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Title: How cancer will affect Americans in 2016 — in seven charts - The Washington Post
Headings: How cancer will affect Americans in 2016 — in seven charts
How cancer will affect Americans in 2016 — in seven charts
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Content: Easily the largest geographic variation, according to the American Cancer Society, is for lung cancer, which reflects both historical and ongoing differences in the prevalence of smoking. That's a significant reason why Kentucky, which traditionally has had a large number of smoking, has higher rates of lung cancer than Utah, which has among the nation's lowest percentage of smokers. Here are the states with highest overall incidence of cancer for both men and women, though the numbers vary based on particular types of the disease. 4) In nearly two dozen states, cancer has eclipsed heart disease as the leading cause of death. Experts say this change primarily is attributable to significant progress over the years in reducing death from heart disease. Minnesota's death rate for heart disease, for example, is 30 percent below the national average, according to Thursday's report. Its death rate for cancer is only 6 percent below the national average. In addition, the group said cancer remains the leading cause of death among Hispanics and Asian/Pacific Islanders, who jointly represent a quarter of the U.S. population. 5) Survival rates. A bright spot from Thursday's report:
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Title: The American tradition of multiculturalism - The Washington Post
Headings: The American tradition of multiculturalism
The American tradition of multiculturalism
Content: 4. Multiculturalism as a source of knowledge for dealing with a multicultural world: The world is filled with lots of different cultures, whether we like it or not. Experience with different cultures within the U.S. helps us deal with different cultures outside the U.S. — for instance, by giving us a pool of American citizens who actually know the foreign language and culture, and more generally by making our citizens more familiar with people of other cultures. Again, these are not unalloyed benefits. Multiculturalism can create domestic tension; consider the Civil War, as I mentioned above, plus of course many ethnically, culturally, and religiously based civil wars in other countries. Advertisement
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Some cultures may teach their members to prey on outsiders. Some cultures may teach their members to prey on insiders, so that tolerating the culture may give extra happiness to some members at the expense of other members. Some of the immigrants from other cultures may come to be dangers to the nation rather than assets.
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Content: Add salt to the water, add fresh herbs or wine to the water, use stock or broth rather than water. When I tried such variations, I found it made little difference in the flavor of the meat. Advertisement
Besides, lobster meat is sweet with a hint of salt all on its own. In a summer that’s anything but carefree, a lobster roll brings back memories
A few considerations: How big of a lobster should I get? When we buy lobster, the biggest decision most of us get to make is the size. Most sources recommend going with smaller lobsters, around 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds, for ease of home cooking. Two of this size will fit in a standard stockpot. A 1 1/2-pound lobster should yield about 6 ounces of claw and tail meat. ( Some claim the meat is more tender in a smaller lobster, but I’ve had delicious meat from large lobsters, as well.)
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Content: When we buy lobster, the biggest decision most of us get to make is the size. Most sources recommend going with smaller lobsters, around 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds, for ease of home cooking. Two of this size will fit in a standard stockpot. A 1 1/2-pound lobster should yield about 6 ounces of claw and tail meat. ( Some claim the meat is more tender in a smaller lobster, but I’ve had delicious meat from large lobsters, as well.) Story continues below advertisement
How to pick my lobster? Look for ones that are lively, with claws of fairly equal size and antennae attached. How do you know when the lobsters are done? Cook them for the recommended time, about 13 minutes for 1 1/4 pounds, with an additional 2 minutes for every additional 1/4 pound up to 2 1/2 pounds. ( Anything bigger is too large for my home-freezer and stove top.)
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How to pick my lobster? Look for ones that are lively, with claws of fairly equal size and antennae attached. How do you know when the lobsters are done? Cook them for the recommended time, about 13 minutes for 1 1/4 pounds, with an additional 2 minutes for every additional 1/4 pound up to 2 1/2 pounds. ( Anything bigger is too large for my home-freezer and stove top.) The lobster shell will turn from blueish-green to bright red once steamed. Try tugging on one of the long antennae. If it easily releases, the lobster should be done. If you’re concerned, crack open one of the lobsters and make sure the meat has gone from translucent to white with red markings. Advertisement
How should you kill the lobster?
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Content: Some experts advocate slipping the lobsters into the freezer to sedate them and then killing them using a chef’s knife before steaming. I tried the knife method, but noticed little difference in the lobster’s movement once added to the pot, so I stuck with sedating alone. ( More about both methods below.) Baked, then boiled: Why one Maine restaurant is sedating lobsters with marijuana smoke
Why not just buy tails? I read in Cook’s Illustrated that tails that were cooked immediately after butcheringhave better texture and taste than tails cooked 4 hours or more after butchering. My experimentation bore that out. Fresher makes a big difference when it comes to lobster. Besides, with a whole lobster, you get the delicious claw meat, too. Story continues below advertisement
Steamed Lobster
If you have a typical stockpot (8 quarts), you will likely be able to cook only two 1 1/2-pound lobsters at a time.
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Content: I read in Cook’s Illustrated that tails that were cooked immediately after butcheringhave better texture and taste than tails cooked 4 hours or more after butchering. My experimentation bore that out. Fresher makes a big difference when it comes to lobster. Besides, with a whole lobster, you get the delicious claw meat, too. Story continues below advertisement
Steamed Lobster
If you have a typical stockpot (8 quarts), you will likely be able to cook only two 1 1/2-pound lobsters at a time. For even cooking, it is important not to crowd the lobsters in the pot. Ingredients
4 live lobsters (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds each)
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
Lemon, for serving (optional)
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In a large, tall stock pot with a tightfitting lid, add about 1 to 2 inches of water. Add a rack or steamer basket to the pot, if using. Bring the water to a boil over high heat. Advertisement
Add two lobsters, more if the pot is large enough, then cover the pot and return the water to a boil.
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Title: Ten ways to reduce inequality without raising tax rates - The Washington Post
Headings: Ten ways to reduce inequality without raising tax rates
Ten ways to reduce inequality without raising tax rates
1. Make it easier to start and join unions.
2. Weaken the dollar.
3. Promote trade in highly-skilled professions
4. Force the Fed to get serious about unemployment.
5. Reform IP law — especially for medicine.
6. Relax licensing rules.
7. Ease up on zoning restrictions.
8. Increase transfers.
9. Fund early childhood education.
10. Get the lead out
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Content: That hurts low-skilled textile workers in North Carolina, increasing inequality in the U.S. on the margin, but helps low-skilled Chinese workers, decreasing inequality there on the margin. That suggests that one way to reduce inequality in the U.S. would be to discourage imports from countries with cheap unskilled labor, such as China. Perhaps the best way to do that is to devalue the dollar, which makes U.S. exports cheaper and imports more expensive. Dean Baker, a notable advocate of a weaker dollar on these grounds, has suggested doing this by penalizing countries that buy up U.S. currency, by trading in futures for other currencies, or by paying higher than the asking price for foreign currencies. All of these moves would make the dollar less expensive, and promote U.S. exports. On the flip side, those moves would likely increase poverty in the developing world by hurting countries with export-heavy industries. For example, the Chinese manufacturing sector would likely suffer considerably, greatly increasing extreme poverty in that country. 3. Promote trade in highly-skilled professions
Discussion of the effects of trade and immigration tends to focus on the impact of low-skilled workers who either produce goods abroad for the U.S. market or come to the U.S. and provide services for less than the wages demanded by native-born workers. That impact is, as one would expect, largely negative, insofar as Chinese workers can manufacture goods for less than U.S. workers, and low-skilled immigrants can provide cheaper farm and household labor than U.S. workers can.
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Title: Washington Post
Headings: Where America’s worst roads are — and how much they’re costing us
Where America’s worst roads are — and how much they’re costing us
Content: For drivers in Oklahoma and California, the costs add up to over $760 per year. People in most states are paying around $400 or $500 extra. In two states -- Minnesota and Tennessee -- these extra costs add up to less than $300. Advertisement
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One main reason why our roads are in such bad shape is that we haven't been putting enough money into the Highway Trust Fund to keep up with infrastructure needs. And a reason why we haven't been putting enough money into the Highway Trust Fund is that the federal gasoline tax has remained at 1993 levels. Raising the tax is politically unpopular for the obvious reason that nobody likes tax hikes. But these numbers make it clear that nobody's getting a free ride. " Public agencies are the people who build and maintain the highway system," Rocky Moretti, TRIP's Director of Policy and Research told me. " But when it's in lousy shape, it becomes a private cost." And ounce of prevention's worth a pound of cure.
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Title: Why the next president may have more power than usual - The Washington Post
Headings: Why the next president may have more power than usual
Why the next president may have more power than usual
Clinton and Trump are making a lot of promises they can't keep, but they still could be more powerful than usual as president.
What are other areas in which a president really does exercise power?
Is it harmful to make these campaign promises that the president can’t really keep?
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Obviously, some of these proposals will be easier to fulfill than others. There are some areas in which the U.S. president can act almost unilaterally, and others that lie almost entirely out of the president's control. But for voters who haven't taken a civics class in years, it may be hard to distinguish one from the other. So which election promises is your candidate actually likely to keep? Bernadette Meyler, a constitutional scholar at Stanford Law School, weighed in. AD
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How much power does the president really have? Do people believe there’s more power in the office than there really is? People definitely imagine the president has more authority than he or she actually does.
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Title: Why the next president may have more power than usual - The Washington Post
Headings: Why the next president may have more power than usual
Why the next president may have more power than usual
Clinton and Trump are making a lot of promises they can't keep, but they still could be more powerful than usual as president.
What are other areas in which a president really does exercise power?
Is it harmful to make these campaign promises that the president can’t really keep?
Content: First, it’s harmful if they are promises that have constitutional limits. It seems disingenuous to make promises knowing it would be almost impossible to implement them unless the Constitution is altered in its interpretation or an amendment is passed, unless you are advocating for an amendment. The other harm is the candidate may be focusing their energy on something that is impossible to deliver, rather than something that might be more easily accomplished. If the president has less power than people assume, are we overestimating the importance of the election? I would say not in this instance, because one effect of the president is on the standing of the country in the international community. One of the areas where the president’s power is more pronounced is in foreign affairs. To the extent that internationally there is a very different view of the candidates and who they would be sympathetic to, that actually might have more impact. AD
Some scholars have argued that the office of the president is gradually becoming more powerful. Do you agree? Certainly presidents are acting without congressional approval more than previously in certain areas, like entering into war abroad.
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Headings: The real reasons the U.S. became less racist toward Asian Americans
The real reasons the U.S. became less racist toward Asian Americans
Can you tell us a little bit about the question that got you started on this book?
How did these earliest stereotypes — these very negative, nasty images — take root?
How true were these stories though? How much of this was racial propaganda, and how much of it was rooted in reality?
Content: Chinese immigrants came to do mining, then they ended up working on the Transcontinental Railroad, and agriculture. When those jobs died down, a lot of them moved to the cities where they started working in manufacturing. At that time, in the 1870s, the economy wasn’t doing that well in California. White American workers were very anxious about keeping their jobs. They looked around and they saw these newcomers who seemed very different from them. Story continues below advertisement
There already had been a long tradition in the Western world of portraying the “Orient” as unknowable and mysterious. American workers started attaching these ideas to the Chinese newcomers, who were an easy target for white American anxieties about the growth of industrial capitalism and the undermining of workers’ autonomy and freedom. They believed that the Chinese threatened American independence and threatened American freedom. Advertisement
These ideas were particularly popular among the white working class at the time. The momentum started to build in the American West.
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Title: Black men sentenced to more time for committing the exact same crime as a white person, study finds - The Washington Post
Headings: Black men sentenced to more time for committing the exact same crime as a white person, study finds
Black men sentenced to more time for committing the exact same crime as a white person, study finds
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Recent research shows that black men who commit the same crimes as white men receive sentences nearly 20 percent longer. ( Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)
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November 16, 2017 at 6:33 p.m. UTC
Black men who commit the same crimes as white men receive federal prison sentences that are, on average, nearly 20 percent longer, according to a new report on sentencing disparities from the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC). Support our journalism. Subscribe today. arrow-right
These disparities were observed “after controlling for a wide variety of sentencing factors,” including age, education, citizenship, weapon possession and prior criminal history. The black/white sentencing disparities have been increasing in recent years, the report found, particularly following the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Booker in 2005. Booker gave federal judges significantly more discretion on sentencing by making it easier to impose harsher or more lenient sentences than the USSC's sentencing guidelines called for. Story continues below advertisement
Before that decision, federal judges were generally required to abide by those sentencing guidelines. Advertisement
According to the Sentencing Commission's report, the black/white sentencing disparities are being driven in large part by “non-government sponsored departures and variances” — in plain English, sentencing choices made by judges at their own discretion. Judges are less likely to voluntarily revise sentences downward for black offenders than for white ones, in other words.
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Title: Black men sentenced to more time for committing the exact same crime as a white person, study finds - The Washington Post
Headings: Black men sentenced to more time for committing the exact same crime as a white person, study finds
Black men sentenced to more time for committing the exact same crime as a white person, study finds
Content: And even when judges do reduce black offenders' sentences, they do so by smaller amounts than for white offenders. That finding suggests that giving judges more discretion in sentencing, as the Booker decision did in 2005, allows more racial bias to seep into the process. But Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, a group working to reduce bias in the criminal justice system, says there's more to it than that. He says that decisions by federal prosecutors — whether to seek a charge carrying a mandatory minimum sentence, for instance — are also driving the disparities. Advertisement
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“What we see is that the charging decisions of prosecutors are key,” he said via email. “ Whether done consciously or not, prosecutors are more likely to charge African Americans with such charges than whites.” A 2014 University of Michigan Law School study, for instance, found that all other factors being equal, black offenders were 75 percent more likely to face a charge carrying a mandatory minimum sentence than a white offender who committed the same crime. “It's possible that if a prosecutor now recognizes that a judge is not constrained by the [pre-Booker] guidelines,” Mauer said, “he or she may charge a case as a mandatory sentence to ensure that a certain amount of prison time is imposed, with no possible override by the judge.” Story continues below advertisement
The United States currently houses the world's largest prison population, with an incarceration rate of roughly 666 inmates per 100,000 people. Among whites, the rate is 450 inmates per 100,000 people.
