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Feb 10 2021
Analysis
14 State Attorneys General Indicate Forthcoming Legal Action Against ‘Devastating’ Biden Keystone Pipeline Cancellation
While President Biden has advertised job creation as a prominent goal moving into the later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, 14 Republican attorneys general from across the country are sounding the alarm on his administration’s abrupt cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana,
The FederalistMay 27 2022
Perspectives Blog
What We Know About Mass School Shootings in the US – And the Gunmen Who Carry Them Out
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by James Densley, a Professor of Criminal Justice at Metropolitan State University, and Jillian Peterson, a Professor of Criminal Justice at Hamline University. The writers' bias has not been rated.
When the Columbine High School massacre took place in 1999 it was seen
"The Conversation" ContributorAug 28 2021
Analysis
Mask debate moves from school boards to courtrooms
The rancorous debate over whether returning students should wear masks in the classroom has moved from school boards to courtrooms.
In at least 14 states, lawsuits have been filed either for or against masks in schools. In some cases, normally rule-enforcing school administrators are finding themselves fighting state leaders.
Legal experts say that while state laws normally trump
ABC News (Online)Nov 26 2020
News
For historic Mississippi church, a day of Thanksgiving
It’s a sleepy Sunday morning in Greenwood, Mississippi, and though it’s almost noon, Grand Boulevard’s antebellum homes stand in stately silence, not a soul stirring, not a leaf out of place on the manicured lawns. This is the postcard-perfect South, the oak-canopied, four-lane stretch of highway that the Garden Club of America called one of the most beautiful streets in the nation, the street
Christian Science MonitorSep 24 2021
Perspectives Blog
Asylum Seekers at the Border Existed Long Before the News Covered Them
From the LeftThis view is from an author rated as Lean Left.
Update (9/24 4:51 CST): As of Friday, the migrant camp in Del Rio has been cleared, per DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
It’s easy to forget, but the stories of migrants, such as the thousands of Haitians who have captured media attention this week, do not begin with their arrival at the southern border.
Joseph RatliffJul 22 2020
News
Republican governors face decision on masks: follow Trump or protect citizens?
The spread of coronavirus across the American south has forced many Republican governors to choose: issue a mask mandate to try to force residents to wear them, as many other states and countries have done, or stick with Donald Trump’s more hands-off approach.
Trump shifted his position on Tuesday when he said at a press conference: “We’re asking everybody that when you are not able to
The GuardianAug 17 2020
News
Coronavirus is spreading in schools, but the federal government isn't keeping count
Coronavirus cases are already surfacing in K-12 schools that have reopened, but the federal government is not tracking these outbreaks, and some states are not publicly reporting them, making it more difficult to determine how the virus is spreading, experts say.
Scores of students and staff members have been quarantined because of potential COVID-19 exposure in Georgia, Alabama,
NBC News (Online)Apr 28 2021
News
The CDC changed its mask guidance for vaccinated Americans. Other countries are taking different approaches.
With some countries rapidly inoculating their populations against the coronavirus, and pandemic fatigue deepening, a common question has reverberated around the world: When can the masks come off?
In the United States, fully vaccinated individuals can now leave their masks behind when walking, jogging, biking or dining with friends outdoors, federal officials said Tuesday. Ditching a
Washington PostNov 21 2019
Opinion
Climategate + 10: Free Speech on Trial
Ten years ago this month, global warming was hacked. More than one thousand emails were stolen from a server at the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit and stored on a Russian server for all the world to tip-toe through. The hack not only permanently changed the climate debate, but has led to a still-to-be-determined free speech question that could very well go to the Supreme
TownhallOct 18 2022
Headline Roundup
Will New COVID-19 Subvariants Cause a Winter Surge?
Several rising coronavirus subvariants — including BA.2.75, BA.4.6, BF.7, BQ.1.1, and XBB — have raised fears of another winter COVID-19 surge.
Key Quotes: A researcher from the University of California San Francisco told Axios (Center bias) that a “moderate surge” was likely; while a “curveball” like last December’s Omicron wave was possible, there was “no good reason” to believe this
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