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Mar 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 AtlanticSep 30 2020
Analysis
The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning
Shemar, a 12-year-old from East Baltimore, is good at math, and Karen Ngosso, his fourth grade math teacher at Abbottston Elementary School, is one reason why. “I would try to pump him up and tell him, ‘You’re a good student,’” she said. But she knew that he didn’t get enough sleep, and he was often absent. His home situation, like those of many of her students, was unstable: his mother
ProPublicaSep 09 2020
Analysis
The Coming Bout of COVID Polarization
An early flu season — something that begins spreading in late September or October in a state such as Minnesota or Wisconsin — could bring us to a boiling point.
Donald Trump sometimes calls the coronavirus “the invisible enemy.” Occasionally he comes up with an evocative phrase. And for me it evokes the way the disease harms the society that contends with it. By adopting quarantines,
National Review (News)Mar 26 2020
News
Here’s One Way to Provide Small Businesses a Fresh Start
The coronavirus is already causing an economic crisis in the United States. But no business will be hit harder in the coming weeks and months than small businesses, which account for more than 99 percent of all businesses in the United States and close to 50 percent of all employment. Of these, 73 percent are sole proprietorships and 89 percent have fewer than 20 employees.
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The DispatchMar 13 2017
Opinion
Trump Has Radically Transformed the GOP
The party has already given up on five of its core issues. There have been two schools of thought about what Donald Trump's victory will do to the GOP. The "spooked" suggest that Trump's unprincipled, self-serving Turban Trump populism will erode the GOP's core conservative commitments and hollow out the party's soul. The "blasé" maintain that cooler heads among party stalwarts, such as House
ReasonJan 28 2021
News
Where does the GameStop mania end?
From Wall Street to the White House, everyone is watching GameStop shares.
What's happening: Stock in the left-for-dead video game retailer shot up an astonishing 135% to $347.51 on Wednesday, bringing gains since the start of January to 1,745%. In the battle between day traders coordinating on Reddit and legacy hedge funds betting GameStop shares will crash, the rag-tag internet crew
CNN (Online News)Oct 20 2020
News
DOJ to file antitrust lawsuit against Google
The Department of Justice will file its antitrust lawsuit against Google Tuesday, which will reportedly focus on the tech giant’s dominance in online search.
Eleven Republican state attorneys general have joined the DOJ as plaintiffs in the case: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina and Texas, according to an open
CNBCJun 03 2020
News
Michelle Malkin Censored by Twitter for Supporting the Use of Force Against Violent Criminals
Far-left Twitter, which has refused to take down posts on its platform coordinating looting in American cities, as well as posts encouraging riots and violence, has now censored conservative author and commentator Michelle Malkin for supporting the use of force against violent criminals.
“In case I wasn’t clear: violent criminal looters should be shot,” said Malkin in a tweet posted on
Breitbart NewsOct 13 2020
News
California Officials Tell State GOP To Stop Distributing Ballot Drop Boxes
Unauthorized election ballot drop boxes have been found across California — in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties as well as in Fresno. On Monday, California's Secretary of State Alex Padilla and Attorney General Xavier Becerra sent out cease-and-desist letters to the state Republican Party, which appears to own at least some of these collection boxes.
In a statement to NPR on
NPR (Online News)Feb 05 2014
News
Up in smoke: The Obama administration's pot politics problem
The state-led push to legalize pot is a "chronic" problem for the Obama administration. Marijuana is not only legal in Colorado and Washington, but cannabis has become a cottage industry complete with 420 sampler tours and shops where customers can buy pot brownies or candy in those two states. And New York and Florida could soon join the 20 states and the District of Columbia where medical
CNN (Online News)