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Mar 02 2021
Analysis
How Inequity Gets Built Into America’s Vaccination System
It’s a fact that simply being eligible for a vaccine in America doesn’t mean that you can instantly get one. Yet the ability to get to the front of the line isn’t the same for everyone. ProPublica has found that, whether intentionally or not, some vaccine programs have been designed with inherent barriers that disadvantage many people who are most at risk of dying from the disease,
ProPublica
Oct 27 2019
News
Baghdadi's death: a major blow to Islamic State
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during an overnight raid led by U.S. military forces in Syria, a further blow to a jihadist group that once held a swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria.
Where once they confronted armies, the extremist Islamist group’s adherents have in recent years staged hit-and-run raids
Reuters
Apr 12 2020
News
In photos: Easter and Passover celebrated around the world during pandemic
Families and communities around the globe are adapting their religious observance of Passover and Holy Week to the global pandemic that has put half the planet's population on lockdown.
Driving the news: Police are taking extra efforts to enforce social distancing over Easter weekend, as officials say the practice is beginning to flatten the COVID-19 curve in crucial areas across U.S.
Axios
Jul 14 2020
Perspectives Blog
Braver Angels Podcast: Conservative Leader Meets Black Lives Matter Leader
Braver Angels 2020 brings you a conversation like few others.
Bob Woodson and Hawk Newsome are among the most important voices in black America today, but their politics couldn't be any more different on the surface.
Hawk Newsome is the chairman and former president of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York.
Bob Woodson advised the Reagan administration, the Bush
John R. Wood Jr.
Apr 29 2021
Opinion
Government Won’t Fix the Semiconductor Shortage
Jerry Sanders, a former chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association and a founder of Advanced Micro Devices , predicted in the 1970s that “semiconductors would prove to be the crude oil of the information age.” It was an understatement.
Midprice automobiles today are controlled by 100 or more silicon chips. Cars couldn’t meet legal standards for mileage or pollution—or even start
Guest Writer - Right
Jul 19 2021
News
1st Guantanamo detainee sent to home country in policy shift
The Biden administration on Monday transferred a Guantánamo Bay detainee to his home country for the first time, a policy shift from the Trump presidency that repatriated a Moroccan man years after he was recommended for discharge.
The prisoner, Abdullatif Nasser, who’s in his mid-50s, was cleared for repatriation by a review board in July 2016 but remained at Guantánamo under President
Associated Press Fact Check
Oct 29 2020
News
'Guns, Protests And Elections Do Not Mix': Conflict Experts See Rising Warning Signs
Members of a Quaker congregation in Maryland are so concerned that President Trump will prematurely declare victory when states are still counting ballots — a process that could take days — that they are ready to take to the streets in nonviolent resistance.
They say such a scenario would amount to a "coup" — even if it involves lawyers fighting in court, and not the military.
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NPR (Online News)
Jun 09 2019
News
G-20 Financial Leaders Criticize Trade Tensions for Impact on Growth
The Group of 20 major economies decried worsening trade tensions and their impact on global growth, with the U.S. and China locked in a protracted trade battle since negotiations fell apart a month ago. Finance ministers and central bankers fretted about the trade and geopolitical tensions and agreed to stand ready with action in case those risks intensify, according to a statement released
Wall Street Journal (News)
Mar 01 2021
Analysis
In post-Trump era, a GOP battle of ideas – and test of Trump’s clout
Barbara Cubin has known Liz Cheney since she was a little girl, and she’s not surprised that Wyoming’s only House member is taking a stand against former President Donald Trump.
“She needs to be right; she’s always been like that,” says former Congresswoman Cubin, who represented Wyoming from 1995 to 2009. “It doesn’t matter the cost. She’ll fall on her sword to be right.”
Christian Science Monitor
Mar 17 2020
Opinion
To show love for the Irish on St. Patrick's Day, give them green cards instead of green beer
If it weren’t for a certain virus plaguing the world at this moment, more than half the American population — an estimated 57 percent — would be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day on Tuesday. Cabbage consumption would have increased by 70 percent; 13 million pints of Guinness would have been consumed; rivers would have been dyed green; 70 percent of revelers would have worn green; and an estimated
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