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Dec 26 2023
Headline Roundup
Has Tipping Gone Too Far?
This week, writers across the spectrum expressed bearish sentiments toward the current state of North American tipping culture.
Tipping Fatigue: An analysis from CBS News (Lean Left bias) attributed a slowdown in “service-sector workers in non-restaurant leisure and hospitality jobs” to “tipping fatigue,” which it says has been aggravated by inflation and slowing wage growth. The writer
Washington Times The Globe and Mail CBS News (Online)Aug 04 2021
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Perspectives: The Media and Andrew Cuomo
After New York Attorney General Letitia James said a probe had determined that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women, widespread media coverage followed soon after — as did media criticism. Cuomo has gained national prominence in recent years, due in large part to his public feuds with former President Donald Trump and his state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor
Fox News (Online News) CNN Business National Review (News)Nov 07 2021
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Perspectives: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial
The first week of testimony has concluded in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager charged with killing two people and injuring a third with an AR-15 rifle during a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The 18-year-old has pleaded not guilty to all seven charges being brought against him, including "two counts of homicide, one reckless and one intentional, and two
The Federalist MSNBC NPR (Online News)Oct 08 2012
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Governing
Urban Institute researchers evaluate federal, state, and local government programs and policies. Early on, we pioneered performance-management techniques government agencies still use to evaluate and improve public services, from economic development to garbage collection. And now we're adapting those strategies for the nonprofit sector—at home and abroad.
Big changes in government lay
Urban InstituteOct 08 2012
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Analyzing the Economy
Clear nonpartisan analysis of fiscal and tax policy enables policymakers and the public to weigh competing theories on how to end the countrys economic crisis. Urban Institute researchers evaluated key components of the stimulus package and analyzed the tax proposals in the presidents budget. Warning decisionmakers about the unsustainable fiscal course ahead, our experts propose ways to
Urban InstituteMay 19 2020
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Trump Threatens to Permanently Cut WHO Funding
In a letter to the director of the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump threatened to permanently cut U.S. funding to the WHO and reconsider membership if major improvements are not adopted within 30 days.
The letter lists allegations that the agency missed warning signs of the spread of the coronavirus and casually accepted China's lack of transparency over the outbreak.
The Hill Fox News (Online News) Washington PostMay 19 2020
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Trump Says He's Taking Hydroxychloroquine to Fend Off Virus
President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House Monday that he's been taking hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug he's previously highlighted as a potential virus treatment, daily for a "couple of weeks" to stave off the COVID-19 coronavirus.
The president's comments sparked a frenzy of media coverage and reactions; many reports, especially from left- and center-rated
New York Times (News) USA TODAY Washington ExaminerMay 18 2020
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Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Shows Positive Results
Moderna Inc., a biotech company based in Massachusetts, is reporting positive interim data in the first phase of a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine trial, as immune responses are similar to that in people who had recovered from the disease.
The company is about to begin a phase two trial and hopes to start a phase three trial in July.
Newsmax (News) The Hill Washington PostDec 20 2021
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How Should the US Respond to Skepticism and Hesitancy About the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Roughly 23% of people in the U.S. ages five and older have yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccine dose. How should the the government and the rest of the American public respond to that?
As of Monday, 77% of Americans ages five and up have received at least one dose. Tens of millions of eligible Americans haven't. People perceive the vaccine and its effectiveness differently across the
Foreign Policy National Review (News) The ConversationApr 19 2020
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Perspectives: Re-opening the Economy During Coronavirus
As President Donald Trump and governors around the country begin to take steps to lift lockdown restrictions and re-open the nation's economy during the COVID-19 outbreak, debate in the media and in Washington has raged around the timeline and pros and cons of the process. Experts and officials in favor of a speedy re-opening, including Trump himself, have stressed the negative economic impact
Bloomberg Wall Street Journal (Opinion) Washington Post