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Aug 14 2014
News
Obama calls for calm after night of violent protests in Ferguson
President Obama appealed for "peace and calm" Thursday and said there is no excuse for excessive use of force by police in a St. Louis suburb against crowds protesting the death of an unarmed black teenager shot by a white police officer. At the same time, he said there was no excuse for violence against police.
Obama, who was speaking from Martha's Vineyard where his family is
Fox News DigitalFeb 17 2021
Analysis
America’s racist housing rules really can be fixed
ThisThis is the fourth time Kennetha has been homeless.
She and her husband have five kids, the youngest of whom is just 8. They’ve been threatened with truancy for keeping their cameras off during remote learning — a grace they hoped would spare themselves some privacy over their living situation. At 37, Kennetha is haunted by an unfinished bachelor’s degree that has left her nothing
VoxMay 19 2021
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Parents eye another option for fall: Hybrid home schooling
As parents consider how to make the school experience better, some are exploring hybrid home schooling. What might this interest suggest about how flexible families want education to be moving forward?
Amanda Holley and her family used to enjoy walking to a nearby public elementary school. Now, a local school isn’t a part of the plan: Ms. Holley home-schools three days a week and sends
Christian Science MonitorJul 12 2016
News
OPINION: Karl Rove: Trump, Clinton must now confront violence, grief gripping America
“Events, dear boy, events”: When asked what he feared most as his nation’s leader more than half a century ago, British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan reputedly replied, “Events, dear boy, events.” Last week, America’s leaders – and presidential candidates – had to deal with important events. Two black men – one in a Baton Rouge, La., convenience store parking lot and another in a car in a
Guest Writer - RightNov 30 2020
Analysis
The death of the department store and the American middle class
The collapse of America’s middle class crushed department stores. Amazon and the pandemic are the final blows.
In a New Jersey suburb seven miles west of Midtown Manhattan, the American Dream is on shaky ground.
The Dream in question isn’t the mythological notion that upward social mobility is within reach for all hard-working Americans. It’s a $5 billion, 3 million-square-foot
VoxSep 11 2020
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How Conspiracy Theories Are Shaping the 2020 Election—and Shaking the Foundation of American Democracy
Kelly Ferro is a busy mom on her way to the post office: leather mini-backpack, brunet topknot, turquoise pedicure with a matching ombré manicure. A hairdresser from Kenosha, Wis., Ferro didn’t vote in 2016 but has since become a strong supporter of Donald Trump. “Why does the news hate the President so much?” she says. “I went down the rabbit hole. I started doing a lot of research.”
Time MagazineApr 04 2022
Headline Roundup
Dead Civilians in Bucha Spark International Outrage
Photographers and Ukrainian officials are reporting on bodies of dead civilians strewn in the streets of Bucha, Ukraine, sparking outrage internationally and across the political spectrum as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its second month.
Satellite images are also showing a mass grave at the Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints in Bucha, which is a suburb of the
Axios CNN Digital Newsmax (News)Mar 23 2021
Analysis
The Cultural Populist’s Agenda
Donald Trump’s entrance into politics scrambled both parties, accelerating a realignment of voters that continues to confound the Beltway nearly five years after he arrived on the scene. Patterns emerging from the vote in 2020 underscore these shifts, as Republicans made further inroads with minorities and the white working class, while Democrats pulled in extra support from the suburbs.
The FederalistApr 03 2020
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Rural America braces for coronavirus
Rural health systems are bracing for a surge in patients suffering from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, that could overwhelm small and underfunded hospitals in areas where populations are particularly vulnerable to serious symptoms.
The coronavirus outbreaks in the United States have been the most intense in major cities and suburbs like New York, New Orleans,
The HillMay 01 2016
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As Cruz (once again) secures more delegates, Trump camp (once again) calls process unfair
Arizona was solidly Donald Trump country in its primary last month, with Republican voters choosing the billionaire businessman by a 22-point margin.
But when party activists gathered in Mesa, a Phoenix suburb, on Saturday, it was Ted Cruz who walked away with most of the delegates.
The Texas senator won at least 35 of the 55 delegates up for election at the Arizona GOP state
Los Angeles Times