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Oct 26 2021
News
TikTok Denies Sharing User Information With China Amid Concerns About Safety of U.S. Data
ATikTok executive appearing Tuesday before a Senate panel told lawmakers his company, whose owner is based in Beijing, has not shared user data with China and has taken steps to prevent Americans from being subjected to this potential risk, Reuters reported.
GOP Senator Marsha Blackburn, who sits on the Senate Commerce Committee subcommittee that conducted Tuesday's hearing, questioned
Newsweek
Nov 09 2019
News
5 takeaways from the impeachment inquiry testimony of Fiona Hill, former White House adviser on Russia
Fiona Hill, former National Security Council senior director for Europe and Russia, testified that former National Security Adviser John Bolton was concerned about the push to solicit help from Ukraine, according to a transcript from her impeachment inquiry deposition released Friday.
Hill added to the account emerging from testimony that President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy
USA TODAY
Jan 04 2021
News
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the U.S. to face espionage charges, U.K. court rules
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be legally extradited to the United States to face espionage charges because of concerns over his fragile mental health and the risk of suicide, a British court ruled Monday.
Lawyers acting on behalf of the U.S. government have already said they will appeal.
District Judge Vanessa Baraitser delivered her decision at London's Old Bailey
NBC News Digital
Jul 02 2020
Analysis
Beyond ‘40 acres and a mule’: Commentary on reparations
George Floyd’s death just over a month ago at the hands of Minneapolis police has upended this country – yielding social unrest, public uprisings, and renewed political urgency. This angst has manifested itself into promises of police reform, the rebuke and removal of racist edifices, and a stunning declaration from corporations – Black Lives Matter.
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 05 2020
News
TikTok
“Microsoft is in talks to buy parts of TikTok [from ByteDance], a forced sale after [President Donald] Trump threatened to ban the Chinese-owned video app… Trump said Monday to reporters that the U.S. ‘should get a very large percentage of that price because we’re making it possible… we want and we think we deserve to have a big percentage of that price coming to America, coming to the
The Flip Side
Sep 07 2021
Opinion
Afghan refugees need and deserve legal status in the United States
The Afghans evacuated by the United States have escaped the Taliban, but they still face a humanitarian emergency. These are refugees experiencing stunning loss and anxiety — they have well-founded fears of persecution as defined in the Refugee Convention and U.S. law — and they need and deserve legal status in the United States through a smooth and welcoming process.
As we have seen,
Guest Writer - Left
Mar 01 2021
News
Biden To Allow Some Separated Migrant Families To Reunite In The United States
Hundreds of migrant children still separated from their parents by the Trump administration may be allowed to reunite with their families in the United States — and some families may have the opportunity to stay, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced on Monday.
Reuniting the families is one of the Biden administration's top priorities, something Mayorkas described as
NPR (Online News)
May 20 2021
News
Businesses under more pressure to save society
People expect corporations and CEOs to continue addressing the most pressing social and political issues even after the pandemic is over, according to new data.
Why it matters: While this provides opportunities for some companies to grow, it also puts more pressure on CEOs and business leaders to address more than just shareholder returns.
Details: Trust in the government is at
Axios
Jun 28 2021
News
Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints against Facebook
A federal court on Monday dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust complaint against Facebook, as well as a parallel case brought by 48 state attorneys general, dealing a major setback for the agency’s complaint that could have resulted in Facebook divesting Instagram and WhatsApp.
Shares of Facebook rose more than 4% on Monday following the rulings, sending the social media
CNBC
Mar 10 2021
Data
A Year of U.S. Public Opinion on the Coronavirus Pandemic
About a year ago, state and local governments in the United States began urging residents to adjust their work, school and social lives in response to the spread of a novel coronavirus first identified in China.
Americans could agree on a few things at that early stage of the U.S. outbreak. With restaurants, stores and other public spaces around the country closing their doors, most saw
Pew Research Center