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Aug 05 2019
Opinion
We Should Fear Free-Speech Curbs More Than Exposure to Racist Manifestos
People can decide for themselves what to make of hateful words, whether in Mein Kampf or a murderer’s manifesto.
As horrifying as the killings by the El Paso and Dayton shooters are, let’s not make free speech another casualty of these murders.
In the wake of the El Paso shootings, many commentators have attacked the Drudge Report for publishing the killer’s alleged 2,300-word
John FundApr 23 2021
Perspectives Blog
The History of American Media Bias, Pt. 3: The 1900s-1950s
Click here for Part 1 of this series: The Press in Colonial America and Creation of the 1st Amendment and Part 2: The 1800s.
Today, we hold journalists and media outlets accountable to journalistic code of ethics and a set of standards, which include truth, transparency, and objectivity. When journalism strays from objective fact, the result is media bias. And though it takes different
Micaela RicaforteNov 20 2019
News
Ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh indicted on federal charges related to self-published children's books
Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is facing federal charges related to what prosecutors say was a plot to enrich herself through sales of her self-published children’s book series, according to a grand jury indictment made public Wednesday.
Pugh, 69, is expected to self-surrender to U.S. Marshals Thursday before her first court appearance before U.S. District Judge Deborah K.
Fox News (Online News)Nov 20 2019
News
Former Baltimore mayor Catherine E. Pugh charged with wire fraud, tax evasion
Baltimore’s former mayor Catherine E. Pugh has been indicted by a federal grand jury on wire fraud and tax evasion over lucrative book deals for her self-published Healthy Holly children’s series, according to charges made public Wednesday.
Pugh resigned in May after revelations about the deals she allegedly cut with companies connected to the city and state government, setting off
Washington PostJun 14 2019
News
The view from one of the last abortion clinics in Louisiana
Access to abortion has been declining dramatically in many parts of the United States. This story looks at some of the human stories behind that trend.
He’s provided abortions for nearly 40 years. Now, the man known in court documents as “Dr. John Doe 1” – or “Doe” for short – is ready to retire and wondering whether anyone will be around to take his place. There are one or two local
Christian Science MonitorMay 28 2020
News
Pandemic Power: Black female mayors shine during COVID-19 crisis
Governors such as Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Andrew Cuomo of New York and Mike DeWine of Ohio have been the most high-profile politicians leading the country’s fight against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. However, as effective as these governors have been, there is also a group of female African American mayors of large U.S. cities who also have been at the forefront of the battle while
Chicago DefenderSep 26 2021
News
The world has changed. Should the Peace Corps?
The Peace Corps took Patricia Smith, like nearly a quarter-million volunteers before her, far from home.
Every morning, she rose early to walk the mile to her job, dodging cars on roads without sidewalks to make it to the public health site where she volunteered. The sun came up earlier in her host community than it did at home in Oregon, which required some adjustments. And sometimes
Christian Science MonitorSep 28 2020
News
Long-Concealed Records Show Trump's Chronic Losses And Years of Tax Avoidance
The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
Donald J. Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750.
He had paid no income taxes at all in 10
New York Times (News)Dec 23 2019
Analysis
Amazon warehouse workers doing “back-breaking” work walked off the job in protest
More than 30 Amazon workers at a Sacramento warehouse walked off the job this morning, demanding they receive paid time off.
Around 2:45 am on Monday local time, 36 workers — out of around 100 in total on the shift— left work two hours early after they read a letter to management out loud stating their demands to be granted paid time off (PTO) and meet with management to discuss their
VoxJul 03 2020
News
New study finds hydroxychloroquine 'significantly' lowers COVID-19 death rate
Hydroxychloroquine, the controversial anti-malaria drug that President Donald Trump touted as a possible treatment for coronavirus, lowered the death rate of COVID-19 patients, according to a new study.
The Henry Ford Health System researched the effects of hydroxychloroquine in treating coronavirus patients and found the drug cut the death rate by nearly half in already sick patients
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