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Jun 29 2012
News
A Vindication, With a Legacy Still Unwritten
For Barack Obama, who staked his presidency on a once-in-a-generation reshaping of the social welfare system, the Supreme Courts health care ruling is not just political vindication. It is a personal reprieve, leaving intact his hopes of joining the ranks of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan as presidents who fundamentally altered the course of the country.
New York Times (News)Aug 15 2019
News
‘Public Charge’ Rule
On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security published a final rule expanding the types of public assistance that make immigrants “public charges” and thus ineligible for green cards. DHS
The rule applies to the following programs: Any federal, state, local, or tribal cash assistance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental
The Flip SideJun 23 2021
News
Pandemic left many children without parents. Can nations boost support?
COVID-19 will leave its mark for years to come, especially for children who lose a parent. Will the crisis prompt reforms in children’s welfare that family advocates say are long overdue?
Charlee Roos loved the “buddyship days” she shared with her father when she was a kid. He would take her out for Mickey Mouse pancakes, attend all her soccer games, and go to her dance recitals, “even
Christian Science MonitorFeb 28 2015
News
Who Gets Food Stamps? White People, Mostly
Gene Alday, a Republican member of the Mississippi state legislature, apologized last week for telling a reporter that all the African-Americans in his hometown of Walls, Mississippi, are unemployed and on food stamps.
"I come from a town where all the blacks are getting food stamps and what I call 'welfare crazy checks,'" Alday said to a reporter for The Clarion-Ledger, a Mississippi
HuffPostDec 02 2020
News
Trump Demands Repeal of Section 230 Tech Liability Shield
President Donald Trump is vowing to veto the National Defense Authorization Act unless Congress repeals a section of the 1996 Communications Decency Act that shields social media platforms from liability for what users post on them.
His comments came in tweets posted Tuesday night. He wrote: "Section 230, which is a liability shielding gift from the U.S. to 'Big Tech' (the only
Newsmax (News)Jul 29 2021
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‘We have the votes’: Senate advances Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal
The Senate voted to advance President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package on Wednesday, only hours after a bipartisan group of lawmakers finalized the deal.
In a 67-32 vote, the chamber advanced the bill in a crucial test vote. The legislation cleared the 60-vote hurdle with 17 Republicans joining all 50 Senate Democrats.
The pace was quicker than the usually plodding
Washington TimesFeb 12 2021
Opinion
Conservatives Need A Pro-Family Agenda Beyond Tax Credits
For decades, discussions of “family policy” in the U.S. have been associated with the broader liberal agenda, from raising the minimum wage to universal childcare and paid leave mandates. The default conservative response has been to resort to the usual talking points: too expensive, too heavy-handed, too much of a threat to liberty.
But as Republicans search for a political identity
The American ConservativeJun 07 2020
News
Evangelical Christians Grapple With Racism As Sin
Christians the world over have been united in their revulsion over the killing of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer, and faith leaders from across the theological spectrum have spoken out about the lessons they think Christians should draw from the incident.
Many Protestant and Roman Catholic ministers have emphasized a Christian obligation to love one's neighbor and to
NPR (Online News)Apr 14 2021
News
Pelosi invites Biden to address joint session of Congress
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Joe Biden to deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress on April 28, two days shy of the 100th day of his administration.
In a letter sent to the White House on Tuesday, Pelosi touted Biden's "historic and transformative leadership" and praised him for, in her words, turning his campaign pledge of "help is on the way" into "help
Washington ExaminerMay 01 2019
News
How Anti-Humanism Conquered the Left
Today is International Workers’ Day, a holiday with socialist origins. Its name hearkens back to a time when the political Left was ostensibly devoted to the cause of human welfare. These days, however, some on the far Left care less about the wellbeing of people than they do about making sure that people are never born at all. How did these radicals come to support a massive reduction in
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