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Jul 19 2019
News
‘Racist’ tweets? News media grapple with how to label Trump’s latest attacks
When is it time to call a statement “racist,” and when is it time to let others characterize it that way?
News organizations wrestled with that question Sunday and Monday after President Trump tweeted a series of statements aimed at four members of Congress, all women of color. Trump’s comments — “Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from
Washington PostJul 18 2019
News
Donald Trump blames supporters for 'send her back' taunts against black lawmaker
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump blamed his supporters Thursday for a chant of "send her back" that erupted at his North Carolina rally, even though he did nothing to stop the taunts against a black lawmaker.
"I disagree with it,” the president told reporters a day later in the Oval Office. "I wasn't happy with that message."
Pressed further, Trump suggested that reporters
USA TODAYApr 13 2021
News
Federal health agencies call to pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine after clotting cases
Federal health agencies requested an abrupt pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine after six U.S. recipients developed a rare disorder involving blood clots within nearly two weeks of vaccination, officials said on Tuesday.
The Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced the news on Twitter and
Washington ExaminerMay 17 2021
News
Supreme Court to Review Mississippi Law Limiting Abortion Rights
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the legality of a Mississippi abortion law that seeks to ban the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a case that gives the justices an opportunity to revisit the court’s precedents protecting abortion rights.
Lower courts invalidated the Mississippi law, saying an unbroken line of Supreme Court precedent back to its landmark 1973
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 06 2020
Opinion
Tom Cotton hysteria shows cowardice from The New York Times
This week, The New York Times ran an op-ed by United States Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) urging that the military be used to quell the fires, looting and violence gripping the nation’s cities.
A Morning Consult poll from this week found that 58 percent of registered voters agreed with that idea. But apparently it’s an opinion forbidden in the Times.
Black staffers at the paper said
New York Post (News)May 08 2018
Opinion
OPINION: Him, Too
Until Monday evening New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was a public champion of the #MeToo movement. Now he appears to be the latest sickening example of the scale and insidiousness of the cruelty that movement is confronting. He resigned late Monday after The New Yorker magazine published an article in which four women accused him of abusing them physically and emotionally.
New York Times (News)Jan 12 2021
News
Who Joe Biden picked to fill his Cabinet
President-elect Joe Biden has finalized selections for his incoming Cabinet and top White House positions. Cabinet positions — with the exception of the vice president and White House chief of staff — will require Senate approval, which may face significant delays.
Biden promised to be “a president for all Americans” and build a Cabinet that reflects the country’s diversity. If
Washington PostJul 08 2019
Opinion
OPINION: World Cup winners paint President Trump into a corner
Megan Rapinoe and her team did what Donald Trump told them to do — they finished the job. Now the question is, how will the President honor World Cup winners who have carved out a remarkable political and societal legacy?
USA's win over the Netherlands in the World Cup final in France on Sunday did not just spark celebrations among their fans. It validated the team's status as icons
Guest Writer - LeftJan 08 2018
News
James Damore just filed a class action lawsuit against Google, saying it discriminates against white male conservatives
James Damore, a former Google engineer who was fired in August after posting a memo to an internal Google message board arguing that women may not be equally represented in tech because they are biologically less capable of engineering, has filed a class action lawsuit against the company in Santa Clara Superior Court in Northern California.
TechCrunchNov 26 2018
News
Mexico to deport 500 migrants after border clash
Mexico has said it will deport up to 500 migrants who the country’s interior ministry claims tried to “violently” and “illegally” cross the US-Mexican border. US border officers fired teargas after several people attempted to breach the border fence between Tijuana and San Ysidro, California, on Sunday. Women and young children were among those seen fleeing the gas. All traffic was suspended
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