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Title: Black men sentenced to more time for committing the exact same crime as a white person, study finds - The Washington Post
Headings: Black men sentenced to more time for committing the exact same crime as a white person, study finds
Black men sentenced to more time for committing the exact same crime as a white person, study finds
Content: Whether done consciously or not, prosecutors are more likely to charge African Americans with such charges than whites.” A 2014 University of Michigan Law School study, for instance, found that all other factors being equal, black offenders were 75 percent more likely to face a charge carrying a mandatory minimum sentence than a white offender who committed the same crime. “It's possible that if a prosecutor now recognizes that a judge is not constrained by the [pre-Booker] guidelines,” Mauer said, “he or she may charge a case as a mandatory sentence to ensure that a certain amount of prison time is imposed, with no possible override by the judge.” Story continues below advertisement
The United States currently houses the world's largest prison population, with an incarceration rate of roughly 666 inmates per 100,000 people. Among whites, the rate is 450 inmates per 100,000 people. The incarceration rate for blacks is over five times higher, at 2,306 inmates per 100,000 people. The USSC report indicates that sentencing decisions are a big driver of those numbers. And according to the University of Michigan study, at the federal level alone simply eliminating the sentencing disparity would reduce the number of black men in federal prisons by about 9 percent and save taxpayers at least $230 million a year. Today's Headlines
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Title: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today. - The Washington Post
Headings: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
The Senate rolls back rules meant to root out discrimination by mortgage lenders
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Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today. Baltimore rowhouses in 1938. ( John Vachon/Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress)
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March 28, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Racial discrimination in mortgage lending in the 1930s shaped the demographic and wealth patterns of American communities today, a new study shows, with 3 out of 4 neighborhoods “redlined” on government maps 80 years ago continuing to struggle economically. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. arrow-right
The study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, released Wednesday, shows that the vast majority of neighborhoods marked “hazardous” in red ink on maps drawn by the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corp. from 1935 to 1939 are today much more likely than other areas to comprise lower-income, minority residents. “It’s as if some of these places have been trapped in the past, locking neighborhoods into concentrated poverty,” said Jason Richardson, director of research at the NCRC, a consumer advocacy group.
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Title: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today. - The Washington Post
Headings: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
The Senate rolls back rules meant to root out discrimination by mortgage lenders
Content: John Vachon/Farm Security Administration/Library of Congress)
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Tracy Jan
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March 28, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
Racial discrimination in mortgage lending in the 1930s shaped the demographic and wealth patterns of American communities today, a new study shows, with 3 out of 4 neighborhoods “redlined” on government maps 80 years ago continuing to struggle economically. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. arrow-right
The study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, released Wednesday, shows that the vast majority of neighborhoods marked “hazardous” in red ink on maps drawn by the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corp. from 1935 to 1939 are today much more likely than other areas to comprise lower-income, minority residents. “It’s as if some of these places have been trapped in the past, locking neighborhoods into concentrated poverty,” said Jason Richardson, director of research at the NCRC, a consumer advocacy group. The Senate rolls back rules meant to root out discrimination by mortgage lenders
Researchers compared the HOLC maps, the most comprehensive documentation of discriminatory lending practices, with modern-day census data to determine how much neighborhood demographics have changed in 80 years. The findings have implications for today’s political debates over housing, banking and financial regulation, as well as civil rights, as Congress seeks to weaken the government’s ability to enforce fair-lending requirements. Policies that influence access to capital and credit have long-lasting effects on residential patterns, neighborhoods’ economic health and household accumulation of wealth, the report said. Advertisement
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In the 1930s, government surveyors graded neighborhoods in 239 cities, color-coding them green for “best,” blue for “still desirable,” yellow for “definitely declining” and red for “hazardous.” The “redlined” areas were the ones local lenders discounted as credit risks, in large part because of the residents’ racial and ethnic demographics.
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Title: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today. - The Washington Post
Headings: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
The Senate rolls back rules meant to root out discrimination by mortgage lenders
Content: The Senate rolls back rules meant to root out discrimination by mortgage lenders
Researchers compared the HOLC maps, the most comprehensive documentation of discriminatory lending practices, with modern-day census data to determine how much neighborhood demographics have changed in 80 years. The findings have implications for today’s political debates over housing, banking and financial regulation, as well as civil rights, as Congress seeks to weaken the government’s ability to enforce fair-lending requirements. Policies that influence access to capital and credit have long-lasting effects on residential patterns, neighborhoods’ economic health and household accumulation of wealth, the report said. Advertisement
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In the 1930s, government surveyors graded neighborhoods in 239 cities, color-coding them green for “best,” blue for “still desirable,” yellow for “definitely declining” and red for “hazardous.” The “redlined” areas were the ones local lenders discounted as credit risks, in large part because of the residents’ racial and ethnic demographics. They also took into account local amenities and home prices. Neighborhoods that were predominantly made up of African Americans, as well as Catholics, Jews and immigrants from Asia and southern Europe, were deemed undesirable. “ Anyone who was not northern-European white was considered to be a detraction from the value of the area,” said Bruce Mitchell, a senior researcher at the NCRC and one of the study’s authors. White families have nearly 10 times the net worth of black families. And the gap is growing.
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Title: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today. - The Washington Post
Headings: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
The Senate rolls back rules meant to root out discrimination by mortgage lenders
Content: Loans in these neighborhoods were unavailable or very expensive, making it more difficult for low-income minorities to buy homes and setting the stage for the country’s persistent racial wealth gap. ( White families today have nearly 10 times the net worth of black families and more than eight times that of Hispanic families, according to the Federal Reserve.) Advertisement
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“Homeownership is the number-one method of accumulating wealth, but the effect of these policies that create more hurdles for the poor is a permanent underclass that’s disproportionately minority,” said John Taylor, president and chief executive of the NCRC. “ I think most people believe the problem is not with the rules but with the people. Most middle-class whites in America don’t have empirical observations of what happens in underserved neighborhoods or understand the historical treatment of poor and minority communities.” The Federal Housing Administration institutionalized the system of discriminatory lending in government-backed mortgages, reflecting local race-based criteria in their underwriting practices and reinforcing residential segregation in American cities. The discriminatory practices captured by the HOLC maps continued until 1968, when the Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in housing. Could the #BankBlack movement help African Americans close the wealth gap? But 50 years after that law passed, the lingering effects of redlining are clear, with the pattern of economic and racial residential segregation still evident in many U.S. cities — from Montgomery, Ala., to Flint, Mich., to Denver. Advertisement
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Nationally, nearly two-thirds of neighborhoods deemed “hazardous” are inhabited by mostly minority residents, typically black and Latino, researchers found.
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Title: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today. - The Washington Post
Headings: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
The Senate rolls back rules meant to root out discrimination by mortgage lenders
Content: The Federal Housing Administration institutionalized the system of discriminatory lending in government-backed mortgages, reflecting local race-based criteria in their underwriting practices and reinforcing residential segregation in American cities. The discriminatory practices captured by the HOLC maps continued until 1968, when the Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in housing. Could the #BankBlack movement help African Americans close the wealth gap? But 50 years after that law passed, the lingering effects of redlining are clear, with the pattern of economic and racial residential segregation still evident in many U.S. cities — from Montgomery, Ala., to Flint, Mich., to Denver. Advertisement
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Nationally, nearly two-thirds of neighborhoods deemed “hazardous” are inhabited by mostly minority residents, typically black and Latino, researchers found. Cities with more such neighborhoods have significantly greater economic inequality. On the flip side, 91 percent of areas classified as “best” in the 1930s remain middle-to-upper-income today, and 85 percent of them are still predominantly white. Researchers found that redlined neighborhoods in the South and the West are more likely today to be home to a largely minority population. Neighborhoods in the South and Midwest display the most persistent economic inequality. In Macon, Ga., 65 percent of neighborhoods were marked “hazardous” in the 1930s, making it the most redlined city in the United States, followed closely by Birmingham, Ala., and Wichita, Kan.
Here are the 10 U.S. cities with the highest percentages of neighborhoods marked “hazardous” in the 1930s:
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Title: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today. - The Washington Post
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Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
The Senate rolls back rules meant to root out discrimination by mortgage lenders
Content: Cities with more such neighborhoods have significantly greater economic inequality. On the flip side, 91 percent of areas classified as “best” in the 1930s remain middle-to-upper-income today, and 85 percent of them are still predominantly white. Researchers found that redlined neighborhoods in the South and the West are more likely today to be home to a largely minority population. Neighborhoods in the South and Midwest display the most persistent economic inequality. In Macon, Ga., 65 percent of neighborhoods were marked “hazardous” in the 1930s, making it the most redlined city in the United States, followed closely by Birmingham, Ala., and Wichita, Kan.
Here are the 10 U.S. cities with the highest percentages of neighborhoods marked “hazardous” in the 1930s: In Macon today, 91 percent of redlined neighborhoods are inhabited by mostly minorities; 73 percent of such neighborhoods remain low-to-moderate income, researchers found. Whites, on the other hand, remain the overwhelming majority in Macon neighborhoods deemed “best” in the 1930s — all of which remain middle-to-upper income. The racial disparity is reflected in the city’s poverty statistics. Nearly 35 percent of blacks in Macon live in poverty today, compared with less than 13 percent of whites, according to 2012 to 2016 census data.
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Title: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today. - The Washington Post
Headings: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
The Senate rolls back rules meant to root out discrimination by mortgage lenders
Content: In Macon today, 91 percent of redlined neighborhoods are inhabited by mostly minorities; 73 percent of such neighborhoods remain low-to-moderate income, researchers found. Whites, on the other hand, remain the overwhelming majority in Macon neighborhoods deemed “best” in the 1930s — all of which remain middle-to-upper income. The racial disparity is reflected in the city’s poverty statistics. Nearly 35 percent of blacks in Macon live in poverty today, compared with less than 13 percent of whites, according to 2012 to 2016 census data. Advertisement
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In Baltimore, one of the earliest cities to officially adopt restrictive covenants limiting African Americans and Jews to certain neighborhoods, nearly every census tract labeled “hazardous” in the 1930s remains low-to-moderate income today, researchers found. The only exceptions are the areas surrounding Baltimore's harbor, a former industrial front that’s been redeveloped to attract businesses and tourism. Nearly 70 percent of formerly redlined communities in Baltimore remain predominantly minority, as well as lower income. Even neighborhoods in western Baltimore that had been rated as “desirable” subsequently became populated with minority, low-income residents as middle-class whites fled to the suburbs, researchers said. A 2015 study of home mortgage and small-business lending in Baltimore by the NCRC found that race, more than income, affected mortgage lending in the city.
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Title: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today. - The Washington Post
Headings: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
The Senate rolls back rules meant to root out discrimination by mortgage lenders
Content: But the Senate recently voted to roll back the new reporting requirements for small lenders. The researchers also analyzed 30 cities for patterns of gentrification, where once-redlined neighborhoods showed an increase in median home values and educational attainment between 2000 and 2010. They found that in cities with higher levels of gentrification, more redlined neighborhoods had become middle-to-upper-income neighborhoods. These areas saw a greater influx in economic activity and changes to their downtowns. They also now have lower levels of segregation, with more interaction between blacks and whites, as well as greater economic inequality between newcomers and those who have historically lived there. Current lending discrimination reinforces the economic gulf, Mitchell said, as middle- and upper-income gentrifiers moving into lower-income areas are able to obtain loans to buy and renovate homes, while longtime residents rarely have access to that type of capital. Researchers ranked Portland, Ore., which has seen an influx of financial investment from the tech sector, as the most gentrified American city, with 58 percent of its census tracts having gentrified. It is followed by Minneapolis, Seattle, Atlanta and Denver. Advertisement
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Detroit was the least gentrified city, the research showed, with less than 3 percent of its census tracts having gentrified, and only around the downtown core. But artists and other “urban pioneers” have in recent years begun moving into more pockets of the city, researchers said.
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Title: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today. - The Washington Post
Headings: Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.
