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Cambridge Analytica CEO Suspended, Involved in Hacking American Elections

March 20, 2018 Editor

From National Public Radio News: Cambridge Analytica has suspended its CEO, Alexander Nix. The London-based company, which is accused of using data from 50 million Facebook users to influence the…

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56 years later, JFK’s call for a consumer bill of rights is forgotten under Trump

March 17, 2018 Editor

From the Los Angeles Times: On this day in 1962, President Kennedy laid out in a speech to Congress the framework for a consumer bill of rights and the crucial…

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Students nationwide stage walkouts for stricter gun laws after last month’s deadly school shooting in Florida

March 14, 2018 Editor

From today’s LA Times: Students across the country — from middle school to college — walked out of class Wednesday, calling on state and federal legislators to enact stricter gun…

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Will Trump’s Tariffs Help or Hurt American Workers? Contrasting Views

March 13, 2018 Editor

From the New York Times: The Case for Trump’s Tariffs and ‘America First’ Economics By DANIEL McCARTHY In his campaign, Donald Trump stressed “America First” economic nationalism. But in his…

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Some Dems ready to loosen tough bank regulations passed after financial crisis

March 6, 2018 Editor

From today’s LA Times: Before the 2008 financial crisis, BAC Community Bank in Stockton made about 100 mortgage loans a year. Now, after new regulations mandated in the Dodd-Frank Wall…

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Striking teachers descend on West Virginia’s Capitol to demand pay raises

March 5, 2018 Editor

From ABC News: Thousands of striking teachers descended on the West Virginia Capitol on Monday, forcing officials to briefly cut off access to the building six days after Gov. Jim…

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Breaking News: Dick’s Sporting Goods To Stop Selling Assault-Style Weapons

February 28, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: One of the nation’s largest sports retailers, Dick’s Sporting Goods, said Wednesday morning it was immediately ending sales of all assault-style rifles in its stores.…

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SCOTUS Hears Fiery Arguments In Case That Could Gut Public Sector Unions

February 28, 2018 Editor

From NPR News: The Supreme Court heard fiery arguments Monday in a case that could remove a key revenue stream for public sector unions. A sharply divided court could be…

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Two-thirds of voters support tougher gun control after FL shooting massacre

February 22, 2018 Editor

From CNBC News: American voters by a 2-to-1 margin favor tougher gun control rules following the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school last week, according to a…

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A Flurry of Courts Have Ruled on Election Maps. Here’s What They’ve Said

February 14, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: Judges in a number of states have recently thrown out election maps, saying that they have been gerrymandered to the point of being unconstitutional, effectively…