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Public confidence in the press has been eroding for decades in the United States. According to a recent Gallup poll, just 34% of Americans have a great deal or a fair amount of trust in mass media,...
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It took vigilance by educators at Walnut Middle School in Grand Island, Nebraska, to blow open one of the most egregious cases of U.S. child labor abuse in recent memory. In August 2022, the school...
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With the authority to declare war and draft new laws, the United States Congress is one of the most powerful institutions in the country. It is also among the most distrusted. A recent Gallup poll...
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As of the middle of June, 2023, there have been almost 20,000 gun deaths in the United States, including those caused by 310 mass shootings. These figures, which come from the Gun Violence Archive,...
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This coming Monday is Juneteenth, a time when Americans celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. It is also a time to recognize the inequalities that still exist in this country. Black...
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While early in his tenure President Joe Biden pledged that his approach to selling arms around the world would differ from that of his predecessor, recent data reveals a continuity between the two...
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Violent crime spiked in urban areas of the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, spurring a demand for legal gun purchases — in many cases by first-time gun owners. Other factors also...
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On Sunday in Philadelphia, an overpass section of I-95, the main North-South corridor on the Eastern Seaboard and one of the busiest interstates in the country, collapsed after a fuel truck lost...
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In a ruling on June 1, the U.S. Supreme Court made it easier for companies to sue unions representing their workers. The decision, which favored Washington state concrete company Glacier Northwest...
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A federal judge in Washington state refused this week a request to overturn a new law that bans the manufacturing or selling of assault-style semi-automatic rifles. The law is one of three signed...
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There are several possible reasons that CNN has become a failing brand. According to several media accounts, the best measure of the problem is its profitability, which dropped to $750 million last...
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen identified June 5 as the day the U.S. government would default on its obligations, should congress fail to raise the nation’s borrowing limit. Though the Senate...
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After completing a war games exercise last month, The U.S. House China committee advanced a number of suggestions to congress. One of the recommendations is for the U.S. government to establish a...
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It has been more than a year now since the historic day in January when thousands of American protesters breached the U.S. Capitol Building. The breach was an attempt by protesters to halt the...
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As former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously said, “democracy is the worst form of government — except for all the others that have been tried.” Since the end of World War II,...
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