The Senate rolls back rules meant to root out discrimination by mortgage lenders
Content: Current lending discrimination reinforces the economic gulf, Mitchell said, as middle- and upper-income gentrifiers moving into lower-income areas are able to obtain loans to buy and renovate homes, while longtime residents rarely have access to that type of capital. Researchers ranked Portland, Ore., which has seen an influx of financial investment from the tech sector, as the most gentrified American city, with 58 percent of its census tracts having gentrified. It is followed by Minneapolis, Seattle, Atlanta and Denver. Advertisement
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Detroit was the least gentrified city, the research showed, with less than 3 percent of its census tracts having gentrified, and only around the downtown core. But artists and other “urban pioneers” have in recent years begun moving into more pockets of the city, researchers said. Longtime residents of formerly redlined neighborhoods are often pushed out when the areas’ economic fortunes are reversed, researchers said. Many can no longer afford the rising rents. Homeowners often can’t afford the increases in property taxes, and as their home values rise, many are tempted to sell and cash out. “Is gentrification promoting sustainable desegregation?” Mitchell said. “
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Title: 7 ridiculous restrictions on women’s rights around the world - The Washington Post
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7 ridiculous restrictions on women’s rights around the world
Content: That’s the policy on legal testimony in Yemen, where a woman is not, to quote a 2005 Freedom House report, “recognized as a full person before the court.” In general, a single woman’s testimony isn’t taken seriously unless it’s backed by a man’s testimony or concerns a place or situation where a man would not be. And women can’t testify at all in cases of adultery, libel, theft or sodomy. Advertisement
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3. Saudi Arabia and Vatican City: Women can’t vote... still. This is amazingly the case in Saudi Arabia, though a royal decree, issued in 2011, will let women vote in Saudi elections in 2015. Vatican City is the only other country that allows men, but not women, to vote. 4. Ecuador:
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7 ridiculous restrictions on women’s rights around the world
Content: Women can’t vote... still. This is amazingly the case in Saudi Arabia, though a royal decree, issued in 2011, will let women vote in Saudi elections in 2015. Vatican City is the only other country that allows men, but not women, to vote. 4. Ecuador: Abortion is illegal, unless you’re an “idiot.” Begum says this is the policy in Ecuador, where abortions have long been outlawed for everyone but “idiots” and the “demented.” Politicians are considering a policy with the more politely worded term “mentally ill,” but that won’t change abortion’s legal status in Ecuador -- or, more importantly, the fact that the law is frequently used to criminalize miscarriages. 5. Saudi Arabia and Morocco:
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Europe to America: Your love of air-conditioning is stupid
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Content: Europeans have wondered about this particular U.S. addiction for a while now: Back in 1992, Cambridge University Prof. Gwyn Prins called America's love of air-conditioning the country's "most pervasive and least-noticed epidemic," according to the Economist. And according to the Environmental Protection Agency, it's getting worse: American demand for air-conditioning has only increased over the past decades. Brutal heat wave in India puts 330 million people at risk
The U.S. has been the world's leader in air-conditioning ever since, and it's not a leadership Americans should necessarily be proud of. According to Stan Cox, a researcher who has spent years studying indoor climate controlling, the United States consumes more energy for air conditioning than any other country. In many parts of the world, a lack in economic development might be to blame for a widespread absence of air-conditioning at the moment. However, that doesn't explain why even most Europeans ridicule Americans for their love of cooling and lack of heat tolerance. Advertisement
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Of course, Northern Europe is still colder than most regions within the United States and some countries, such as Italy or Spain, have recently seen an increase in air-conditioning. " The U.S. is somewhat unusual in being a wealthy nation much of whose population lives in very warm, humid regions," Cox told The Washington Post in an e-mail.
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Headings: Europe to America: Your love of air-conditioning is stupid
Europe to America: Your love of air-conditioning is stupid
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Content: According to Stan Cox, a researcher who has spent years studying indoor climate controlling, the United States consumes more energy for air conditioning than any other country. In many parts of the world, a lack in economic development might be to blame for a widespread absence of air-conditioning at the moment. However, that doesn't explain why even most Europeans ridicule Americans for their love of cooling and lack of heat tolerance. Advertisement
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Of course, Northern Europe is still colder than most regions within the United States and some countries, such as Italy or Spain, have recently seen an increase in air-conditioning. " The U.S. is somewhat unusual in being a wealthy nation much of whose population lives in very warm, humid regions," Cox told The Washington Post in an e-mail. However, the differences in average temperatures are unlikely to be the only reason for Europeans' reluctance to buy cooling systems. It's also about cultural differences. The world’s greatest cities are not actually that great to live in
Whereas Americans prefer an average temperature of 70 degrees, Europeans would consider such temperatures as too cold, Michael Sivak from the University of Michigan says. " Americans tend to keep their thermostats at the same temperature all year around. In contrast, Europeans tend to set their thermostats higher in summer and lower in winter.
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The immigration enforcement raids at Mississippi chicken processing plants all took place in communities where there are plenty of people looking for work. Skip to main content
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Opinion: Yes, undocumented immigrants take jobs from Americans. Here’s the proof. A trailer loaded with chickens passes a federal agent outside a Koch Foods plant in Morton, Miss., after a raid by immigration officials. ( Rogelio V. Solis/AP)
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August 16, 2019 at 6:36 p.m. UTC
People who support high levels of low-skilled immigration often claim that immigrants do work that native-born residents won’t. The facts surrounding the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids of seven Mississippi chicken processing plants show how untrue that claim is. Support our journalism.
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Title: Opinion | Vogue’s Kamala Harris cover shows that diminishing powerful Black women is still in fashion - The Washington Post
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Opinion: Vogue’s Kamala Harris cover shows that diminishing powerful Black women is still in fashion
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Content: She looks pretty. It’s a much better photograph; it comes as no surprise that her team reportedly preferred it. But in the world of fashion, print cover choices matter. And in a world where strong Black women are often maligned as intimidating and unfeminine, the image Vogue chose reduced Harris just as she is taking her rightful place at the heights of American power. It’s frankly shocking that this is the direction the magazine went. Considering that Vogue, and the fashion industry as a whole, came under fire in 2020 for lacking diversity, one would think that major publications would go above and beyond to get Harris and her historic ascension right. Advertisement
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Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour spoke to journalist Kara Swisher and explained that “all of us felt very, very strongly that the less formal portrait of the Vice-President-elect really reflected the moment we were living in” and that “a much less formal picture, something that was very, very accessible, and approachable, and real, really reflected the hallmark of the Biden-Harris campaign.” I wonder if she watched the same campaign I did. The key to the Biden-Harris victory was not “approachability;”
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Title: What America’s police departments don’t want you to know - The Washington Post
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Content: According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, in 2013 there were 461 “justifiable homicides” by police — defined as “the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty.” In all but three of these reported killings, officers used firearms. The true number of fatal police shootings is surely much higher, however, because many law enforcement agencies do not report to the FBI database. Attempts by journalists to compile more complete data by collating local news reports have resulted in estimates as high as 1,000 police killings a year. There is no way to know how many victims, like Brown, were unarmed. By contrast, there were no fatal police shootings in Great Britain last year. Not one. In Germany, there have been eight police killings over the past two years. In Canada — a country with its own frontier ethos and no great aversion to firearms — police shootings average about a dozen a year. Liberals and conservatives alike should be outraged at the frequency with which police in this country use deadly force.
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Even when President Obama is on vacation in Martha's Vineyard, he still has to attend to the duties of the Oval Office. Lawrence Knutson, author of "Away from the White House: Presidential Escapes, Retreats, and Vacations," gives a look back at the origin of presidential vacations and the criticism that accompanies them. ( Jayne W. Orenstein/The Washington Post)
By Scott Farris
August 15, 2014
Scott Farris is the author of “ Kennedy & Reagan: Why Their Legacies Endure .” You would think that one thing Americans could agree on is that the leader of the free world could occasionally use a day off. But even presidents’ vacations can be controversial, as partisans argue over whether the time away is detrimental to the nation. With President Obama and his family enjoying their annual summer trek to Martha’s Vineyard, let’s examine five myths about presidential vacations. 1. Presidents get vacations.
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Content: You would think that one thing Americans could agree on is that the leader of the free world could occasionally use a day off. But even presidents’ vacations can be controversial, as partisans argue over whether the time away is detrimental to the nation. With President Obama and his family enjoying their annual summer trek to Martha’s Vineyard, let’s examine five myths about presidential vacations. 1. Presidents get vacations. “Presidents don’t get vacations — they just get a change of scenery,” Nancy Reagan once said in defense of her husband’s frequent trips to his ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif.
In the nuclear age, presidents may have only minutes to make a decision that could affect the entire world. They don’t so much leave the White House as they take a miniature version of it with them wherever they go. Some 200 people accompany a president on vacation — including White House aides, Secret Service agents, military advisers, and experts in communications and transportation — to ensure that, while on vacation, the president can do nearly everything he could accomplish in Washington. 1 of 18
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Content: “Presidents don’t get vacations — they just get a change of scenery,” Nancy Reagan once said in defense of her husband’s frequent trips to his ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif.
In the nuclear age, presidents may have only minutes to make a decision that could affect the entire world. They don’t so much leave the White House as they take a miniature version of it with them wherever they go. Some 200 people accompany a president on vacation — including White House aides, Secret Service agents, military advisers, and experts in communications and transportation — to ensure that, while on vacation, the president can do nearly everything he could accomplish in Washington. 1 of 18
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Fact or fiction? A collection from Outlook’s popular Five Myths series. MYTH: Sanctions never work. “ The most complete academic studies on the matter show that sanctions lead to concessions from the targeted government in one out of every three or four cases,” writes Daniel W. Drezner in “ Five myths about sanctions. “
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Fact or fiction? A collection from Outlook’s popular Five Myths series. MYTH: Sanctions never work. “ The most complete academic studies on the matter show that sanctions lead to concessions from the targeted government in one out of every three or four cases,” writes Daniel W. Drezner in “ Five myths about sanctions. “ That is a far cry from never working.” Here, President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel leave a joint news conference at the White House in May. The leaders discussed additional sanctions to punish Russia for its incursion into Ukraine. Charles Dharapak/AP
Wait 1 second to continue. He continues to receive daily intelligence and national security briefings while on vacation. Presidents also continue to tape weekly radio broadcasts, hold news conferences, attend political fundraisers and occasionally, as Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan did, entertain British royalty.
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Content: they eat the gingerbread straight out of the box. And no one liked rushing from one holiday party to another on a single night. Nor did anyone enjoy my march to Martha Stewart perfection in decorating the tree. This year, when everyone got tired, though the sides were still pretty bare, we stopped. We’ll do the Christmas cards together, but they may arrive in January. Feeling that I’m no longer the only one responsible for making Christmas magic — and that we can decide for ourselves what’s good enough — has freed up space in my head and my day. Instead of barking at the kids, then instantly regretting it, I’ve found myself laughing more. I’ve enjoyed a Christmas concert again and even read by the fire. This Christmas Eve, I still plan to talk to my sister. But at 2 a.m., I’m hopi
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Content: The response so confused my classmate that my first encounter with prejudice ended as quickly as it started. Recess resumed. Today, my grade-school preoccupation with nationality feels a bit quaint. Peruvian or Mexican — does it even matter? We’re all Latinos now. And don’t call us stupid. Latinos have become coveted, exciting, DREAMy. In the 2012 election, the Hispanic vote helped propel President Obama ( 71 percent) over Mitt Romney (27 percent). When politicians ride Hispanic ancestry to presidential short lists and convention keynote slots, when a stalemated Congress has a shot at immigration reform because Democrats need to keep us and Republicans need to woo us, and when Univision beats NBC in prime-time ratings, you know that America’s 51 million Latinos are officially marketable, clickable, unignorable. And if you’ve written a dissertation arguing that we’re dumber than white Americans, you’ll lose your job.
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Title: Five myths about Hispanics - The Washington Post
Headings: Five myths about Hispanics
Five myths about Hispanics
They’re not a racial group. And they’re not all opposed to Trump.
Hispanics are a racial group.
Spanish is a foreign language in the United States.
Hispanics support liberal immigration policies.
'Hispanic' and 'Latino' are synonyms.
Trump can't win over Hispanic voters.
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Envious of Spain’s conquests in the Americas, British propagandists circulated “ la leyenda negra ,” the black legend, a series of writings that denigrated Spaniards and the Spanish Empire as cruel, haughty and intolerant, starting in the 1500s. Anglophones have propagated myths about Hispanic cultures ever since. Though Hispanics make up 18.3 percent of the U.S. population — the country’s largest minority group — many Americans continue to remix and reuse centuries-old stereotypes about them. Hispanic Heritage Month is a good occasion to shoot down five of the most common mitos. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. arrow-right
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Hispanics are a racial group. From CNN and Brookings Institution election exit polls to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public health studies, Hispanics are often listed as a distinct racial group. When a diversity task force recommended the elimination of New York City’s school programs for gifted students, the committee and the news media lumped Hispanics into one racial category, calling the city’s Hispanic-majority schools “segregated” without paying attention to how racial differences among Hispanics affect identities and outcomes.
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Five myths about presidential pardons
You must be charged and convicted before you can be pardoned.
Nixon resigned only after Ford promised to pardon him.
President Obama pardoned Chelsea Manning and Oscar López Rivera.
Pardons are only for guilty people; accepting one is an admission of guilt.
The law on self-pardons is clear.
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President Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio before the former Maricopa County sheriff’s sentencing. ( Ralph Freso/Getty Images)
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Brian C. Kalt, a law professor and the Harold Norris faculty scholar at Michigan State University, is the author of “Constitutional Cliffhangers: A Legal Guide for Presidents and Their Enemies.” June 7, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
President Trump is in a pardon frenzy. Last month, he dispensed absolution for boxer Jack Johnson and pundit Dinesh D’Souza, and this past week, he declared that he can even pardon himself. A White House official told The Washington Post that Trump is now “obsessed” with pardons, his new “favorite thing.” The pardon power is the most kinglike power our presidents have; they can apply it whenever and to whomever they like. Still, many misconceptions surround this constitutional perquisite. Support our journalism.
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Title: Is China a dictatorship? - The Washington Post
Headings: Mike Bloomberg said China isn’t a dictatorship. Is he right?
Mike Bloomberg said China isn’t a dictatorship. Is he right?
