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Jul 08 2021
Analysis
The U.S. Has Strayed Far From Its Founding Ideals
Governments at the state, local, and federal levels can obstruct our pursuit of happiness and at times even jeopardize our safety.
Declaring their independence from British rule 245 years ago, the American colonists held "these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
Reason
Mar 23 2021
News
Iowa House Election
“The House Administration Committee is reviewing a challenge brought by defeated Iowa Democrat Rita Hart against freshman Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who won the race by just six votes… Hart's team alleges that there are 22 ballots that should have been counted in the election and that if they had, she would have won by nine votes… The race was certified by the Iowa State Board
The Flip Side
Sep 25 2021
News
Americans who relied most on Trump for COVID-19 news among least likely to be vaccinated
Americans who relied most on former President Donald Trump and the White House coronavirus task force for COVID-19 news in the early days of the pandemic are now among those least likely to have been vaccinated against the virus, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
In late April 2020, as part of the Center’s American News Pathways Project, respondents were asked to name the
Pew Research Center
Oct 14 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Global Supply Chain Issues Drive Inflation Fears
Backed-up global supply chains are stoking inflation and goods shortages as the holiday season approaches. As economies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the demand for goods returns, suppliers are struggling to keep up. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the Port of Los Angeles would begin operating 24/7 to alleviate the supply chain crunch. L.A.'s port and the Port of Palm
AllSides Staff
Oct 27 2020
News
Coronavirus relief likely on pause until after election as Trump promises 'best stimulus package'
The odds of Congress striking a coronavirus relief deal before the November election dimmed considerably this week after the Senate left Washington for their October recess with no agreement in place.
"After the election, we'll get the best stimulus package," President Trump told reporters Tuesday before boarding Air Force One.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary
Fox News Digital
Jun 02 2021
Analysis
Texas bill to ban teaching of critical race theory puts teachers on front lines of culture war over how history is taught
Not long after George Floyd was murdered on a Minneapolis street last Memorial Day, Meghan Dougherty felt an awakening in her suburban Texas school district.
Teachers received training in the role that race had played in creating the United States’ vast inequalities. Students, parents and faculty members spent their summers studying and debating how to combat generations of systemic
Washington Post
Oct 20 2021
News
Americans Are Overworked And Over Work
Tiffany Chen had always wanted to be a clothing designer. When she was an undergraduate studying fashion at New York City’s Parsons School of Design, she dreamed of having her own clothing line. “I was like, ‘Oh, it'd be nice to have my own line someday and sell out Barneys,’” she said on a recent Tuesday morning over coffee at Mah-Ze-Dahr bakery in Greenwich Village. “[But] now that we saw
BuzzFeed News
Feb 07 2020
News
Passengers on cruise ship docked near New York City will be assessed for coronavirus, CDC official says
Passengers on a cruise ship that docked Friday morning near New York City will be assessed in port for the coronavirus, an official with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with knowledge of the situation tells CNN.
"There are folks on the ship that have a history of travel to China and so CDC and local health officials are going to board the ship when it docks to do an
CNN Digital
Aug 16 2018
News
OPINION: The double standards of postmodern justice
The New York Times recently hired as a writer and board member Sarah Jeong. The Times knew that in recent years Ms. Jeong had posted a series of unapologetically racist anti-white tweets. She had offered wisdom such as #CancelWhitePeople and expressed hatred for males.
Washington Times
Dec 04 2020
News
Pelosi On Why She Will Accept A Smaller Relief Bill: It’s ‘Okay Now Because We Have A New President’
Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that she would work with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass a smaller coronavirus relief package which she deemed was now okay “because we have a new president.”
“What shifted in your opinion when the Problem Solvers Caucus had a much larger bill a few months ago?” a reporter asked Pelosi. “You did not like that piece of
The Daily Wire