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Jan 23 2020
News
San Francisco’s first transgender-specific housing program has opened its doors
A home aimed at helping the low-income transgender and gender non-conforming community in San Francisco has opened its doors.
The Trans Home on Washington Street, the city’s first transgender-specific transitional housing program for adults, will provide a safe shelter and supportive services for 13 new residents, who will share a three-story building with 13 bedrooms, three kitchens
New York Daily NewsJun 19 2020
Opinion
Immigrants Make America Great
Contrary to Donald Trump’s incessant anti-immigrant rhetoric, the truth is America would not have been possible without immigrants. Indeed, immigrants not only helped build what Ronald Reagan once famously called a “shining city upon a hill”—they’ve sustained it. And no amount of bluster will ever change that.
Immigrants, regardless of status, introduce specialized skills. In fact,
Daily ChelaJul 26 2020
News
Trump opponents sue to force census to report number of illegal immigrants
Civil liberties groups and a coalition of states, cities and counties filed lawsuits Friday challenging President Trump’s new policy to discount illegal immigrants when the census reports the population for purposes of apportioning congressional districts next year.
The challengers said Mr. Trump is blatantly violating the Constitution by refusing to report the actual count of all
Washington TimesNov 04 2020
News
'We'll Be Working 24 Hours': Vote Counting To Continue Through The Week
Election Day itself went off far more smoothly than many election officials would have predicted seven months ago, as the pandemic took hold in the middle of primary season.
But for months, those officials warned that the expected influx of mail-in votes this year could mean a longer wait before the winner of the presidency was known.
As Nov. 3 turned into Nov. 4, it became clear
NPR (Online News)Aug 10 2020
News
'Dark new phase' in Hong Kong as pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is arrested, his newsroom raided
Once seen as the bastion of free press and speech in Asia, Hong Kong now appears to be changing day by day.
Police detained the city's most prominent media tycoon and Beijing critic, Jimmy Lai, under the new national security law on Monday morning.
Hundreds of police officers also stormed the newsroom of his pro-democracy media outlet, Apple Daily, rummaging through documents on
ABC News (Online)Nov 03 2020
News
WHO Chief Self-Quarantines After Exposure To COVID-19
The coronavirus continues to disrupt daily life around the globe, with more than 46.9 million people confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 since Chinese officials implemented the first coronavirus lockdown in the city of Wuhan in January.
In the U.S., the coronavirus has become a campaign talking point, with President Donald Trump repeatedly shunning advice of public health officials
HuffPostJan 05 2021
News
Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccines
Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, filling hospitals and threatening livelihoods anew as governments lock down businesses and race to find solutions.
England headed back into lockdown. Mexico City’s hospitals hold more virus patients than ever. Germany reported one
Associated PressMar 02 2022
Perspectives Blog
Should NATO be Reformed, and What Role Can the US Play?
This blog is written by multiple authors of different perspectives, and published on DividedWeFall.org (Mixed media bias rating).
Argument 1: Europe’s Defense Against Russia is, and Should Remain, NATO’s Core MissionBy Steven Pifer – Research Fellow, Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
In 1991, some 50 years
Divided We Fall (author)Oct 08 2020
News
Arming up: 1 in 5 gun-owning households have added another firearm since start of Black Lives Matter protests, survey finds
Gun-owning Americans are purchasing additional firearms in response to the violent Black Lives Matter protests that have taken place in many cities and communities across the country in recent months.
A Rasmussen survey published this week found that 22% of Americans who already have a gun in their household have added another since the start of protests and that a large majority feel
The BlazeAug 25 2020
Opinion
At upbeat Republican Convention, speakers make strong pitch for Black votes
We won’t know for some time how well the message is received.
Black power has arrived. For the first time in modern memory, both of America’s major political parties are making an all-out push for the votes of African Americans.
Good for them, and good for our country.
The hunt for Black votes is a given with Democrats, but the first night of the Republican Convention
Michael Goodwin