The Communist Party does listen to the people — sometimes
China’s CCP does listen to the people — as long as they aren’t independent-minded
China is still a dictatorship
And China is likely to remain a dictatorship
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China’s CCP does listen to the people — as long as they aren’t independent-minded
Bloomberg is right in one regard. The CCP has a big stake in learning what the Chinese public thinks and providing some of what it wants. The government encourages Chinese citizens to monitor local officials, file complaints and even provide input in policy planning. In a recent book on Chinese governance, my co-authors and I document how these limited forms of public engagement can help reduce corruption and improve compliance with regulations. Advertisement
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Other studies confirm that the Chinese government desires some measure of civil society, and is surprisingly receptive to public input — and even some well-intentioned criticism.
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Title: Is China a dictatorship? - The Washington Post
Headings: Mike Bloomberg said China isn’t a dictatorship. Is he right?
Mike Bloomberg said China isn’t a dictatorship. Is he right?
The Communist Party does listen to the people — sometimes
China’s CCP does listen to the people — as long as they aren’t independent-minded
China is still a dictatorship
And China is likely to remain a dictatorship
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China’s CCP does listen to the people — as long as they aren’t independent-minded
Bloomberg is right in one regard. The CCP has a big stake in learning what the Chinese public thinks and providing some of what it wants. The government encourages Chinese citizens to monitor local officials, file complaints and even provide input in policy planning. In a recent book on Chinese governance, my co-authors and I document how these limited forms of public engagement can help reduce corruption and improve compliance with regulations. Advertisement
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Other studies confirm that the Chinese government desires some measure of civil society, and is surprisingly receptive to public input — and even some well-intentioned criticism. In return, an abundance of research demonstrates the CCP continues to enjoy broad support and legitimacy among the Chinese public. Why the NBA and other companies struggle to push back against Chinese censorship
At the same time, the CCP is uncomfortable with having the Chinese people think, feel or act for themselves. Pervasive government censorship and targeted repression are symptoms of the leadership’s deep-seated insecurity. Naturally, it is harder for the regime to engage and understand the public if it limits what the public can say. But Beijing is getting better at figuring out what the Chinese people are saying and thinking.
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Title: Is voting by mail safer for us? That depends on how you define ‘safe.’ - The Washington Post
Headings: More voting by mail would make the 2020 election safer for our health. But it comes with risks of its own.
More voting by mail would make the 2020 election safer for our health. But it comes with risks of its own.
It’s not clear whether “at-home voting” can be ramped up nationwide by November
The growth of voting by mail
Leaks in the vote-by-mail system
How can these problems be prevented?
Can it be done by November?
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Content: Once delivered to the local election office, the ballot is verified — often by matching the ballot’s signature to the voter’s signature on file — and then counted. Each step has hazards. One of us, Charles Stewart, after analyzing data reported by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and in public opinion studies, estimated that in 2008, 3.9 million requested ballots were never received; 2.9 million ballots mailed to voters were never returned; and 800,000 returned ballots were rejected. Advertisement
Not all these gaps were failures. Some people may have requested mail ballots and then voted in person. But that’s not true of others; nearly 1 million ballots were rejected, mainly because of mismatched or missing signatures or ballots arriving too late. Story continues below advertisement
People who vote by mail are significantly more likely to make mistakes than those who vote in person, as Stewart and collaborators found in a study of California election results from 1990 to 2010.
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Title: McGirt v. Oklahoma points to why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice - The Washington Post
Headings: The Oklahoma decision reveals why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice
The Oklahoma decision reveals why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice
Congress won’t let tribes fully punish non-Native American criminals — but federal prosecutors often won’t pursue crimes against Native Americans.
McGirt v. Oklahoma
Why does the federal government share jurisdiction with the tribal nations?
What are the consequences of federal jurisdiction?
What can be done?
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Thursday’s decision means criminals such as McGirt — Native Americans committing crimes on the MCN reservation — will fall under both federal and tribal jurisdiction instead of that of Oklahoma. The federal government will have jurisdiction over non-Native Americans who commit crimes against Native Americans on the reservation, while Oklahoma will continue to have exclusive jurisdiction over crimes committed by non-Native Americans against non-Native Americans. Why does the federal government share jurisdiction with the tribal nations? In 1883, in a case called Ex parte Kan-gi-Shun-ca (Crow Dog), the Supreme Court ruled the federal government did not have the authority to try a Native American man accused of murdering another Native American man on tribal lands; the tribal nation had that exclusive power. Congress responded by passing the Major Crimes Act in 1885 — still in force today — which gives the federal government shared jurisdiction over a set of “major crimes” such as murder on tribal land. In 1968, Congress passed a statute limiting tribal authority called the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA); the law limited the sentences that tribes could impose to a maximum of one-year incarceration. That discouraged many tribes from prosecuting major violent crimes.
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Title: McGirt v. Oklahoma points to why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice - The Washington Post
Headings: The Oklahoma decision reveals why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice
The Oklahoma decision reveals why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice
Congress won’t let tribes fully punish non-Native American criminals — but federal prosecutors often won’t pursue crimes against Native Americans.
McGirt v. Oklahoma
Why does the federal government share jurisdiction with the tribal nations?
What are the consequences of federal jurisdiction?
What can be done?
Content: the tribal nation had that exclusive power. Congress responded by passing the Major Crimes Act in 1885 — still in force today — which gives the federal government shared jurisdiction over a set of “major crimes” such as murder on tribal land. In 1968, Congress passed a statute limiting tribal authority called the Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA); the law limited the sentences that tribes could impose to a maximum of one-year incarceration. That discouraged many tribes from prosecuting major violent crimes. Advertisement
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Courts have also limited tribal jurisdiction. In 1978, in Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, the Supreme Court prohibited tribes from prosecuting non-Native Americans for crimes committed on tribal land. This left a serious gap. Tribes can neither prosecute non-Native American criminals themselves nor force the federal government to do so. What's next after the Supreme Court's birth control ruling?
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Title: McGirt v. Oklahoma points to why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice - The Washington Post
Headings: The Oklahoma decision reveals why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice
The Oklahoma decision reveals why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice
Congress won’t let tribes fully punish non-Native American criminals — but federal prosecutors often won’t pursue crimes against Native Americans.
McGirt v. Oklahoma
Why does the federal government share jurisdiction with the tribal nations?
What are the consequences of federal jurisdiction?
What can be done?
Content: Federal priorities can and do change, and the federal judicial system is ill-equipped to handle interpersonal violent crime. That’s because the federal judicial system primarily deals with other crimes such as white collar crime, and interstate and international drug-trafficking rings. Nor would it help to return to state jurisdiction; state governments, like the federal government, have poor track records on prosecuting crimes in Indian country. 'People of color' are protesting. Here's what you need to know about this new identity. In the past decade, Congress partially restored criminal jurisdiction for tribes. The 2010 Tribal Law and Order Act amended the ICRA to give tribes the power to sentence Native American defendants to not just one but up to three years per offense. When Congress reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act in 2013, it restored tribal court authority over non-Native American defendants for crimes related to domestic violence. Some resisted the VAWA changes.
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Title: McGirt v. Oklahoma points to why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice - The Washington Post
Headings: The Oklahoma decision reveals why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice
The Oklahoma decision reveals why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice
Congress won’t let tribes fully punish non-Native American criminals — but federal prosecutors often won’t pursue crimes against Native Americans.
McGirt v. Oklahoma
Why does the federal government share jurisdiction with the tribal nations?
What are the consequences of federal jurisdiction?
What can be done?
Content: Here's what you need to know about this new identity. In the past decade, Congress partially restored criminal jurisdiction for tribes. The 2010 Tribal Law and Order Act amended the ICRA to give tribes the power to sentence Native American defendants to not just one but up to three years per offense. When Congress reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act in 2013, it restored tribal court authority over non-Native American defendants for crimes related to domestic violence. Some resisted the VAWA changes. For instance, Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) said, “So the idea behind [VAWA] is we’ll try them in tribal court. But … it’s going to be made up of Indians, right? So the non-Indian doesn’t get a fair trial. ” In other words, opponents argued tribal jurisdiction over non-Native Americans is unfair, while federal and state jurisdiction over Native Americans is fair. Advertisement
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Both the 2010 act and the 2013 VAWA changes suggest that if policymakers are motivated, more reform is possible, especially during a nationwide debate about correcting past injustices.
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Title: McGirt v. Oklahoma points to why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice - The Washington Post
Headings: The Oklahoma decision reveals why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice
The Oklahoma decision reveals why Native Americans have a hard time seeking justice
Congress won’t let tribes fully punish non-Native American criminals — but federal prosecutors often won’t pursue crimes against Native Americans.
McGirt v. Oklahoma
Why does the federal government share jurisdiction with the tribal nations?
What are the consequences of federal jurisdiction?
What can be done?
Content: For instance, Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) said, “So the idea behind [VAWA] is we’ll try them in tribal court. But … it’s going to be made up of Indians, right? So the non-Indian doesn’t get a fair trial. ” In other words, opponents argued tribal jurisdiction over non-Native Americans is unfair, while federal and state jurisdiction over Native Americans is fair. Advertisement
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Both the 2010 act and the 2013 VAWA changes suggest that if policymakers are motivated, more reform is possible, especially during a nationwide debate about correcting past injustices. The TMC newsletter has moved! Sign up here to keep receiving our smart analysis. Dominga Cruz (@DomingaFCruz) is a graduate student in political science at the University of Oklahoma and an enrolled citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. Sarah Deer (@sarahdeer) is a professor at the University of Kansas, citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, and recipient of a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship and 2020 Carnegie Fellowship. Kathleen Tipler (@ktipler47) is an assistant professor in political science at the University of Oklahoma.
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Title: For Trump, a new ‘rigged’ system: The election itself - The Washington Post
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By David Weigel
David Weigel
National reporter covering politics
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August 2, 2016
Photos of Donald Trump on the campaign trail
Content: “I want you to vote 10 times,” he would say. “ Don’t worry — we’re not Democrats.” In his interview with The Post, Trump offered that his chief concern about fraud was that states without strict identification requirements would see rampant repeat voters. “ If you don’t have voter ID, you can just keep voting and voting and voting,” he said. On Fox News, Trump’s only evidence for fraud consisted of “precincts where there were practically nobody voting for the Republican” in the 2012 election. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told supporters in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 1 that he worries the Nov. 8 election "is going to be rigged." ( The Washington Post)
In reality, voter fraud is rare. A 2014 study by Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School, found just 31 possible instances of fraud over 14 years of elections with a total of 1 billion votes cast. The low Republican vote in some urban centers squares with the low support black voters gave GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign in 2012. Still, the battle against “voter fraud” has made gains with Republican lawmakers and conservative journalists.
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Title: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time - The Washington Post
Headings: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
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While the new figure reveals Twitter’s lesser size in comparison with other social networks, the number of daily users continues to grow, with a 9 percent increase in daily active users compared with the same period last year. Twitter also said that its daily user numbers only include those accounts that can see advertisements; it excludes, for instance, people who use third party apps that don’t show ads, which the company says makes its figures “not comparable to current disclosures from other companies.” Advertisement
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Twitter has historically disclosed the percentage growth of its daily users but not the actual figure. The company also posted another profitable quarter, its fifth consecutive period of profitability. Twitter brought in $909 million in revenue for the fourth quarter, up 24 percent from a year earlier, with a profit of $255 million, well more than double what it made during the same period in 2017. “2018 is proof that our long-term strategy is working," chief executive Jack Dorsey said in a statement. " We enter this year confident that we will continue to deliver strong performance by focusing on making Twitter a healthier and more conversational service.” Would calling for murder get Trump banned from Twitter? CEO Jack Dorsey won’t say.
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Title: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time - The Washington Post
Headings: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
Content: Twitter brought in $909 million in revenue for the fourth quarter, up 24 percent from a year earlier, with a profit of $255 million, well more than double what it made during the same period in 2017. “2018 is proof that our long-term strategy is working," chief executive Jack Dorsey said in a statement. " We enter this year confident that we will continue to deliver strong performance by focusing on making Twitter a healthier and more conversational service.” Would calling for murder get Trump banned from Twitter? CEO Jack Dorsey won’t say. But for the first quarter of 2019, Twitter expects revenue to come in between $715 and $775 million, an outlook that may have unsettled investors, along with the change in disclosures about user numbers. Twitter stock was down more than 10 percent in midday trading. Advertisement
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In a call with investors Thursday, Dorsey cast Twitter as an indispensable platform for hosting unique conversations, giving users insight into events and debates sparking around the world. “ You can’t find the conversation on Twitter anywhere else,” he said. Dorsey said this financial quarter was Twitter’s most successful ever.
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Title: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time - The Washington Post
Headings: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
Content: But for the first quarter of 2019, Twitter expects revenue to come in between $715 and $775 million, an outlook that may have unsettled investors, along with the change in disclosures about user numbers. Twitter stock was down more than 10 percent in midday trading. Advertisement
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In a call with investors Thursday, Dorsey cast Twitter as an indispensable platform for hosting unique conversations, giving users insight into events and debates sparking around the world. “ You can’t find the conversation on Twitter anywhere else,” he said. Dorsey said this financial quarter was Twitter’s most successful ever. Dorsey said the company’s strategy is centered on four broad objectives: promoting healthy conversation on the platform, making it easier for users to participate in conversations, improving the platform for advertisers and focusing on new technology to improve the service. Dorsey said the platform is a hub for following people’s interests, but acknowledged it can be difficult for users to engage in conversations and, for first-time users, to find accounts that share their interests. He said the company is developing ways to remove the initial work by users to find relevant discussions, jump into sporting events and follow breaking news. Advertisement
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Twitter reported that the number of monthly active users is declining.
