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Mar 16 2022
News
Pennsylvania Republican voters are fired up for 2022
Army combat veteran Sean Parnell gave his in-person endorsement last night to Republican U.S. Senate primary candidate Dave McCormick at a microbrewery in this former steel town, located along the Monongahela River, 6 miles outside the city of Pittsburgh.
Parnell dropped out of the race in November after a judge gave his estranged wife custody of the couple's children. McCormick has
Washington Examiner
Aug 13 2020
Background
Despite Federal Return, Capital Punishment Is Dying Out
The U.S. federal government recently ordered the death penalty to be reinstated for the first time in sixteen years and has scheduled the execution of five death row inmates. This policy change goes against the widespread trend toward fewer executions.
Twenty-one U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, have totally abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Seven of those states
Cato Institute
Jul 17 2021
News
For Minimum Wage Workers, Rent Is Now Unaffordable in Every County in America
There is now not a single state or county in the US where a minimum wage worker on a 40-hour week can afford a two-bedroom home at the fair market rent, according to a report published by the National Low Income Housing Coalition this week. In 93 percent of US counties, such full-time minimum wage workers can’t afford a one-bedroom apartment, either.
“The enduring problem of housing
Mother Jones
Dec 31 2021
News
Live Updates: Covid Wave Dampens New Year Observances Worldwide
Life was supposed to return to normal this year. Instead, 2021 turned into a kind of purgatory. But there is good reason to hope 2022 will be better.
As this year comes to a close, we want to look back on the arc of the pandemic — and look ahead to the new year that starts Saturday.
This past year began with the ramping up of a mass vaccination campaign, which many people
New York Times (News)
Feb 12 2022
News
Texas law causes abortions to drop by 60% as people seek care in other states
Abortions performed by registered providers in Texas fell by 60% in the first month after the state passed the most restrictive abortion law in the US in decades, according to new figures.
Nearly 2,200 abortions were reported by Texas providers in September after a new law took effect that bans the procedure once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy and
The Guardian
Sep 30 2021
News
Top Republicans rub shoulders with extremists in secretive rightwing group, leak reveals
Wealthy entrepreneurs and media moguls also named on membership list for influential Council for National Policy
A leaked document has revealed the membership list of the secretive Council for National Policy (CNP), showing how it provides opportunities for elite Republicans, wealthy entrepreneurs, media proprietors and pillars of the US conservative movement to rub shoulders with anti-
The Guardian
Dec 03 2021
News
Voting rights advocates frustrated by ‘same-old, same-old’ meeting with White House
Leading voting rights activists came away frustrated and alarmed from what they hoped would be a breakthrough meeting last month at the White House to discuss a strategy to pass federal voting rights legislation.
There were high hopes for the 15 November teleconference between the White House and the leaders of the hundreds of groups that comprise the Declaration for American Democracy
The Guardian
Mar 16 2022
Opinion
A Hard Look at the Risk of a Putin-Ordered Tactical Nuke
On the menu today: Just when you thought this newsletter couldn’t get any more grim, it’s time to take a long, cold, hard look at just what could lead to Vladimir Putin using a tactical nuclear weapon, the devastating effects of such a weapon, and how the U.S. can deter that horrific scenario. The unthinkable isn’t quite so unthinkable anymore.
What You Need to Know about Tactical
Jim Geraghty
Dec 03 2021
Analysis
Socialist Students Want Arizona State University To Expel 'Racist Murderer' Kyle Rittenhouse
Many socialists believe that education is a universal human right. But evidently, not Arizona State University's (ASU) Students for Socialism. On Wednesday, they staged a protest to pressure campus administrators to expel Kyle Rittenhouse, the recently acquitted Kenosha shooter.
"Join us and rally against racist murderer Kyle Rittenhouse being permitted on our campus," said the student
Reason
Nov 17 2021
News
Ignore ‘hysterical people’ — inflation is not here to stay, economist says
A breakdown of the latest U.S. data indicates that inflation is confined to certain sectors and will not pose a threat to the recovery, according to Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics.
U.S. CPI inflation came in at an annual 6.2% in October, its steepest climb for more than 30 years.
Energy, shelter and vehicle costs led the gains, which more than wiped
CNBC