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Sep 18 2014
News
Scotland's Historic Decision: Should It Stay Or Should It Go?
Scots decide today whether to end 300 years of union with Great Britain and go it alone as they cast ballots in a historic referendum that is sure to have a lasting impact no matter which way it goes.
NPR (Online News)Nov 24 2014
News
In Justices’ Calculations on Gay Marriage, a Legal Golden Ratio Looms
The Constitution is not a math problem, but numbers can play a role in the Supreme Court’s calculations.
When the court struck down bans on interracial marriage in 1967, such unions were still illegal in 16 states.
When the court struck down laws making gay sex a crime in 2003, 13 states still had antisodomy measures.
Should the court take up the question of same-sex
New York Times (News)Mar 17 2020
Background
Agriculture in the United States
Agriculture is a major industry in the United States, which is a net exporter of food.[1] As of the 2007 census of agriculture, there were 2.2 million farms, covering an area of 922 million acres (3,730,000 km2), an average of 418 acres (169 hectares) per farm.[2]
Although agricultural activity occurs in every state in the union, it is particularly concentrated in the Great Plains, a
WikipediaDec 03 2019
News
Tariffs
On Monday, “U.S. President Donald Trump [announced] tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports from [Brazil and Argentina]… In an early morning tweet, Trump said the tariffs, ‘effective immediately,’ were necessary because ‘Brazil and Argentina have been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies. which is not good for our farmers.’” (Reuters)
The left is critical of the
The Flip SideApr 05 2020
Background
The mystery of why the coronavirus kills some young people
(CNN)When 30-year-old Ben Luderer started to feel sick, he wasn't that surprised. Just a few days earlier, his wife, Brandy, had tested positive for coronavirus, but there wasn't much to it.
All she had was a really low-grade temperature, one that the doctors didn't even really consider to be a fever, she said. She had some congestion, but she was on the mend. He wasn't all that worried
CNN DigitalJun 24 2016
News
OPINION: Why leaving the EU is the right decision for the UK
Leading up to the Brexit vote, I, like so many others, was sure Britain would vote to remain in the European Union. I was certain the endless pummeling by experts, the endless fear-mongering, would all pay off like it did for the Scottish referendum.
I was wrong, and happily so.
The Week - NewsJan 13 2016
Opinion
OPINION: President Obama’s Call to America’s Better Nature
In his final State of the Union speech, President Obama endeavored on Tuesday to lift Americans above the miasma of a brutally negative presidential campaign to reflect on what the nation has endured and achieved since he took office in the midst of a dire recession.
Guest Writer - LeftDec 02 2020
News
UK becomes first country to approve Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, first shots roll out next week
The United Kingdom has become the first Western nation to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, a landmark moment in the coronavirus pandemic that paves the way for the first doses to be rolled out across the country next week.
"Help is on the way," Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced Wednesday morning, after UK regulators granted emergency authorization for a vaccine made by US pharma giant
CNN DigitalDec 13 2019
News
Boris Johnson Wins, and Britain Chooses the Devil It Knows
Speaking before dawn at Conservative Party headquarters on Friday morning, Boris Johnson celebrated “a huge, great stonking mandate” from the British people, after his party won an overwhelming victory in Thursday’s election. The Conservatives now have three hundred and sixty-four members of Parliament—a majority of almost eighty over the the other parties—and enormous freedom to govern for
The New YorkerMar 21 2013
News
Biden: It's time for Congress to show 'courage'
Vice President Biden on Thursday called on Congress to show ldquocouragerdquo to back the White House gun control reforms he implied they privately support. Standing beside New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at New Yorkrsquos City Hall Biden said members of Congress must show themselves to be as brave as the Newtown teachers who died while...
Politico