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Oct 29 2020
News
BBC journalists told not to 'virtue signal' in social media crackdown
BBC journalists have been told to avoid any online “virtual signalling” that could indicate a personal political view, as part of a crackdown on their social media accounts by the new director general, Tim Davie.
The rules announced on Thursday explicitly state that all BBC employees’ social media accounts – even if labelled as a personal account – should be considered to be subject to
The Guardian
Jul 28 2020
News
'No reason to think' 2020 election is rigged, AG Bill Barr testifies, breaking with Trump
Democrats have long contended that Attorney General William Barr has walked in lock-step with President Donald Trump.
Yet in often contentious testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, the attorney general appeared at odds with his boss on one politically charged issue.
Asked directly whether he believed the 2020 election will be "rigged"– as Trump has repeatedly
USA TODAY
Nov 14 2012
Opinion
The futures of school reform: Five pathways to fundamentally reshaping American schooling
Despite nearly 30 years of K–12 school reform efforts, the United States still has substantial gaps in student achievement by race and class.
American Enterprise Institute
Oct 01 2020
News
Trump Renews Fears of Voter Intimidation as G.O.P. Poll Watchers Mobilize
The group of Trump campaign officials came carrying cellphone cameras and a determination to help the president’s re-election efforts in Philadelphia. But they were asked to leave the city’s newly opened satellite election offices on Tuesday after being told local election laws did not permit them to monitor voters coming to request and complete absentee ballots.
On social media and
New York Times (News)
Jul 30 2020
News
The ultimate high ground: Russia and US try to set rules for space weapons
Russian and U.S. negotiators met in Vienna this week to discuss a danger that has become increasingly urgent in recent years: how to curb the militarization of space.
Unless a new treaty, or at least a general understanding, is soon established, experts say, the future of human activity on “the final frontier” is going to look more like Star Wars than Star Trek.
There’s a lot to
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 19 2020
News
What should we take away from the dueling Trump/Biden town halls?
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
On Thursday, October 15th, President Trump and former VP Biden held simultaneous town hall events to explain their platforms to voters.These town halls replaced what would have been the second presidential debate Abridge News
Sep 12 2014
News
Susan Rice: Islamic State Fight Will Not Be 'Iraq War Redux'
In an interview with NPR, President Obama's national security adviser Susan Rice says the United States will not be drawn into a ground war in Iraq and Syria, even if local forces are ineffective at holding gains made against the Islamic State.
NPR (Online News)
Jan 30 2020
News
Professors propose a 'defender general' to level the playing field
State court is where everyday criminal justice gets meted out. Generally speaking, if you’re arrested for robbery, or assault, you’re getting arrested by local police and prosecuted in a state court, under state law. What does it matter what happens in fancy federal courts across the country? And what could be less relevant to the informal, chaotic mess that is state court than the pristine
The Appeal
Oct 12 2019
News
Mitt Romney Rules Out Presidential Run, Says Trump Reelection Likely
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) confirmed Thursday that he won’t challenge President Donald Trump for a Republican primary, saying Trump will likely be reelected in 2020.
“There is no circumstance I can conceive of, where I would run for national office,” the former Republican presidential candidate said while answering questions on a roundtable discussion on vaping in Salt Lake City, Utah,
The Epoch Times
May 29 2020
News
The World Is Still Far From Herd Immunity for Coronavirus
The coronavirus still has a long way to go. That’s the message from a crop of new studies across the world that are trying to quantify how many people have been infected.
Official case counts often substantially underestimate the number of coronavirus infections. But in new studies that test the population more broadly, the percentage of people who have been infected so far is still in
New York Times (News)