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Dec 30 2021
News
When A Prison Sentence Of 10 Years And 6 Months Turns Into Forever
Leroy Grippen thought he was going to prison for 10 years and six months. That’s what his lawyer told him, and that’s how it went. When you were sentenced to life in Louisiana, it didn’t really mean life in prison. With good behavior, life sentences were almost always commuted after 10 years and six months.
Besides, it’s not as if Grippen had much of a choice. It was 1970, and as a
HuffPostApr 29 2021
Analysis
Sen. Tim Scott's Republican Response To Biden's Address, Annotated
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott delivered the official Republican response to President Biden's address to Congress.
Scott, the lone Black GOP senator, spoke after Biden concluded his remarks Wednesday night.
When Scott was announced for the role, he said in a statement that he would be "sharing Republicans' optimistic vision for expanding opportunity and empowering working
NPR (Online News)Jul 01 2021
News
Wisconsin’s Governor Puts the Public-School Monopoly before Families
Recently, Wisconsin governor Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would have expanded access to a statewide school-choice program that funds students instead of systems. The governor’s veto protects the K–12 public-school monopoly at the expense of families — and it comes at the tail end of a year in which the public sector repeatedly failed to provide students with adequate in-person services.
National Review (News)Jul 16 2021
News
CDC: Northwest heat wave led to major spike in emergency room visits
The unprecedented heat wave in the Pacific Northwest led to a major spike in emergency room visits for heat-related illnesses, according to a report published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Why it matters: Extreme heat is the deadliest weather-related hazard in the U.S. during a typical year, and climate change is dramatically raising the risk of such events.
AxiosMar 15 2022
News
‘I will go back to help’: Women head home to aid war effort
While over 3 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, a small but growing number are heading in the other direction. At first they were foreign volunteers, Ukrainian expatriate men returning to fight and people delivering aid. Now, increasingly, women are also going back.
Motivated by a desire to help loved ones in trouble, or to contribute to the defense and survival
Associated PressJan 05 2021
Fact Check
Did Democrats Object the Last Three Times a Republican Won the White House?
Populist provocateur Charlie Kirk claimed in a recent tweet that in “The last 3 presidential elections where a Republican won the White House, Democrats in Congress objected to the electoral votes.” He added: “But now that Republicans are doing it, they're outraged.”
Kirk is partially correct: The 2000, 2004, and 2016 presidential elections saw some congressional Democrats object to
The DispatchApr 08 2022
Analysis
How to future-proof your life from pandemics and other threats
In 2010, game designer and forecaster Jane McGonigal invited nearly 20,000 people to imagine a future pandemic — and, for a few weeks, live as though it were real.
Specifically, McGonigal asked them to simulate a respiratory pandemic that originates in China in 2020 and travels around the world infecting millions of people. They practiced wearing masks in public. They wrote journal
VoxSep 29 2021
News
YouTube cracks down on anti-vax misinformation
YouTube is beefing up its misinformation policies to crack down on anti-vaccine misinformation beyond COVID-19 vaccinations, executives told Axios.
Why it matters: Under the new policy, YouTube will terminate the channels of what it calls prominent vaccine misinformation spreaders, including the channel of the Robert F Kennedy Jr.-affiliated Children's Health Defense Fund.
AxiosSep 26 2021
News
The world has changed. Should the Peace Corps?
The Peace Corps took Patricia Smith, like nearly a quarter-million volunteers before her, far from home.
Every morning, she rose early to walk the mile to her job, dodging cars on roads without sidewalks to make it to the public health site where she volunteered. The sun came up earlier in her host community than it did at home in Oregon, which required some adjustments. And sometimes
Christian Science MonitorNov 02 2021
News
Jesse Jackson hospitalized after hitting head in fall at Howard University
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized on Monday after he fell during a visit to Howard University to advocate on behalf of students protesting campus living conditions.
The 80-year-old civil rights leader took a spill and hit his head while entering a building on the Washington, DC, campus, according to his spokesman Frank Watkins.
Jackson was taken to Howard University
New York Post (News)