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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 (Online News)May 10 2021
Headline Roundup
FDA Authorizes Pfizer Vaccine For 12-15 Year Olds
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Monday authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in 12 to 15 year-olds. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) panel is set to meet Wednesday to determine how the vaccine should be administered to the age group. The FDA previously authorized emergency use of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in children ages 16 and
New York Times (News) The Daily Caller USA TODAYApr 22 2020
Analysis
Georgia High School Students Expelled for Racist TikTok Video Had Their Free Speech Rights Violated
A Georgia high school expelled two students for making a racist video on the social media site TikTok.
"They are no longer students at Carrollton High School," said District Superintendent Mark Albertus in a statement.
The video is highly offensive, and the two students responsible for it—a teenage boy and girl—exercised exceedingly poor judgment. But in punishing them so
ReasonJul 01 2020
News
Seattle police clear CHOP zone, make arrests after mayor's executive order
Following "ongoing violence and public safety issues," Seattle's mayor has issued an executive order to clear the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone -- a several block, autonomous police-free zone -- and Seattle police enforced the order Wednesday morning.
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said in a statement, "This order, and our police response, comes after weeks of violence in
ABC News (Online)Nov 06 2019
News
The Phrase ‘OK, Boomer’: Justified or Not?
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
The phrase “OK, Boomer” has gone viral this week, after news outlets picked it up as an internet slang expression commonly employed by millennials and Generation Z. The reply, popularized in memes and other social media content, is Abridge NewsJun 28 2021
News
Britney Spears
“After 13 years of near silence in the conservatorship that controls her life and money, Britney Spears passionately told a judge Wednesday that she wants to end the ‘abusive’ case that has made her feel demoralized and enslaved. Speaking in open court for the first time in the case, Spears condemned her father and others who control the conservatorship, which she said has compelled her to use
The Flip SideAug 11 2015
News
Emergency Declared in Ferguson After Shooting
The St. Louis County executive declared a state of emergency here on Monday as officials and activists sought to regain control of the volatile streets after plainclothes police officers shot and critically wounded an 18-year-old black man who they said was firing on them late the night before.
The police said the man, Tyrone Harris Jr., was among two groups of young people who
New York Times (News)Jun 01 2020
Opinion
Trump wants armed conflict. Don’t give it to him
America is in peril tonight. The days and hours ahead could define our nation, in the same way that the turmoil of 1968 did.
Today, President Trump took another page from the authoritarian playbook, threatening to deploy active-duty troops to quell the unrest that has roiled dozens of American cities. Even by the depraved standards he has set, this is a new low. It risks exacerbating
Los Angeles TimesMay 25 2020
News
Election 2020: 11 Ways to Engage Students From Now Until November
Though election news will dominate the headlines all summer, the global pandemic has thrown into question everything from how the candidates will campaign to whether there will be live conventions to how we’ll vote in November.
Whether your students will be in school in the fall, learning at home or experiencing some kind of hybrid, we have ideas for how they can get involved now and
New York Times (News)May 27 2022
Perspectives Blog
What is Fake News?
We’ve all heard the term “fake news.” But what actually qualifies? There is broad disagreement about what deserves to be called “fake news.” The term was broadly used during former President Donald Trump’s tenure in office, and became part of the mainstream discourse when he famously told a CNN reporter, “You're fake news” in 2017. “Fake news” typically refers to purely false or made up
Henry A. Brechter