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Aug 10 2019
Opinion
What makes an American?
One man likens immigrants to snakes, frets that they will never “go back to their huts,” and insists that they threaten “jobs, wages, housing, schools, tax bills” and more.
Another sees a “Hispanic invasion,” fears that it will bring the “cultural and ethnic replacement of Americans,” and warns that the foreign influx endangers “our way of life.”
After last weekend’s shooting in
Guest Writer - LeftOct 27 2021
News
Garland defends DOJ memo despite NSBA letter being withdrawn
Attorney General Merrick Garland launched a staunch defense of his controversial Justice Department memo on school boards, arguing the National School Boards Association’s decision to withdraw its letter likening parent protesters to domestic terrorists didn’t change the merits of his memo — despite his reliance on the NSBA letter’s concerns in penning it.
Garland revealed last week
Washington ExaminerDec 12 2013
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Vigil honors Newtown victims and thousands more lost to gun violence
Hundreds gathered at Washington National Cathedral here Thursday for an afternoon vigil honoring victims of gun violence.
The Newtown Foundation's National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence came two days ahead of the one year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, which killed 20 Newtown, Conn., students and six school staffers.
After church bells rang for
USA TODAYApr 27 2020
Top Argument
Lowering the Voting Age
From the 1990s to the present, elected officials in several US states have made unsuccessful attempts to lower the voting age to 16, and sometimes even younger. [1] Student activism in the wake of a Feb. 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has brought new life to the debate over letting younger people vote. [2]
Currently, Berkeley, California, and
ProCon.orgFeb 07 2022
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100,000 U.S. Deaths Due To Diabetes In 2021, Second Year In A Row
More than 100,000 Americans have died from diabetes for the second year in a row, Reuters reported. The surge in deaths was partly due to missed treatment and diagnosis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to experts.
“The large number of diabetes deaths for a second year in a row is certainly a cause for alarm,” Dr. Paul Hsu, an epidemiologist at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public
The Daily WireJul 29 2022
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Gun group sues Colorado over gun magazine 15-round limit
DENVER — A gun rights organization is suing Colorado over the state’s 2013 ban on magazines that hold over 15-rounds, arguing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a New York gun law reinforces the group’s belief that it infringes on Second Amendment rights.
The National Foundation for Gun Rights’ lawsuit marks one of the first in what is expected to be a wave of gun
Washington TimesJun 17 2022
Opinion
The Case for Vaccinating Kids Under 5
The rapid development of approaches to combating Covid-19 has changed how the pandemic affects our lives. While there are now a number of safe and effective layers of protection for adults to reduce their risk of the worst impacts of Covid-19, young children remain relatively unshielded.
Although children have been at a lower risk of severe Covid-19 compared with older adults, the past
New York Times (Opinion)Mar 24 2021
News
Twitter Says Calling Boulder Shooter a 'White Christian Terrorist' Is OK
A tweet describing Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, the suspected gunman in Monday's Colorado supermarket shooting, as a "white Christian terrorist" does not violate the social network's misinformation policies, Twitter told Newsweek.
Many Twitter users assumed the shooter was white before his name was released by police in Boulder, Colorado. Several pointed to the massacre as another example of
NewsweekAug 08 2022
News
Don't Believe the Media Senate Psych-Out - We’ll Win Big
Now that most of the Senate races are set, expect the regime media to start up with its newest narrative, that we can’t win and that the red wave will peter out into flaccid humiliation like a Bulwark staffer in the back seat on prom night. But it’s all a lie. This November, we’re going to mop the floor with these losers.
Yes, the Democrats’ zillionaire corps is flooding the lib
TownhallAug 01 2020
Background
Education in the United States
Education in the United States is provided in public, private, and home schools. State governments set overall educational standards, often mandate standardized tests for K–12 public school systems and supervise, usually through a board of regents, state colleges, and universities. The bulk of the $1.3 trillion in funding comes from state and local governments, with federal funding accounting
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