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Title: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time - The Washington Post
Headings: Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
Twitter reveals its daily active user numbers for the first time
Content: Dorsey said the company’s strategy is centered on four broad objectives: promoting healthy conversation on the platform, making it easier for users to participate in conversations, improving the platform for advertisers and focusing on new technology to improve the service. Dorsey said the platform is a hub for following people’s interests, but acknowledged it can be difficult for users to engage in conversations and, for first-time users, to find accounts that share their interests. He said the company is developing ways to remove the initial work by users to find relevant discussions, jump into sporting events and follow breaking news. Advertisement
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Twitter reported that the number of monthly active users is declining. Twitter claimed 321 million monthly users, down 9 million, or more than 2 percent from the same time last year. “ The falloff in monthly active users is likely a continuation of Twitter’s efforts to remove questionable accounts,” which began last quarter, said Jasmine Enberg, an analyst at the research firm eMarketer. Enberg said the growth in daily users, however, means that people are still “highly engaged” on Twitter, which advertisers will take as a positive sign. Twitter also has room to grow by converting people who use the site infrequently into daily users, she said, which would allow the company to boost its revenue without having to grow its overall user base. Ned Segal, Twitter’s chief financial officer, told investors that deciding to disclose the company’s daily user base is the best way to measure the company’s success.
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Title: Tunisia's economy hit by olive oil glut - The Washington Post
Headings: Tunisia is one of the world’s top olive oil producers. But now, it’s facing a crisis of too much.
Tunisia is one of the world’s top olive oil producers. But now, it’s facing a crisis of too much.
Content: Tunisian olive oils have won medals at international competitions in London and Los Angeles. Advertisement
Yet Tunisian olive oil remains little-known to many foreign consumers. That is partly because it is largely exported in bulk, mostly to Italy and Spain, said former commerce minister Omar Behi. There, some gets mixed with local oils and sold in grocery stores around the world under Italian or Spanish brand names. Claire Parker for The Washington Post
Tunisia’s production of olive oil has doubled in a year, to about 350,000 metric tons, turning the country into the world’s second-largest producer after Spain. This glut has exacerbated the effects of what was already a global slump in olive oil prices. Story continues below advertisement
Tunisian producers are reporting dramatic price drops, with a kilogram of freshly produced virgin olive oil on average fetching about $1.50 in January, according to National Olive Oil Office chief executive Chokri Bayoudh. Prices for raw olives have dropped even more sharply, meaning small growers like Sid who do not make their own oil are bearing the brunt. Advertisement
“It’s a catastrophe, especially for small farmers,” said Faouzi Zayani, vice president of national farmers union Synagri. Olive oil constitutes half the country’s agricultural exports.
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Title: Tunisia's economy hit by olive oil glut - The Washington Post
Headings: Tunisia is one of the world’s top olive oil producers. But now, it’s facing a crisis of too much.
Tunisia is one of the world’s top olive oil producers. But now, it’s facing a crisis of too much.
Content: This glut has exacerbated the effects of what was already a global slump in olive oil prices. Story continues below advertisement
Tunisian producers are reporting dramatic price drops, with a kilogram of freshly produced virgin olive oil on average fetching about $1.50 in January, according to National Olive Oil Office chief executive Chokri Bayoudh. Prices for raw olives have dropped even more sharply, meaning small growers like Sid who do not make their own oil are bearing the brunt. Advertisement
“It’s a catastrophe, especially for small farmers,” said Faouzi Zayani, vice president of national farmers union Synagri. Olive oil constitutes half the country’s agricultural exports. More than 300,000 farmers rely on olives for at least some income, and the olive sector employs nearly 10 percent of the entire workforce, according to the Agriculture Ministry. Story continues below advertisement
The Phoenicians introduced olives to the area nearly 3,000 years ago. Empires came and went, but the olive tree endured as a hallmark of daily life and cultural heritage. Proverbs herald its bounty, and olive oil remains a popular home remedy for sore throats and dry skin. “There is no Tunisia without olive trees,” said Selim Ben Ali, a 22-year-old seasonal worker who spends each harvest camped out on a Sfax orchard.
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Title: Tunisia's economy hit by olive oil glut - The Washington Post
Headings: Tunisia is one of the world’s top olive oil producers. But now, it’s facing a crisis of too much.
Tunisia is one of the world’s top olive oil producers. But now, it’s facing a crisis of too much.
Content: Good harvests usually mean cash for weddings or home repairs, farmers say. But this year, they are sinking into debt. Some cannot afford to work their land, jeopardizing future crops. The crisis is having ripple effects as hard-pressed farmers are forgoing annual shopping trips for clothing or household items. Advertisement
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The current crisis began in Spain, where surplus olive oil from last season’s huge harvest saturated the market before this season even began. Olive oil prices around the world plummeted, and farmers across Spain staged protests. Climate change, which is causing intense droughts punctuated by seasons of heavy rain, has made Mediterranean olive production even more unpredictable. More than 90 percent of Tunisia’s olive trees are nonirrigated, leaving Tunisia especially vulnerable. Abdelmajid Ezzar, president of the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries, said low prices have hit those in the country’s poorer interior regions particularly hard. On Adel Jamaoui’s farm outside Kairouan, withered black olives litter the ground under trees that Jamaoui cannot afford to harvest.
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Title: Tunisia's economy hit by olive oil glut - The Washington Post
Headings: Tunisia is one of the world’s top olive oil producers. But now, it’s facing a crisis of too much.
Tunisia is one of the world’s top olive oil producers. But now, it’s facing a crisis of too much.
Content: Olive oil prices around the world plummeted, and farmers across Spain staged protests. Climate change, which is causing intense droughts punctuated by seasons of heavy rain, has made Mediterranean olive production even more unpredictable. More than 90 percent of Tunisia’s olive trees are nonirrigated, leaving Tunisia especially vulnerable. Abdelmajid Ezzar, president of the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries, said low prices have hit those in the country’s poorer interior regions particularly hard. On Adel Jamaoui’s farm outside Kairouan, withered black olives litter the ground under trees that Jamaoui cannot afford to harvest. Story continues below advertisement
In December, angry farmers blockaded the Agriculture Ministry in Tunis, demanding that the agriculture minister resign and the government stabilize prices. Advertisement
The government responded by buying up some of the surplus and subsidizing exporters’ transportation costs. In January, it approved an emergency plan to store 100,000 tons of olive oil and pay a premium to producers and exporters. The central bank, meanwhile, has urged banks to continue extending credit to those affected. Tunisian officials have engaged in olive oil diplomacy, calling on foreign diplomats in Tunisia to promote the country’s oil back home.
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Title: Tunisia's economy hit by olive oil glut - The Washington Post
Headings: Tunisia is one of the world’s top olive oil producers. But now, it’s facing a crisis of too much.
Tunisia is one of the world’s top olive oil producers. But now, it’s facing a crisis of too much.
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In December, angry farmers blockaded the Agriculture Ministry in Tunis, demanding that the agriculture minister resign and the government stabilize prices. Advertisement
The government responded by buying up some of the surplus and subsidizing exporters’ transportation costs. In January, it approved an emergency plan to store 100,000 tons of olive oil and pay a premium to producers and exporters. The central bank, meanwhile, has urged banks to continue extending credit to those affected. Tunisian officials have engaged in olive oil diplomacy, calling on foreign diplomats in Tunisia to promote the country’s oil back home. Claire Parker for The Washington Post
“The state has taken all necessary measures,” said Boubaker Karray, the former agriculture minister’s chief of staff. ( A new government was formed late last month with new ministers.) He said the government is encouraging irrigation and has readied a fund to help farmers who face losses because of climate change. Story continues below advertisement
In recent decades, successive governments have invested in expanding the olive oil sector to develop impoverished regions, reduce the trade deficit and inject foreign currency into Tunisia’s struggling economy. The government has also ramped up incentives in recent years for producers to bottle their olive oils — which increases their value — and promote them abroad.
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Title: After decades in America, the newly deported return to a Mexico they barely recognize - The Washington Post
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By Antonio Olivo
Antonio Olivo
Reporter covering government, politics and demographics in Northern Virginia
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Content: He lived in the United States for 27 years and left his wife and five children behind in Las Vegas. ( Antonio Olivo/The Washington Post)
Since President Trump took office in January, the number of U.S. government flights landing in Mexico City loaded with deportees has jumped from two a week under President Barack Obama to three, Mexican officials said. The arrivals include convicted felons but also many without criminal records. The numbers of immigrants deported from the United States waned in the final years of the Obama administration, which took steps to focus enforcement on hardened criminals and recent arrivals. Trump, who made immigration enforcement a centerpiece of his campaign, has been clear that he views illegal immigrants as potential security threats and competitors to Americans for jobs. Last week, he told journalists at a private lunch that he might be open to a comprehensive immigration overhaul that includes a path to legal status for those who had not committed crimes. But Trump did not mention such a plan in his remarks to a joint session of Congress, emphasizing his deportation initiatives instead. About 500 deported Mexicans, including some who had been picked up when Obama was in office, are arriving here daily. “Many of these people come not knowing how to speak Spanish,” said Amalia García, secretary of Mexico City’s labor department, which serves as a point of contact for the deportees. “ They come feeling very bitter, very ashamed and very hurt.”
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Title: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real - Washington Times
Headings: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
1. Dead people voting in Colorado.
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2. Illegals found voting in Virginia; only discovered after they self-reported.
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3. Some Pennsylvania citizens voting twice.
4. Illegal voters uncovered in Philadelphia; half had previously voted.
5. Voter rigging triggers probe in Texas.
6. Indiana voter fraud investigation grows to 56 counties.
7. Three under investigation in Oklahoma for voting twice in the presidential primary.
8. Election fraud in Kentucky.
9. Underage voters found voting in Wisconsin’s presidential primary.
10. Voter registration cards sent to illegals in Pennsylvania.
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A CBS affiliate’s evidence of voter fraud in Colorado in September sparked an immediate investigation by Secretary of State Wayne Williams. A report in Denver exposed multiple incidents in recent years where dead Coloradans were still voting. A dead World War II veteran named John Grosso voted in a 2006 primary election, and a woman named Sara Sosa who died in 2009 cast ballots in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Mrs. Sosa’s husband Miguel died in 2008, but a vote was cast in his name one year later. 2. Illegals found voting in Virginia; only discovered after they self-reported. A study by the watchdog Public Interest Legal Foundation found in just eight Virginia counties, 1,046 alien non-citizens successfully registered to vote. These aliens were only accidentally caught because when they renewed their driver’s license and self-reported, telling authorities they were a non-citizen.
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Title: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real - Washington Times
Headings: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
1. Dead people voting in Colorado.
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2. Illegals found voting in Virginia; only discovered after they self-reported.
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3. Some Pennsylvania citizens voting twice.
4. Illegal voters uncovered in Philadelphia; half had previously voted.
5. Voter rigging triggers probe in Texas.
6. Indiana voter fraud investigation grows to 56 counties.
7. Three under investigation in Oklahoma for voting twice in the presidential primary.
8. Election fraud in Kentucky.
9. Underage voters found voting in Wisconsin’s presidential primary.
10. Voter registration cards sent to illegals in Pennsylvania.
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Content: 2. Illegals found voting in Virginia; only discovered after they self-reported. A study by the watchdog Public Interest Legal Foundation found in just eight Virginia counties, 1,046 alien non-citizens successfully registered to vote. These aliens were only accidentally caught because when they renewed their driver’s license and self-reported, telling authorities they were a non-citizen. This study doesn’t even include the metropolises of Fairfax County and Arlington. Moreover, the FBI opened an investigation in the state after 20 dead people turned in applications to vote. PHOTOS: Cheap shot: Best handguns under $300
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Title: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real - Washington Times
Headings: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
1. Dead people voting in Colorado.
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2. Illegals found voting in Virginia; only discovered after they self-reported.
PHOTOS: Cheap shot: Best handguns under $300
3. Some Pennsylvania citizens voting twice.
4. Illegal voters uncovered in Philadelphia; half had previously voted.
5. Voter rigging triggers probe in Texas.
6. Indiana voter fraud investigation grows to 56 counties.
7. Three under investigation in Oklahoma for voting twice in the presidential primary.
8. Election fraud in Kentucky.
9. Underage voters found voting in Wisconsin’s presidential primary.
10. Voter registration cards sent to illegals in Pennsylvania.
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Content: This study doesn’t even include the metropolises of Fairfax County and Arlington. Moreover, the FBI opened an investigation in the state after 20 dead people turned in applications to vote. PHOTOS: Cheap shot: Best handguns under $300
3. Some Pennsylvania citizens voting twice. Last year, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state admitted data showed more than 700 Pennsylvania voters might have cast two ballots in recent elections, yet said she’s powerless to investigate or prosecute double voters. Nearly 43,000 voters in Pennsylvania had potentially duplicate registrations in either Pennsylvania or other states, data researcher Voter Registration Data Crosscheck found. 4. Illegal voters uncovered in Philadelphia;
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Title: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real - Washington Times
Headings: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
1. Dead people voting in Colorado.
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2. Illegals found voting in Virginia; only discovered after they self-reported.
PHOTOS: Cheap shot: Best handguns under $300
3. Some Pennsylvania citizens voting twice.
4. Illegal voters uncovered in Philadelphia; half had previously voted.
5. Voter rigging triggers probe in Texas.
6. Indiana voter fraud investigation grows to 56 counties.
7. Three under investigation in Oklahoma for voting twice in the presidential primary.
8. Election fraud in Kentucky.
9. Underage voters found voting in Wisconsin’s presidential primary.
10. Voter registration cards sent to illegals in Pennsylvania.
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Content: half had previously voted. At least 86 non-citizens have been registered voters in Philadelphia since 2013, and almost half of them have cast a ballot in a recent election, watchdog Public Interest Legal Foundation noted this month. The number was only turned up after officials received specific requests from the voters themselves to remove their names from the rolls. “This is just the tip of the iceberg,” Joseph Vanderhulst, the watchdog’s attorney, told LifeZette on Oct. 5. “ Who knows how many are on and don’t ask to be taken off?” 5. Voter rigging triggers probe in Texas. This week, allegations of voter fraud in Tarrant County, Texas, prompted a state investigation. The suit focuses on mail-in ballots, which allows for people to vote from their homes without any ID or verification of identity. There’s concern of so-called “vote-harvesting” were political operatives fill out and return other people’s ballots, without their consent.
