xygalatas, an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut. The writer's bias has not been rated.
After the recent shooting in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which claimed the lives of 19 children and two
"The Conversation" ContributorFeb 26 2020
News
Caution, cancellations mark Ash Wednesday in time of virus
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated the Ash Wednesday ritual kicking off the Catholic Church’s Lenten season in traditional fashion, while other Masses in northern Italy were canceled over fears of the new coronavirus.
Francis and a long line of priests, bishops and cardinals processed through Rome’s Aventine hill into the 5th-century Santa Sabina basilica for the late-afternoon
Associated PressFeb 22 2016
News
Trump emerges stronger after spats, continues domination of Republican race
Attacking the Bush family? Didn’t matter. Slipping into foul language? Whatever. Calling his opponents liars? They had it coming. Battling Pope Francis? Ho-hum.
Brushing aside what pundits said should have been a rough couple of weeks, where he broke many of the big Republican presidential primary taboos, Donald Trump’s supporters powered him to a strong victory in South Carolina
Washington TimesFeb 11 2015
News
White House counterterrorism adviser Rand Beers to retire
Veteran counterterrorism official Rand Beers is leaving the White House.
Beers has served as deputy assistant to the president for homeland security since January 2014. He will be replaced by Amy Pope.
"Rand Beers has been at the forefront of some of the most challenging national security issues we face," Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and
Washington PostDec 14 2019
News
How the Vatican Spent Millions on Elton John’s Biopic
ROME–Just when you thought the Vatican‘s image problem couldn’t get any worse, what with endemic clerical child abuse and a near bankrupt American arm of the church, it does. A new report pulls back the red velvet curtain on a bizarre new tidbit about the Vatican‘s other dirty little secret: its finances.
The latest twist started to unravel in October when Pope Francis ordered Swiss
Daily BeastMar 06 2020
Background
Joe Biden: Former Vice President
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (b. November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is the former Democratic vice president of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama (D) from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.[1] He previously served as a U.S. senator from Delaware from 1973 to 2009.[2]
On April 25, 2019, Biden announced that he was running for president of the
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