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Jul 20 2020
Headline Roundup
Health Experts, Public Officials Weigh In On Reopening Schools
Many schools transitioned to online schoolrooms after the coronavirus outbreak in mid-March; now, as back-to-school season approaches, public officials, health experts and educators weigh in on the debate surrounding in-person classrooms. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other health organizations released a statement July 10 advocating for the safe reopening of schools. The
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USA TODAY
Jan 05 2015
News
Republicans Say They’ll Act Fast to Push Agenda
In taking control of Congress on Tuesday, Republicans say they will quickly advance energy and health care legislation that stalled in the Democratic-controlled Senate as they try to make good on claims, and address doubts, that they can govern effectively.
“We have sort of laid down the marker, and we need to follow through,” said Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 3
New York Times (News)
Dec 28 2014
News
GOP moves early to court conservative Christians
The first votes of the 2016 campaign won't be cast for another year but there's already a race well underway: The Christian primary. Republicans are actively courting white evangelical and born again Christian voters, knowing they will be crucial in early-voting states such as Iowa and South Carolina. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is urging people to join him next month in Baton Rouge for a day
CNN (Online News)
Mar 26 2013
News
With Tim Johnson retiring, Democrats face new challenge
Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) announced Tuesday that he will not run again next year giving South Dakota its first open Senate seat since 1978 and adding another challenge to the Democratsrsquo Senate majority. This is a prime Republican pick-up opportunity in a state Mitt Romney carried by 18 points but Democrats have two strong candidates and promise...
Politico
Oct 18 2019
News
Impeachment is too important to leave to Congress — it’s going to take mass mobilization
Watergate is the ur-text for how Americans imagine the defeat of a sitting president, but it shouldn’t be how to think about the impeachment of Donald Trump.
Watergate was a formative political experience for many of the older Democrats who run the House of Representatives these days. And the semi-fictionalized version of the scandal portrayed on film in All the President’s Men is an
Vox
Feb 13 2016
News
Donors to G.O.P. Candidates: You’re on Your Own
The Republican presidential race has often resembled The Hunger Games, with a crowded field of bloodthirsty candidates kept alive by the grace of their patrons on the sidelines. The story has taken a darker turn in recent weeks, with panic creeping in as Donald Trump continues to step over the bodies of more electable candidates. But with no clear winner emerging from New Hampshire, Republican
Vanity Fair
Jan 23 2018
Headline Roundup
President Trump Imposes Tariffs on Solar Panels and Washing Machines
President Trump imposed high tariffs on solar panels and washing machines coming primarily from China and South Korea. Many on the Left claim that this is a major blow to renewable energy and the fight to stop climate change, while others say the move is part of Trump's "America First" agenda.
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Wall Street Journal (News) 
Washington Times 
Mar 03 2020
Opinion
Does Warren want to win this thing?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) came in third in Iowa, fourth in the New Hampshire and Nevada contests, and fifth in South Carolina. So why is she still in the race, and why does she think she has a plausible path to victory?
The results Tuesday night will tell us a lot. If she wins Massachusetts (worth 114 delegates) and picks up a batch of delegates in California, where she has been
Jennifer Rubin
Jan 10 2022
Headline Roundup
Prominent Democrats Join Republicans in Opposition to COVID-19 Lockdowns
After nearly two years of partisan divides over COVID-19 lockdowns, some Democrats are now pushing to avoid lockdowns even as COVID-19 cases in the U.S. reach new highs.
In Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) is in a stand-off with the city's teachers' union; Lightfoot says in-person classes should resume for Chicago schools, but the union disagrees. In New York, Democratic leaders have
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Politico
Associated Press
Jan 18 2021
Perspectives Blog
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Value of Nonviolence Shared by Democrats and Republicans
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Of his many profound legacies, one is his longstanding commitment to political nonviolence to achieve social change.
That goal to avoid political violence may seem threatened in America today, but surveys suggest Americans still side with nonviolent political actions.
James Coan