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Title: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real - Washington Times
Headings: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
1. Dead people voting in Colorado.
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2. Illegals found voting in Virginia; only discovered after they self-reported.
PHOTOS: Cheap shot: Best handguns under $300
3. Some Pennsylvania citizens voting twice.
4. Illegal voters uncovered in Philadelphia; half had previously voted.
5. Voter rigging triggers probe in Texas.
6. Indiana voter fraud investigation grows to 56 counties.
7. Three under investigation in Oklahoma for voting twice in the presidential primary.
8. Election fraud in Kentucky.
9. Underage voters found voting in Wisconsin’s presidential primary.
10. Voter registration cards sent to illegals in Pennsylvania.
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Content: 7. Three under investigation in Oklahoma for voting twice in the presidential primary. An investigation is underway into three Comanche County, Oklahoma, residents who voted twice in last week’s Presidential Preferential Primary, according to the local ABC 7 News station, KSWO. “All three submitted absentee ballots before showing up to their polling place on March 1 and voted again in person,” the report said. “ The Comanche County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the case and will interview all three of them before handing the case over to the district attorney.” 8. Election fraud in Kentucky. A Franklin County grand jury has indicted a Pike County man in June on multiple felony counts of election fraud in connection with last month’s statewide primary. Keith Justice, 50, has been charged with four counts of intimidating an election officer and one count of interfering with an election officer in Pike County. 9.
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Title: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real - Washington Times
Headings: No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
No, voter fraud isn't a myth: 10 cases where it's all too real
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
1. Dead people voting in Colorado.
PHOTOS: Most popular concealed carry pistols
2. Illegals found voting in Virginia; only discovered after they self-reported.
PHOTOS: Cheap shot: Best handguns under $300
3. Some Pennsylvania citizens voting twice.
4. Illegal voters uncovered in Philadelphia; half had previously voted.
5. Voter rigging triggers probe in Texas.
6. Indiana voter fraud investigation grows to 56 counties.
7. Three under investigation in Oklahoma for voting twice in the presidential primary.
8. Election fraud in Kentucky.
9. Underage voters found voting in Wisconsin’s presidential primary.
10. Voter registration cards sent to illegals in Pennsylvania.
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Content: 8. Election fraud in Kentucky. A Franklin County grand jury has indicted a Pike County man in June on multiple felony counts of election fraud in connection with last month’s statewide primary. Keith Justice, 50, has been charged with four counts of intimidating an election officer and one count of interfering with an election officer in Pike County. 9. Underage voters found voting in Wisconsin’s presidential primary. Brown County election officials in April found six cases where underage voters cast a ballot in the state’s presidential primary. County Clerk Sandy Juno told a local reporter that six 17-year-old students registered and voted. Despite five of the students presenting a valid ID, poll workers never looked at the date of birth on them or on the registration forms they filled out, Ms. Juno told local news website wearegreenbay.com. In one case, the student used a report card as identification.
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Title: The ever-expanding power of the presidency - Washington Times
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The ever-expanding power of the presidency
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By Tim Donner - - Monday, September 12, 2016
With the 2016 presidential race upon us now in full force, America is reaffirming its long-standing fascination with these quadrennial elections. In this age of social media, the prolific amount of ink and html spilled on the election makes the presidency seems more powerful than ever. And there is good reason for that belief: Successive generations of Americans have allowed it to happen. There has not been a president in memory of either party that escaped the accusation of expanding his power beyond the limits of the Constitution. TOP STORIES
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At the same time, the Congress has been most often accused of creating a power vacuum by failing to sufficiently exert its constitutional powers as the “people’s house” — that branch of the federal government designed to be closest to the people. It is a vacuum which many a president has eagerly filled. In Article II, the Constitution explicitly grants the president far fewer powers than most people believe. A president is constitutionally authorized to sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, ask for the written opinion of his cabinet, convene or adjourn Congress, grant reprieves and pardons, and receive ambassadors.
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Title: The ever-expanding power of the presidency - Washington Times
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Content: TOP STORIES
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At the same time, the Congress has been most often accused of creating a power vacuum by failing to sufficiently exert its constitutional powers as the “people’s house” — that branch of the federal government designed to be closest to the people. It is a vacuum which many a president has eagerly filled. In Article II, the Constitution explicitly grants the president far fewer powers than most people believe. A president is constitutionally authorized to sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, ask for the written opinion of his cabinet, convene or adjourn Congress, grant reprieves and pardons, and receive ambassadors. The president can also propose treaties and nominate judges, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. That’s it. Those are the only powers granted to the president. But you would hardly know it by studying the modern presidency, and the massive and ever-expanding size of the executive branch of the federal government. It is crucial to remember how wary the founding generation was of a strong executive.
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Title: The ever-expanding power of the presidency - Washington Times
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Content: During deep recessions, Presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter established government controls on wages and prices, and started massive new agencies regulating occupational safety, energy and the environment, thus exerting federal control over entire sectors of the private economy. After the Sept. 11 terror attacks, President George W. Bush established the Homeland Security Agency with broad powers that have consistently tested constitutional limits. He also promoted a prescription-drug entitlement to Medicare, and significantly increased federal involvement in education, despite its being historically a local or state issue. But it is not always a crisis that results in expanded executive power: Sometimes it is just the president’s belief that the public will accept it. A recent example is President Obama’s executive actions promising the nonenforcement of certain immigration laws. But there is also the undeniable effect of the bully pulpit controlled by the president. When a president declares, as this president has for example, that health care insurance is a right, and presidential candidates propose to expand nearly universal education rights forward from elementary and secondary education to the college level, citizens ungrounded in the explicit constitutional limits of executive power become increasingly compliant to the repeated assertion of these newly pronounced rights — which are not delineated in the Constitution. This has had a cumulative effect on the electorate and its view of the presidency. You may approve of the expansion of the powers of the presidency, or you may not.
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Title: Margaret Sanger founded Planned Parenthood on racism - Washington Times
Headings: Planned Parenthood founded on racism, belief in protecting society against 'the unfit'
Planned Parenthood founded on racism, belief in protecting society against 'the unfit'
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Content: Which is exactly what she set out and succeeded in doing. Planned Parenthood is largely the reason why black babies are aborted in America three times more often than white babies, and Hispanic preborns are killed 1½ times more often than whites. In fact, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research compiled by TooManyAborted.com, “Abortion is the number one killer of black lives in the United States. More than HIV. More than heart disease. More than cancer. Abortion snuffs out more black lives than all other causes of death combined.” Planned Parenthood masquerades as a benevolent organization, claiming to offer a full array of women’s health care services to disadvantaged women. From the way Planned Parenthood markets itself, one would think it offers basics such as mammograms and prenatal health care — especially for poor women living in the nation’s most impoverished neighborhoods. But it does not.
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Title: Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional? - Washington Times
Headings: 'Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional?'
'Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional?'
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By Andrew P. Napolitano - - Wednesday, April 3, 2019
ANALYSIS/OPINION: “If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch, as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned.” — Justice George Sutherland (1862-1942)
Here we go again. The legal battle over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — will soon be back in court due to the largely unexpected consequences of a series of recent events. When the ACA was enacted in 2010, it was a stool with four legs. The first was a declaration that access to professional health care treatment — even for pre-existing conditions— is a right to be guaranteed by the federal government. Second, that all people in America are legally required to have health insurance or be assessed for the cost of an insurance policy by the IRS — this is the so-called individual mandate. Third, that all employers of 50 or more full-time employees provide health care insurance to their employees.
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Title: Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional? - Washington Times
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'Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional?'
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Content: The legal battle over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — will soon be back in court due to the largely unexpected consequences of a series of recent events. When the ACA was enacted in 2010, it was a stool with four legs. The first was a declaration that access to professional health care treatment — even for pre-existing conditions— is a right to be guaranteed by the federal government. Second, that all people in America are legally required to have health insurance or be assessed for the cost of an insurance policy by the IRS — this is the so-called individual mandate. Third, that all employers of 50 or more full-time employees provide health care insurance to their employees. And fourth, that the federal government would micromanage the delivery of health care and, along with the states, orchestrate and subsidize health care for those who did not receive it from an employer. TOP STORIES
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When the legal challenge to the ACA was before the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2012, the core issue was does the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution — which delegates to Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce — empower Congress to compel people to engage in it by purchasing a health insurance policy. As the late President George H.W. Bush liked to ask:
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Title: Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional? - Washington Times
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'Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional?'
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Content: And fourth, that the federal government would micromanage the delivery of health care and, along with the states, orchestrate and subsidize health care for those who did not receive it from an employer. TOP STORIES
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When the legal challenge to the ACA was before the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2012, the core issue was does the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution — which delegates to Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce — empower Congress to compel people to engage in it by purchasing a health insurance policy. As the late President George H.W. Bush liked to ask: Can Congress force me to eat broccoli? When the Supreme Court took a preliminary vote after oral arguments on the constitutionality of the individual mandate, the tally was 5-4 to invalidate it. Then Chief Justice John Roberts had second thoughts. He saw the polls, which showed Mitt Romney safely ahead of President Barack Obama in the then-upcoming presidential race, and Republicans looking good to capture Congress. He reasoned to his colleagues that it would be better for history and the court’s legacy if the political branches invalidated legislation as controversial as the ACA, rather than the court.
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Title: Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional? - Washington Times
Headings: 'Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional?'
'Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional?'
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Content: Can Congress force me to eat broccoli? When the Supreme Court took a preliminary vote after oral arguments on the constitutionality of the individual mandate, the tally was 5-4 to invalidate it. Then Chief Justice John Roberts had second thoughts. He saw the polls, which showed Mitt Romney safely ahead of President Barack Obama in the then-upcoming presidential race, and Republicans looking good to capture Congress. He reasoned to his colleagues that it would be better for history and the court’s legacy if the political branches invalidated legislation as controversial as the ACA, rather than the court. So, he went along with the finding that the Commerce Clause does not confer the power to compel entry into interstate commerce, but he needed a way to salvage the individual mandate. Breaking with the five-member conservative majority on the court, he reasoned that while Congress cannot regulate everything under the sun (its powers to regulate are limited by the Constitution), it can tax anything under the sun. So, if the IRS assessment visited upon those who fail to acquire health insurance is a tax, the individual mandate is constitutional. This was a novel argument, in large measure because the litigants challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate and the Department of Justice defending it all argued to the court that the IRS assessment was not a tax. President Obama had promised voters that the federal micromanagement of health care would not add to individuals’ tax burden, and the challengers called the assessment a penalty so as to trigger a hearing for each person as to whom the IRS imposed an assessment.
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Title: Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional? - Washington Times
Headings: 'Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional?'
'Is the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional?'
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Content: It is almost unheard of for the DOJ not to defend on appeal a constitutional challenge to a federal statute, particularly a statute that the Supreme Court has upheld, and especially a statute that the DOJ just finished defending in a trial court. The courts are incredulous, and skeptical, when the DOJ changes its position 180 degrees during a case. That change can seriously undermine the credibility of the DOJ. Also, it can undermine the president’s fidelity to his oath of office — to uphold and defend laws whether he agrees with them or not. Yet, the present statute is not the same statute that the Supreme Court upheld in 2012. The feds cannot order me to wear a red necktie, but they can tax me if I don’t. No tax, no red necktie. What will the courts do? Politically, this is a serious problem for Republicans. History shows that once a governmental benefit — here, subsidized health insurance with guaranteed coverage for pre-existing conditions, now enjoyed by 21 million Americans — begins to flow, it is nearly impossible politically to stop it.
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Title: Repeal the Patriot Act: Legislation repugnant to the American Revolution and Constitution - Washington Times
Headings: Repeal the Patriot Act: Legislation repugnant to the American Revolution and Constitution
Repeal the Patriot Act: Legislation repugnant to the American Revolution and Constitution
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Content: Yet, in times of crisis, we have supinely permitted the federal government to invade our privacy on a scale never approached by the folks who brought the Stamp Act to our ancestors. After 9/11, the George W. Bush administration offered the Patriot Act to Congress. It was crafted in secrecy and enacted in infidelity to the Constitution. Members of the House of Representatives had 15 minutes to read its 300+ pages and no time for serious floor debate. The one senator who spoke out against it was driven from office. Section 505 of the Patriot Act permits federal agents to bypass the requirements of the Fourth Amendment and to issue their own search warrants. Those agent-written warrants are not based on probable cause of crime but rather on a representation by one agent to another of governmental needs — the same lame standard used by the secret London courts that issued writs of assistance. Since 2001, federal agents have issued more than 300,000 of these search warrants — which they call National Security Letters — to custodians of financial records. In 2004 alone, 56,507 agent-written search warrants were issued. Those custodians include financial institutions, telecom providers, computer service providers, supermarkets, credit card issuers, health care insurers and providers, legal service providers, local and state governments, and even the Post Office.
