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Jan 13 2020
Opinion
Michael Bloomberg for president? That’s a tough sell to Chicagoans
You’d think Michael Bloomberg would tread lightly in Chicago.
The former New York City mayor, billionaire businessman, philanthropist, and now Democratic presidential candidate hit town last Wednesday in a high-profile push of his late-starting campaign.
His speech at Olive-Harvey Community College on Chicago’s Far South Side showcased his long-shot, unprecedented strategy.
Chicago Sun-Times
Jul 04 2020
News
Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump campaign official and girlfriend of president's son, tests positive for coronavirus
Kimberly Guilfoyle, a senior Trump campaign official and Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, tested positive for coronavirus while in South Dakota on Friday, the chief of staff for the Trump Victory Finance Committee confirmed Friday.
Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Donald Trump, tested negative, Sergio Gor said.
NBC News (Online)
Nov 20 2021
Data
What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies
What do people value in life? How much of what gives people satisfaction in their lives is fundamental and shared across cultures, and how much is unique to a given society? To understand these and other issues, Pew Research Center posed an open-ended question about the meaning of life to nearly 19,000 adults across 17 advanced economies.
From analyzing people’s answers, it is clear
Pew Research Center
Jul 28 2021
Opinion
The Void That Critical Race Theory Was Created to Fill
In 1971, Derrick Bell, a forty-year-old civil-rights attorney, became the first Black professor to gain tenure at Harvard Law School. A soft-spoken and prolific scholar, with glasses and a short fro coming to a widow’s peak, Bell was a Pittsburgh native and Air Force veteran who, before his career in academia, had worked with Thurgood Marshall composing legal strategies against school
The New Yorker
Jan 21 2021
News
Thousands of COVID Vaccine Appointments Are Being Canceled Because of Supply Problems
Some local officials around the U.S. are canceling thousands of hard-to-get coronavirus vaccine appointments—another setback that could derail an already-troubled national public health campaign.
From New York City to South Carolina, officials have rescheduled or canceled appointments, citing various problems with supply. The missed appointments, which come as some city officials warn
Vice
Oct 25 2014
News
House lawmakers grapple with Ebola both at home and abroad
A House oversight hearing Friday laid bare the sheer complexity of dealing with the global Ebola epidemic, as lawmakers toggled between the desperate plight in West Africa and concern that flawed policies have put Americans’ at risk on their own shores.
Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and the chamber’s top investigator, repeatedly questioned the Obama administration’s ability
Washington Times
Apr 03 2021
Opinion
Employment data shows the US economy is just fine without Biden's help
In March, the U.S. economy created an astounding 916,000 new jobs on net, according to the latest report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This stunning number, combined with a national unemployment rate of just 6%, indicates a continuation of the rapid recovery from the coronavirus pandemic that began last fall.
The Labor Department’s state data, released late last month, shows that
Washington Examiner
Sep 17 2021
News
Justice Clarence Thomas laments a 'race-obsessed world' in lecture at Notre Dame
In a talk at the University of Notre Dame on Thursday, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas showed his frustration with an increasingly divided America and lamented what he called a "race-obsessed world."
The second Black justice on the Supreme Court made a rare public appearance at the university, following a year of social unrest, racial tension and politicization of classroom
USA TODAY
Oct 19 2014
News
Top NIH Official Argues Against Ebola Travel Ban
A top official at the National Institutes of Health pushed back on Sunday against calls for a travel ban over the Ebola virus, arguing that flight restrictions would only make it more difficult to combat the disease.
During an appearance on "Fox News Sunday," Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said a travel ban would actually complicate
HuffPost
May 17 2021
Analysis
In Washington State, the Left Won a Major Victory for Taxing the Rich
Last month, Washington State passed a capital gains tax aimed at the state’s ultra-wealthy. The tax is historic because Washington, despite its progressive reputation, until now had the worst tax code in the nation when it comes to fairness, behind Texas, Florida, and South Dakota.
A landmark 2018 report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that the poor and working
Jacobin