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Apr 21 2021
News
In a roiled Minneapolis, schools are testing new model for safety
Students in Minneapolis are at the epicenter of the police-free schools movement. Amid high tensions, the model of moving toward a new culture of safety within schools is being tested and, some say, strengthened.
When Nathaniel Genene walked into his Minneapolis high school last week for the first time in over a year he quickly noticed that there was no uniformed police officer standing
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 04 2020
Background
6 Ways to Reduce Gun Violence in America
Gun violence in the United States is a public health crisis.
It goes beyond the mass shootings that grab the nation’s attention. Every day, gun violence takes lives from communities all across the country in the form of suicides, unintentional shootings, and interpersonal conflicts that become fatal due to easy access to guns.
In this country, an average of 35,000 people are
Center For American Progress
Feb 01 2024
Headline Roundup
Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed at Curbing Violence in West Bank
The Biden administration issued an executive order on Thursday targeting Israeli settlers suspected of engaging in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Key Quote: In the order, President Joe Biden states, “the situation in the West Bank — in particular high levels of extremist settler violence, forced displacement of people and villages, and property destruction — has reached
Axios
Reuters
Washington Examiner 
Aug 03 2020
Background
Crime in the United States
Crime in the United States has been recorded since colonization. Crime rates have varied over time, with a sharp rise after 1900, reaching a broad bulging peak between the 1970s and early 1990s. Since then, crime has declined significantly. Statistics on specific crimes are indexed in the annual Uniform Crime Reports by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and by annual National Crime
Wikipedia
Dec 23 2020
News
Trump Pushes for Bigger Stimulus Checks for Americans, Opposes Pork Spending in COVID Relief Bill
President Trump unleashed an attack on what he called the wasteful spending buried inside the COVID relief bill Tuesday night, criticizing lawmakers in a Twitter video for not doing enough to help Americans.
"Congress found plenty of money for foreign countries, lobbyists and special interests while sending the bare minimum to the American people who need it," he said.
"It's
CBN
Reference
Stimson Center
AllSides gives Stimson Center a bias rating of Center. In July 2020, an AllSides editor conducted an independent review of Stimson Center and gave it a Center rating for its straightforward, unbiased coverage of environmental topics. A Center media bias rating does not necessarily mean a source is unbiased, neutral, perfectly reasonable, or credible. It simply means the source or writer rated does not predictably publish perspectives favoring either end of the political spectrum — conservative or liberal.
Sep 07 2020
Fact Check
Did More People Watch the RNC Than the DNC?
A graphic created by Students for Trump that compares the viewership of the Republican National Convention and Democratic National convention has gone viral on social media, even getting reshared by Donald Trump Jr.
As noted in the small text in the lower left-hand corner, the graphic shows only how many people watched the conventions on C-SPAN’s YouTube channel, which was one of many
The Dispatch
Sep 24 2021
Perspectives Blog
Asylum Seekers at the Border Existed Long Before the News Covered Them
From the LeftThis view is from an author rated as Lean Left.
Update (9/24 4:51 CST): As of Friday, the migrant camp in Del Rio has been cleared, per DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
It’s easy to forget, but the stories of migrants, such as the thousands of Haitians who have captured media attention this week, do not begin with their arrival at the southern border.
Joseph Ratliff
Aug 14 2020
News
Fauci says temperature checks not reliable
The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 753,000 people worldwide.
Over 20.7 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many
ABC News (Online)
Nov 05 2019
Fact Check
Trump Twists Impeachment Polls
A number of national polls show more Americans want President Donald Trump impeached and removed from office than those who don’t. In swing states, however, a majority opposes removing Trump from office via impeachment, even as a majority supports moving forward with the impeachment inquiry.
Those are the polling statistics that Trump twisted over the weekend when he accused the media
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