Month: August 2020

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• Politics

Op-Ed: Congress can – and must – curtail executive actions

August 13, 2020 Editorial Board

By Ross Marchand, The Center Square Aug 11, 2020   On Aug. 8, President Donald Trump unilaterally deferred payroll taxes...

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• Education

Bill to Ban Seclusion and Face-Down Restraints in Illinois Schools Gets Sidelined After Pushback From Administrators

August 13, 2020 Editorial Board

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois May 29, 5 a.m. CDT ProPublica Illinois is an independent,...

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• Covid-19
• Health

‘It’s Not Over Until It’s Over’: 5 Things To Know About Hitting The COVID-19 Peak

August 12, 2020 Editorial Board

by Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News April 17, 2020   As New York, California and other states begin to see...

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• Policy
• Politics

It’s Time to Treat Venezuela Like a Protracted Refugee Crisis

August 12, 2020 Editorial Board

by Provash Budden, Refugees Deeply   Other prolonged refugee crises, such as in Syria, show that short-term aid is only...

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• Covid-19
• Education

What if public schools never reopen?

August 12, 2020 Editorial Board

by Barbara Kantrowitz, The Hechinger Report August 7, 2020August 10, 2020 The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports...

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• Business

How Beirut’s port explosion exacerbates Lebanon’s economic crisis

August 12, 2020 Editorial Board

Hannes Baumann, University of Liverpool, The Conversation   The explosion that tore through Beirut on Tuesday August 4 was so...

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• Covid-19
• Health

$400 in extra unemployment benefits remain uncertain in Texas after Trump’s executive order

August 12, 2020 Editorial Board

By Valeria Olivares, Matthew Watkins and Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Aug. 10, 2020 "$400 in extra unemployment benefits remain...

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• Election
• Politics

Emerson poll: Lujan Grisham leads by 9, Heinrich by 16

August 12, 2020 Matthew Reichbach

by Matthew Reichbach, NM Political Report A new poll shows good news for Democrats in New Mexico’s two top statewide...

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• Covid-19
• Health

COVID-19 cases surge at American Airlines ramps in Phoenix

August 12, 2020 Editorial Board

By Brandon Quester & Jude Joffe-Block, AZCIR | April 27, 2020   PHOENIX – At least 70 American Airlines ground...

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• Politics

Embattled Former Vance Deputy Joins Crowded Manhattan DA Race to Unseat Ex-Boss

August 12, 2020 Editorial Board

by Josefa Velasquez, THE CITY This article was originally published on Aug 2 at 6:21pm EDT by THE CITY  ...