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Mar 11 2019
News
As politics around the world pull apart, can the center rally?
Amid the polarization of the world today, some are increasingly calling for a return to the moderate middle. But centrism’s definition, popularity, and practicality all depend on where you are standing.
Around the world, politics are polarizing and leaders are ruling from the further reaches of the political spectrum. In today’s belligerent global mood, is there any fruitful ground for
Christian Science MonitorJun 29 2015
News
The Capitol is not connected to the Internet
It seemed like a simple request by my editor: Find a good example of the Internet of Things being used on Capitol Hill.
It turned out to be impossible.
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer’s office talked up his new iPhone app — Whipwatch — which blasts out push-notice alerts when there’s about to be a floor vote. It’s a nice improvement on an outdated system but is really just a
PoliticoJun 02 2021
Analysis
One year after #BlackoutTuesday, what have companies really done for racial justice?
Checking in on black square-posting brands, from Starbucks to Glossier.
On May 25, 2020, footage of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis set the internet ablaze, igniting a fervor for justice among the attentive and then-quarantined online masses. In the now widely circulated video, George Floyd can be heard pleading, “I can’t breathe” — the same three words Eric Garner had
VoxApr 15 2021
Analysis
Corporate America’s Empty Virtue Signaling
Critics of the Georgia elections law have gotten far out over their skis. The Washington Post fact-checker awarded Joe Biden “Four Pinocchios” for lying about the bill, then labeled him a “recidivist” when he kept repeating the lie. Senator Raphael Warnock admitted to Fox News that he had put his name to an email for a liberal nonprofit lying about a provision that was not in the final bill.
National Review (News)Feb 06 2017
Opinion
Who knew there were so many homophobic, racist xenophobes at Berkeley
The birthplace of the free speech movement has become its graveyard. Hundreds of liberals rioted at the University of California Berkeley Wednesday night -- burning stores, throwing Molotov cocktails and clashing with police.
The rampaging mob forced the university to shut down an event featuring gay conservative firebrand and Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos.
“I’m outraged
Fox News DigitalJul 22 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Liz Peek: Trump self-destructing? The one big bucket of ice water on Dems' smug assurance about the president
Democrats are reaping what they have sown. What began as a trickle of cautionary advice has become a torrent, as Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, columnists Thomas Friedman and Frank Bruni, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, BET Founder Robert Johnson, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and so many others warn Democrats that their far-left lunge is likely to reelect President Trump.
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Guest Writer - RightOct 01 2019
News
Bernie Sanders' campaign announces it raised $25 million in third quarter
Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign announced Tuesday that it has raised $25.3 million in the third quarter of 2019, the most of any 2020 Democratic presidential candidate in a quarter to date. According to the campaign, September was its single best month of fundraising in the 2020 election cycle thus far.
The cash raised in the third quarter comes from 1.4 million donations
CBS News (Online)Dec 23 2014
Background
Americans Love The Holidays, But Spend Them Doing Things They Hate
We’ve made it to Christmas week, and it’s a magical time of year. But it’s weeks earlier — around the time the festive drinks arrive at my local Starbucks — that I start brimming with excitement and anticipation about spending time with family and friends. And then I find myself in line behind 25 people at the mall, when even streaming David Sedaris’s “Santaland Diaries” on my iPhone doesn’t
538 (ABC News)Sep 04 2019
News
Impact of New Walmart Gun Restrictions Uncertain
Walmart has won praise from gun control advocates for its decision to discontinue sales of certain gun ammunition and request that customers no longer openly carry firearms in its stores. But whether the moves will translate into fewer guns on the street remains an open question.
The announcement Tuesday follows similar steps by other retailers responding to public pressure to restrict
Newsmax (News)Mar 31 2022
Perspectives Blog
Equity vs. Equality: A Political Rorschach Test
This blog is written by multiple authors of different perspectives, and published on DividedWeFall.org (Mixed media bias rating).
America Cannot Fulfill the Promise of Equal Opportunity Without Equal AccessBy Carlon Howard – Chief Impact Officer, Equity Institute
In recent years, the debate concerning the difference between equity and equality has grown
Divided We Fall (author)