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Jul 01 2019
News
The Courts Won’t End Gerrymandering. Eric Holder Has a Plan to Fix It Without Them.
On a frigid March morning, Eric Holder strode into a brick union hall on the west side of Milwaukee, across from a credit union and an auto body shop. The Merrill Park neighborhood was once the center of the city’s Irish political machine, filled with stately Victorian houses—including the childhood home of Spencer Tracy—but it was now mostly African American and economically depressed.
Mother JonesDec 17 2020
News
Jobless Claims Rise to 885,000 as Layoffs Soar Amid Virus Spike
The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly increased last week as a relentless surge in new COVID-19 infections hobbled business operations, offering more evidence that the economy's recovery from the pandemic recession was faltering.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits totaled a seasonally adjusted 885,000 for the week ended Dec. 12,
Newsmax (News)Aug 25 2014
News
Napa getting back on its feet after quake
Scores of businesses in this picturesque wine-making town north of San Francisco eagerly reopened Monday, one day after the most powerful earthquake to strike the region in 25 years caused extensive damage.
Determined to keep tourism revenue flowing, coffee shops greeted customers looking for their morning joe, and wine tasting rooms opened on schedule. Business owners were determined
USA TODAYFeb 27 2013
News
Impact of budget cuts depends on where you live and who you are
In Killeen, Tex., where the countrys largest Army post drives the local economy, automatic federal budget cuts would furlough about 6,000 of Fort Hoods civil service workers for one day each week. Mayor Dan Corbin predicted home sales and construction would grind to a halt; restaurant and shop owners, he said, are “worried sick.
Washington PostJan 30 2020
News
Non-Citizens Mobilize For Iowa Caucuses, Even Though They Can’t Vote
They’re making sure communities of color have a voice by organizing caucus trainings and setting up dedicated Spanish-language voting locations. On a Saturday night in January, several dozen men stepped out into the single-digit cold and ventured to East High School for a soccer tournament.
But before they began playing, campaign staffers for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) taught them how
HuffPostOct 16 2020
News
Uh Oh: Here's Why the FBI Is Now Investigating Hunter Biden's Emails
Well, I’m sure you all know the October surprise by now. Hunter Biden is back. We have emails. And it looks like former Vice President Joe Biden has been exposed as a total liar regarding his son’s shady business dealings. The New York Post had the scoop. They’ve been churning out stories about Hunter’s business arrangements, which was never asked of Joe Biden during his town hall event with
TownhallAug 05 2020
News
Silicon Valley is losing the battle against election misinformation
Videos peddling false claims about voter fraud and Covid-19 cures draw millions of views on YouTube. Partisan activist groups pretending to be online news sites set up shop on Facebook. Foreign trolls masquerade as U.S. activists on Instagram to sow divisions around the Black Lives Matter protests.
Four years after an election in which Russia and some far-right groups unleashed a wave
PoliticoAug 04 2019
Headline Roundup
2 Mass Shootings in 24 Hours
Two mass shootings occurred this weekend in Ohio and Texas in less than 24 hours and claimed at least 29 lives. A gunman opened fire into a crowd in an El Paso, Texas shopping center killing 20 and leaving 26 injured. Less than a day later, another shooter opened fire on a crowd outside of a bar in Dayton, Ohio where at least 9 were killed and 27 injured.
Media outlets have all
Washington Times The Hill Washington PostMay 07 2014
News
Lewinsky scandal players: Where are they now?
From a Christmas shop to academia, key players in the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal took different paths in the years since the investigation that led to a president's impeachment.
Lanny Davis
Davis served as special counsel to President Clinton and was a leading spokesman for the White House during the impeachment proceedings and other White House scandals. Davis went on to conduct a
USA TODAYMar 08 2020
Opinion
Capitalism’s Addiction Problem
An entire generation is losing faith in American capitalism. Widening inequality and declining mobility have led to an erosion of trust in the system. In a 2018 Gallup survey, only 45 percent of young adults said they supported capitalism. Fifty-one percent supported socialism.
These numbers are stark, and so are the failures that underlie them, but history suggests that the failures
The Atlantic