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May 07 2015
News
Meet The Tea Party's New Favorite Candidate
Conservatives have found their candidate for one of 2016's most important Senate races: Florida Congressman Ron DeSantis.
Soon after he launched his bid Wednesday, a trifecta of deep-pocketed Tea Party-aligned groups — the Senate Conservatives Fund, the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks — all signaled they would back the two-term congressman in his bid to succeed Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla
NPR (Online News)May 08 2014
News
No school choice: Holder mandates schools must enroll children of illegal immigrants
Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that all schools must enroll students whose parents are illegal immigrants, citing “troubling reports” that some districts are discriminating against children of undocumented parents. “Public school districts have an obligation to enroll students regardless of immigration status and without discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national
Washington TimesMay 04 2020
Analysis
Supreme Court to hear 2 cases about when religious employers can ignore civil rights laws
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel, are difficult cases, which the Court will hear in a rare teleconferenced oral argument next Monday. They concern whether two Catholic school teachers qualify as “ministers,” and are therefore beyond the reach of workplace civil rights laws.
In Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC (2012), the Supreme Court held that the First
VoxAug 29 2022
Headline Roundup
As School Year Begins, Book Bans and Curriculum Laws Spark Controversy
As schools return from summer break, many classrooms are finding themselves in the middle of a culture war waging throughout the nation. As Republican-governed states such as Florida and Texas pass new laws prohibiting select books and topics of discussion from schools, educators are navigating new legal waters with trepidation and uncertainty.
At the forefront of new education
Reason 538 (ABC News) New York Times (News)Aug 07 2019
News
'El Paso will not be quiet': Trump, Beto O'Rourke clash before presidential visit to El Paso
WASHINGTON – Before a Wednesday trip to El Paso, Texas, to meet with survivors of a deadly mass shooting, President Donald Trump picked another fight with former Texas congressman and Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke.
While O'Rourke has said Trump should stay away from El Paso because of his past comments about migrants, Trump said in a tweet near midnight that his
USA TODAYNov 05 2014
News
The Democrats’ Southern Problem Reaches a New Depth
For generations, Southern Democratic politicians could count on doing better at the ballot box than the national party, which had long been abandoned in the South in presidential elections. No longer.
Despite attempts to distance themselves from President Obama, every Democratic Senate candidate in the South failed to run well ahead of his 2012 results. Democrats lost Senate races,
New York Times (News)Nov 03 2014
News
Final Senate survey: It’s the GOP’s to lose
In the waning days of Election 2014, key Senate races that had been razor-close affairs for months have moved toward Republicans — from the open seats of Iowa and Georgia to challenges to incumbents in Arkansas and Alaska. Kentucky appeared to move off the map with Mitch McConnell — poised to replace Harry Reid as majority leader next year — opening a decisive lead. Democrats still have a path
PoliticoSep 13 2015
News
GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson: People will like me when they listen to me
Ben Carson said he is surging in the polls for the GOP presidential primaries because people have taken the time to listen to him and more people will rally to his side as the 2016 race matures.
The retired neurosurgeon has surged to the head of the pack in Iowa, where he has the support of 21 percent of likely caucus participants. That puts him behind just businessman Donald Trump, at
Washington TimesOct 30 2014
News
Begich More Inclined to Align Himself With Republican Senator Than Obama
It’s kind of like “My Best Friend’s Wedding.” In that classic chick flick, Julia Roberts is chasing after Dermot Mulroney, and Dermot Mulroney is chasing after Cameron Diaz. No one is chasing after Roberts. Well, swap out Roberts for President Obama, Mulroney for Senator Mark Begich (D-AK) and Diaz for Senator Lisa Murkowski, (R-AK) and you’ve got the 2014 Senate race in Alaska.
Earlier
TownhallMay 12 2021
Perspectives Blog
More than Memorization: A New Civics Education Vision May Reduce Polarization
In the United States today, politics seems to be less about governing and more about finding the best way to demean the other side. The result: a partisan divide and an epidemic of affective polarization. Affective polarization is defined as “the extent to which citizens feel more negatively toward other political parties than toward their own.” Increasingly, Americans harbor more negative
Max Karlin