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Title: Twitter is losing users, just as censorship fatigue hits hard - Washington Times
Headings: Twitter is losing users, just as censorship fatigue hits hard
Twitter is losing users, just as censorship fatigue hits hard
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Content: Or the many, many, many who’ve simply retweeted The Post piece. Or anyone else who’s written critically of Democratic candidates, politicos or the party in general. And then to not even explain the censorship, but rather send a form letter about violating some standards of community behavior? Tsk-tsk. The people don’t like it. And they start to show their dislike by taking their business elsewhere. “Twitter shares plunge as user growth slows,” Fox Business recently reported. The story goes on to say how Twitter posted decent quarterly revenues, but the expected daily user rate came in flat. Very flat, actually. “Twitter posted much stronger than expected third-quarter results thanks to surging advertiser demand,” Fox Business found. “ [
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Title: Twitter is losing users, just as censorship fatigue hits hard - Washington Times
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Twitter is losing users, just as censorship fatigue hits hard
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Content: And they start to show their dislike by taking their business elsewhere. “Twitter shares plunge as user growth slows,” Fox Business recently reported. The story goes on to say how Twitter posted decent quarterly revenues, but the expected daily user rate came in flat. Very flat, actually. “Twitter posted much stronger than expected third-quarter results thanks to surging advertiser demand,” Fox Business found. “ [ H]owever, profit slipped and daily users came in lower than analysts expected. The San Francisco company earned $28.66 million, or 4 cents per share, in the July-September period.” The earnings is 22% less than a year ago. Some of that can be chalked to COVID-19, of course. But here’s the interesting part:
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Title: Critical race theory, 1619 Project targeted by Georgia, Arkansas lawmakers - Washington Times
Headings: Lawmakers in two states target teaching of critical race theory, 1619 Project
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By James Varney - The Washington Times - Sunday, February 7, 2021
Lawmakers in two Southern states are trying to block public schools from adopting curricula based on critical race theory, which teaches that the legal and governance systems in the U.S. are inherently racist and retain economic and political power for Whites by oppressing people of color. Their argument also targets instruction incorporating the 1619 Project, a New York Times series that reframes U.S. history with slavery at the center of the narrative. In Arkansas, newly introduced legislation would ban the 1619 Project and classwork that tells White students they are racist oppressors regardless of their thoughts and actions. TOP STORIES
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In Georgia, a Republican lawmaker is pressing higher education officials about the kinds of racially attuned workshops and courses are percolating in the state’s public universities. “I’m trying to focus on the activities going on here, which I think are demeaning to some students, and this business of labeling people as ‘oppressors,’” said Arkansas state Rep. Mark Lowery, who introduced two bills targeting critical race theory. “ They believe teaching assimilation is racist.” The legislative moves are reactions to liberal educators’ increased incorporation of critical race theory in curricula. Critical race theory has appeared in public schools, private schools and charter schools. School districts across the country, including the Los Angeles Unified School District, declared the first week of February as “Black Lives Matter School Week of Action.” It goes beyond teaching racial justice issues to include other equality issues.
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Title: Critical race theory, 1619 Project targeted by Georgia, Arkansas lawmakers - Washington Times
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Lawmakers in two states target teaching of critical race theory, 1619 Project
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Content: They believe teaching assimilation is racist.” The legislative moves are reactions to liberal educators’ increased incorporation of critical race theory in curricula. Critical race theory has appeared in public schools, private schools and charter schools. School districts across the country, including the Los Angeles Unified School District, declared the first week of February as “Black Lives Matter School Week of Action.” It goes beyond teaching racial justice issues to include other equality issues. The program also features “trans-affirming,” “queer affirming” and various LGBTQ role-playing, workshops and reading for students. Proponents of critical race theory insist the material fosters a more inclusive environment for Black students and other minorities. “The goal of Black Lives Matter at School is to spark an ongoing movement of critical reflection and honest conversation and impactful actions in school communities for people of all ages to engage with racial justice,” according to the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union. Los Angeles school officials said Black Lives Matter Week of Action instills social justice awareness into students. “We hope this effort helps to encourage courageous conversations in our schools regarding systemic racism, social injustice, racial and ethnic bias in our society,” Jackie Goldberg, vice president of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, said in sponsoring the motion.
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Title: Critical race theory, 1619 Project targeted by Georgia, Arkansas lawmakers - Washington Times
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Lawmakers in two states target teaching of critical race theory, 1619 Project
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Content: The program also features “trans-affirming,” “queer affirming” and various LGBTQ role-playing, workshops and reading for students. Proponents of critical race theory insist the material fosters a more inclusive environment for Black students and other minorities. “The goal of Black Lives Matter at School is to spark an ongoing movement of critical reflection and honest conversation and impactful actions in school communities for people of all ages to engage with racial justice,” according to the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union. Los Angeles school officials said Black Lives Matter Week of Action instills social justice awareness into students. “We hope this effort helps to encourage courageous conversations in our schools regarding systemic racism, social injustice, racial and ethnic bias in our society,” Jackie Goldberg, vice president of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, said in sponsoring the motion. Mr. Lowery said he avoided using the term “critical race theory” in his Arkansas legislation because many people are unfamiliar with it, even as it quickly spreads across the country. He learned of the concept last year when President Trump ended the Obama-era mandatory inherent bias training at federal agencies. On his first day in office, President Biden reversed Mr. Trump’s order and reinstated the mandatory training for federal workers. “I think this last election reminded us that all politics is local,” said Elana Fishbein, founder of the parent activist group No Left Turn in Education. “ You have to take all the approaches, every possible way to push back, and this is one way, definitely, promoting bills like those in Arkansas.”
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Title: The Mental Health of Jehovah's Witnesses
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Content: The Mental Health of Jehovah's Witnesses
ABSTRACT
A scientific literature review found that the rate of mental illness among Jehovah's Witnesses is considerably above average. The specific level found in the research varies partly because the extant research was on different populations and time periods. The major factors identified as either helpful or harmful to Witness mental health were discussed. Although persons with emotional problems tended to join the Witnesses, the Watchtower teachings and its subculture clearly adversely affected the mental health of those involved. The official Watchtower attitude on mental illness was also examined as were the common beliefs about the problem among Witnesses. The History Of The Watchtower Reveals the Sources of Mental Problems
Jehovah's Witnesses were organized in the late 1800's by Charles Taze Russell, a second Adventist disappointed in the failed prophecies of his fellow religionists. He soon reinterpreted these prophesies and set his own new dates. He first taught the time of the end started in 1798 (latter changed to 1799), that Christ had returned invisibly in 1878 (latter changed to 1874), and that a new world wherein the righteous would dwell forever on a paradise Earth would begin in 1914. [ 1] With his father's fortune, Russell preached tirelessly, yet when he died only a small band of followers existed as a result of all his efforts. The second president, a lawyer named Rutherford, used his law background to create one confrontation after another with the state and almost everyone else including business, medicine and even religion.
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Title: The Mental Health of Jehovah's Witnesses
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Content: 5]
The writer, as a former Witness for over twenty years, was extensively involved in various administrative levels of the organization. This gave him first hand access to information relating to most social and bureaucratic aspects of the Watchtower. He has also used his decade of extensive clinical experience with Witnesses and an extensive literature review as a basis for his evaluation. Outsiders have limited access to inside information, and for this reason are forced to rely on official publications, all of which are viewed by Witnesses as quasi-inspired. [ 6] The literature reveals eight academic studies which explored the problem of Witness mental illness. These will be briefly reviewed by year, the oldest first. The Rylander Study
Swedish psychiatrist Dr. Rylander investigated a sample of conscientious objectors imprisoned in Sweden. Of the 135 randomly selected cases, fully 126 were Witnesses. Of these 126, Rylander diagnosed 51 as neurotic, 42 psychotic, 32 as mentally retarded, and 5 as brain-damaged (some overlap exists because some cases were in two or more categories). [ 7] Diagnosis was made solely on the basis of behavior that was clearly pathological, such as irrational paranoia or severe long term depression, and not behavior that resulted from following Watchtower doctrine as non-social involvement with the non-Witnesses.
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Title: The Mental Health of Jehovah's Witnesses
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Content: These will be briefly reviewed by year, the oldest first. The Rylander Study
Swedish psychiatrist Dr. Rylander investigated a sample of conscientious objectors imprisoned in Sweden. Of the 135 randomly selected cases, fully 126 were Witnesses. Of these 126, Rylander diagnosed 51 as neurotic, 42 psychotic, 32 as mentally retarded, and 5 as brain-damaged (some overlap exists because some cases were in two or more categories). [ 7] Diagnosis was made solely on the basis of behavior that was clearly pathological, such as irrational paranoia or severe long term depression, and not behavior that resulted from following Watchtower doctrine as non-social involvement with the non-Witnesses. Rylander also concluded from the subjects' medical records and his interviews that their pathological state was not uncommonly evident before conversion, but that the Watchtower's' influence was often detrimental to mental health, sometimes severely so. About four percent of the eligible armed service Swedish population were judged psychologically "unfit" for military services. The corresponding figure for Witnesses was twenty-one percent, or a rate five times greater. This was very close to the same ratio found by Spencer [8] whose diagnosis of "psychotic" or "neurotic" was made on the basis of mental hospital admission screening. Few of the cases in Rylander's study were marginal Witnesses, and most were actively involved in the Watchtower.
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Title: The Mental Health of Jehovah's Witnesses
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Content: Rylander concluded that many of those he studied lacked an education, job skills, emotional stability, and quality social relations. Unsatisfactory employment records often existed because of psychological deficiencies, lack of ability or immaturity. Rylander found that Witnesses committed "...a relatively large number of small crimes and other misdemeanors which generally resulted only in a fine...three [Witnesses] have been imprisoned for stealing or harboring of stolen property, and 36 have been fined for various offenses (traffic violations, drunkenness, unlawful selling of alcohol, poaching, unlawful entering, etc.)" [ 9]
Neurotic symptoms commonly found in his sample included "feelings of discomfort, general anxiety, poor sleep habits, times of brooding over what they see as the meaninglessness of life, the wrongs they have suffered and the mistakes they have made." [ 10] Rylander noted that the Watchtower doctrine helped some adherents to explain "all of their problems in life, and has given them a satisfaction and calmness which has brought a measure of stability to their lives." [ 11]
He also concluded that individual Witnesses tended to be burdened with a variety of serious concerns and often joined the sect in an effort to solve their many problems. Although the results of this study are not fully applicable to today's situation, many of his conclusions are still largely true. [ 12] A major difference between his sample and today is that the Witnesses are now more middle-class and less socially rejected. Many Witnesses, though, especially those living in developing nations, still experience many of the same problems that Rylander reported. The First American Study
Pescor, in the first study on American Witness mental health, diagnosed as psychotic over seven percent of his total sample (n=177) of young males imprisoned due to obeying the Watchtower's prohibition against complying with military regulations. [
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Title: The Mental Health of Jehovah's Witnesses
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Content: 11]
He also concluded that individual Witnesses tended to be burdened with a variety of serious concerns and often joined the sect in an effort to solve their many problems. Although the results of this study are not fully applicable to today's situation, many of his conclusions are still largely true. [ 12] A major difference between his sample and today is that the Witnesses are now more middle-class and less socially rejected. Many Witnesses, though, especially those living in developing nations, still experience many of the same problems that Rylander reported. The First American Study
Pescor, in the first study on American Witness mental health, diagnosed as psychotic over seven percent of his total sample (n=177) of young males imprisoned due to obeying the Watchtower's prohibition against complying with military regulations. [ 13] The sample was obtained by interviewing all selective service violators admitted to the Federal prison medical center during the study. The level of Witness psychosis in his sample was about seventeen times higher than that for the population as a whole. A whopping seven percent were diagnosed psychotic, four percent had other mental abnormalities and fully one quarter were rated socially maladjusted. Sixteen percent of Pescor's sample were on hospital status and forty-four percent of these were diagnosed psychotic. The demographic characteristics of the Witnesses in the study were as follows:
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Title: Arsenic Water Contamination
Headings: Arsenic Water Contamination
Arsenic Water Contamination
US Geological Survey Arsenic Map
What is the significance of the USGS map?
What is the source of arsenic?
What are the human health concerns?
How many Americans are exposed to arsenic in drinking water?
What are the consequences of the level of arsenic in my drinking water?
How can I find out whether my drinking water contains arsenic?
What is the regulated concentration of arsenic?
Where can I get more information about arsenic in ground water?
What are the types of arsenic?
Will Multipure Drinking Water Systems remove arsenic?
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Content: Its presence in groundwater largely is the result of arsenic-bearing minerals dissolving naturally over time as certain types of rocks and soils are weathered. What are the human health concerns? The public’s greatest exposure to arsenic is via drinking water. Long-term exposure to arsenic via drinking water causes cancer of the skin, lungs, urinary bladder, and kidney, and causes serious skin problems. In addition, arsenic has been reported to affect the central and peripheral nervous systems, as well as heart and blood vessels. It has been associated with the development of diabetes, and it also may cause birth defects and reproductive problems. How many Americans are exposed to arsenic in drinking water? The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) analyzed data compiled by the USEPA on arsenic and estimates that 34 million to as many as 56 million people drink tap water containing average levels of arsenic that pose unacceptable cancer risks. What are the consequences of the level of arsenic in my drinking water? According to National Academy of Sciences estimates, one out of 100 people who drinking water containing 50 parts per billion (50 ppb) will get cancer (based on drinking two liters of water per day over the course of a lifetime).
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Title: The importance and principle of equity in early education
Headings: Equity in Early Education: The Principle
Education
Equity in Early Education: The Principle
Equity in Education and Life: The Key to Better Outcomes
Three Strategies for Achieving Equity in Early Education
STRATEGY #1: ADDRESS POVERTY AND THE ECOSYSTEM
STRATEGY #2: INCREASE ACCESS AND REMOVE BARRIERS
STRATEGY #3: USE DATA AND REPORTING TO TARGET SERVICES AND SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON EQUITY
The Importance of Embracing Equity as a Core Value
Content: The Key to Better Outcomes
One of the fundamental insights of the SPREE report is the vital importance of creating an education system that supports and develops all students, regardless of their situation. The sad truth is students in the US face significant disparities in educational opportunity, despite the best efforts of teachers and administrators. In particular, serious gaps exist in providing young children with quality early learning experiences, and this is particularly true for students of color or from low-income situations. Yet a substantial body of research underscores the importance of early learning in helping young children develop and prepare for school. That is why the SPREE working group chose Equity as the first and core principle of the SPREE Framework. According to the group, equity is the core concept that should form the foundation of any policy discussions around PreK to grade three (P-3) education. The report provides us with a clear definition of equity: “ Educational equity is the assurance that every student has access to the resources and educational rigor they need during their education despite race, gender, ethnicity, language, disability, family background or family income.” An equitable education system helps all students develop the knowledge and skills they need to be engaged and become productive members of society. More importantly, giving all children an equitable start would lead to better economic and social outcomes for individuals, for regions, and for our nation.
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Title: The importance and principle of equity in early education
Headings: Equity in Early Education: The Principle
Education
Equity in Early Education: The Principle
Equity in Education and Life: The Key to Better Outcomes
Three Strategies for Achieving Equity in Early Education
STRATEGY #1: ADDRESS POVERTY AND THE ECOSYSTEM
STRATEGY #2: INCREASE ACCESS AND REMOVE BARRIERS
STRATEGY #3: USE DATA AND REPORTING TO TARGET SERVICES AND SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON EQUITY
The Importance of Embracing Equity as a Core Value
Content: According to the group, equity is the core concept that should form the foundation of any policy discussions around PreK to grade three (P-3) education. The report provides us with a clear definition of equity: “ Educational equity is the assurance that every student has access to the resources and educational rigor they need during their education despite race, gender, ethnicity, language, disability, family background or family income.” An equitable education system helps all students develop the knowledge and skills they need to be engaged and become productive members of society. More importantly, giving all children an equitable start would lead to better economic and social outcomes for individuals, for regions, and for our nation. Three Strategies for Achieving Equity in Early Education
For each of the five principles identified in the SPREE Framework, the SPREE working group also outlined a number of strategies for accomplishing that principle. These strategies represent actionable steps that, if followed, increase the likelihood of moving toward educational equity. Let’s take a short overview of the three strategies that are highlighted in the Equity principle. In the followup to this post, “ Equity in Education: The Strategies ,” we’ll go into more detail.
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
May 2, 2020
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The quality of education that students receive directly correlates to their quality of life years down the road. [ 1] Early education in particular has the power to shape a child’s future and the more resources available to them, the better. For this reason, it’s crucial for educators to address any barriers young students face to succeeding in school. The key is equity. Equity means offering individualized support to students that addresses possible barriers, like poverty or limited transportation. 97% of teachers agree that equity is important, but many don’t know how to best work towards it in their classrooms. [ 2] But once educators have the right strategies to promote equity in schools, they can make sure each student is prepared to reach their potential. Want to create inclusive and equitable classrooms at your school? Discover the difference between equity and equality, then learn five strategies for resolving common barriers to equity in education. Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
When it comes to equity vs equality in education, the terms are often used interchangeably. [
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: 3] But understanding the distinction between the two is essential for resolving issues faced by disadvantaged students in the classroom. While working towards equity and equality can both do good, equity should be an educator’s end goal. The reason lies in the difference between being fair vs equal. Equality is more commonly associated with social issues, perhaps because more people know what it means. In a nutshell, its definition is as it sounds–the state of being equal. When a group focuses on equality, everyone has the same rights, opportunities, and resources. [ 4] Equality is beneficial, but it often doesn’t address specific needs. Giving each student a take-home laptop, for example, would not address students who don’t have Internet in their houses. Even if a school is equal, some students may still struggle. Equity, on the other hand, provides people with resources that fit their circumstances.
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: When a group focuses on equality, everyone has the same rights, opportunities, and resources. [ 4] Equality is beneficial, but it often doesn’t address specific needs. Giving each student a take-home laptop, for example, would not address students who don’t have Internet in their houses. Even if a school is equal, some students may still struggle. Equity, on the other hand, provides people with resources that fit their circumstances. The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of social equity is “the absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people.” [ 5] Schools that prioritize equity versus equality are more in tune to their students’ needs and provide resources to overcome their specific challenges. In short, equality is: Generic
Group-focused
Equal
And equity is: Adaptable
Individual-focused
Fair
“The route to achieving equity will not be accomplished through treating everyone equally,” says the Race Matters Institute. “
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of social equity is “the absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people.” [ 5] Schools that prioritize equity versus equality are more in tune to their students’ needs and provide resources to overcome their specific challenges. In short, equality is: Generic
Group-focused
Equal
And equity is: Adaptable
Individual-focused
Fair
“The route to achieving equity will not be accomplished through treating everyone equally,” says the Race Matters Institute. “ It will be achieved by treating everyone equitably, or justly according to their circumstances.” [ 6] Equity is more thoughtful and, while it’s harder work, it is better at resolving disadvantages. While equality is an admirable goal, try shifting your school’s focus to equity for a more effective outcome. Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Barriers to an inclusive education can affect groups based on race, gender, and many other factors. The issues are not only who is being targeted but also how we try to resolve them.
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: It will be achieved by treating everyone equitably, or justly according to their circumstances.” [ 6] Equity is more thoughtful and, while it’s harder work, it is better at resolving disadvantages. While equality is an admirable goal, try shifting your school’s focus to equity for a more effective outcome. Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Barriers to an inclusive education can affect groups based on race, gender, and many other factors. The issues are not only who is being targeted but also how we try to resolve them. In terms of equity vs equality in the classroom, most schools focus on horizontal equity. The definition of horizontal equity in education is treating people who are already assumed equal in the same way. [ 7]
Horizontal equity is only useful in homogenous schools, where each person really is given the same opportunities in life. But in most schools, students will come from a variety of backgrounds–some more privileged than others. For this reason, educators should focus on vertical equity, which assumes that students have different needs and provides individual resources based on said needs. [
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: In terms of equity vs equality in the classroom, most schools focus on horizontal equity. The definition of horizontal equity in education is treating people who are already assumed equal in the same way. [ 7]
Horizontal equity is only useful in homogenous schools, where each person really is given the same opportunities in life. But in most schools, students will come from a variety of backgrounds–some more privileged than others. For this reason, educators should focus on vertical equity, which assumes that students have different needs and provides individual resources based on said needs. [ 8]
Another challenge facing equity vs equality in education is poverty. 60% of the most disadvantaged students come from low-income homes or communities. [ 9] Because their families or schools might have very limited budgets, it can be difficult to provide these students with equitable resources. Additionally, these at-risk communities often have trouble keeping educators who can make a difference: 62% of high-poverty schools report that it is challenging to retain high-quality teachers. [
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: 8]
Another challenge facing equity vs equality in education is poverty. 60% of the most disadvantaged students come from low-income homes or communities. [ 9] Because their families or schools might have very limited budgets, it can be difficult to provide these students with equitable resources. Additionally, these at-risk communities often have trouble keeping educators who can make a difference: 62% of high-poverty schools report that it is challenging to retain high-quality teachers. [ 10]
According to the Scholastic Teachers and Principals Report, these are a few additional barriers to equity in American schools: [ 11]
Family crises
Mental health issues
Lack of healthcare
Coming to school hungry
Homelessness or living in a temporary shelter
Still learning the English language
Recognizing the challenges preventing equity in your classroom is the first step to resolving them. Try to analyze any issues that are keeping your students from succeeding in school. Perhaps you teach in a low-income community, or one of your students is an English language learner (ELL). By evaluating the needs of individual students, you’re much closer to providing them with the support necessary for academic achievement.
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: 10]
According to the Scholastic Teachers and Principals Report, these are a few additional barriers to equity in American schools: [ 11]
Family crises
Mental health issues
Lack of healthcare
Coming to school hungry
Homelessness or living in a temporary shelter
Still learning the English language
Recognizing the challenges preventing equity in your classroom is the first step to resolving them. Try to analyze any issues that are keeping your students from succeeding in school. Perhaps you teach in a low-income community, or one of your students is an English language learner (ELL). By evaluating the needs of individual students, you’re much closer to providing them with the support necessary for academic achievement. Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Equity in schools is the answer to supporting every student, not just those from disadvantaged backgrounds. When schools provide their students with resources that fit individual circumstances, the entire classroom environment improves. [ 12] Not only that, but the importance of equity extends to our society as a whole. In equitable communities, everyone has the opportunity to succeed regardless of their original circumstances. On a surface level, the benefits of inclusive and equitable classrooms extend to academic achievement.
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Equity in schools is the answer to supporting every student, not just those from disadvantaged backgrounds. When schools provide their students with resources that fit individual circumstances, the entire classroom environment improves. [ 12] Not only that, but the importance of equity extends to our society as a whole. In equitable communities, everyone has the opportunity to succeed regardless of their original circumstances. On a surface level, the benefits of inclusive and equitable classrooms extend to academic achievement. Schools with the smallest achievement gaps between demographics have the highest overall test scores. [ 13] This means that when the most disadvantaged student scores improve, students from more privileged backgrounds improve, too. When schools are mindful of different backgrounds and provide the right resources, all students are prepared to learn and help each other succeed. Equity can also strengthen a student’s health and social-emotional development. In a study involving over 4,300 students in Southern California, the children who felt safer, less lonely, and reported less bullying also had higher diversity levels in their classes. [
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: Schools with the smallest achievement gaps between demographics have the highest overall test scores. [ 13] This means that when the most disadvantaged student scores improve, students from more privileged backgrounds improve, too. When schools are mindful of different backgrounds and provide the right resources, all students are prepared to learn and help each other succeed. Equity can also strengthen a student’s health and social-emotional development. In a study involving over 4,300 students in Southern California, the children who felt safer, less lonely, and reported less bullying also had higher diversity levels in their classes. [ 14] Being equipped to promote diversity and provide for students from all backgrounds makes for an environment where students feel comfortable and have better emotional regulation. Additionally, equitable communities are linked to better health and longer average lifespans. [ 15]
Surrounding communities benefit from equity in schools as well. Equity is linked to stronger social cohesion, meaning that individuals connect with each other better and are more compassionate. [ 16] It also leads to long-term economic growth. [
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: 14] Being equipped to promote diversity and provide for students from all backgrounds makes for an environment where students feel comfortable and have better emotional regulation. Additionally, equitable communities are linked to better health and longer average lifespans. [ 15]
Surrounding communities benefit from equity in schools as well. Equity is linked to stronger social cohesion, meaning that individuals connect with each other better and are more compassionate. [ 16] It also leads to long-term economic growth. [ 17] This means that promoting equity in schools can be one of the best and most effective social investments. To summarize, these are some of the benefits of focusing on equity in education: Higher test scores
Better health
Stronger social atmosphere
Longer life
Economic growth
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Knowing the difference between equity and equality is the first step to creating a classroom where every child can succeed. From there, educators can take steps to better address the challenges faced by struggling students. Keep these five tips in mind for promoting equity in your classroom and helping every student succeed:
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: 17] This means that promoting equity in schools can be one of the best and most effective social investments. To summarize, these are some of the benefits of focusing on equity in education: Higher test scores
Better health
Stronger social atmosphere
Longer life
Economic growth
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Knowing the difference between equity and equality is the first step to creating a classroom where every child can succeed. From there, educators can take steps to better address the challenges faced by struggling students. Keep these five tips in mind for promoting equity in your classroom and helping every student succeed: Remember that every child is different and has unique needs. Evaluate any challenges that students face and, if needed, offer support or resources [18]
Cultivate an environment in your classroom where every student feels heard. Encourage them to speak out against unfairness and let you know if they’re facing any hardships at home or in class
Parent engagement is a particularly helpful way to resolve challenges involving equity. Keep open communication with parents and encourage them to volunteer or attend school events to involve them with their child’s education [19]
Provide equity training in schools for faculty members so teachers know how to resolve common barriers [20]
Add diversity and inclusion activities as well as lessons against prejudice to your school curriculum so every student feels like they belong [21]
Sources: OECD Observer Staff.
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Title: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom | Waterford.org
Headings: Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Education
Why Understanding Equity vs Equality in Schools Can Help You Create an Inclusive Classroom
Main Differences Between Equity and Equality
Challenges Involving Equity and Equality in Schools
Benefits of Focusing on Equity in Education
Tips for Using Equity to Create an Inclusive Classroom
Content: Remember that every child is different and has unique needs. Evaluate any challenges that students face and, if needed, offer support or resources [18]
Cultivate an environment in your classroom where every student feels heard. Encourage them to speak out against unfairness and let you know if they’re facing any hardships at home or in class
Parent engagement is a particularly helpful way to resolve challenges involving equity. Keep open communication with parents and encourage them to volunteer or attend school events to involve them with their child’s education [19]
Provide equity training in schools for faculty members so teachers know how to resolve common barriers [20]
Add diversity and inclusion activities as well as lessons against prejudice to your school curriculum so every student feels like they belong [21]
Sources: OECD Observer Staff. Ten Steps to Equity in Education. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, January 2008, pp. 1-8. [ 1]
Scholastic Team. Barriers to Equity in Education | Teachers and Principals School Report.
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