This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: The Hill
Apr 13, 2020
Debt held by the public is on track to exceed the size of the entire U.S. economy this year for the first time since World War II, according to a new analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).
Source: New York Times
Apr 13, 2020
Mr. Biden’s already narrow polling lead in states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania or Arizona might be vanishingly small after pollsters screen for "likely voters."
Source: NPR
Apr 13, 2020
If approved, the request could throw a wrench into redistricting plans in many states.
Source: The Courier (Waterloo, IA)
Apr 13, 2020
Amelia Jenks Bloomer was a prolific writer, speaker, and activist who recognized the power of her pen to initiate social change.
Source: The Atlantic
Apr 13, 2020
He oversaw the 2009 economic recovery for Barack Obama. If he wins the presidency, his first task will be to perform an encore on an even more daunting scale.
Source: The Nation
Apr 13, 2020
by Jessi Jezewska Stevens
Opining in public on things you don’t really understand is a form of idiocy in which Americans, in particular, are known to indulge.
Source: Common Dreams
Apr 12, 2020
"Now, more than ever, we need a strong and vibrant postal system to deliver mail 6-days a week," tweeted Sanders. "Congress must act now to save it."
Source: New Yorker
Apr 12, 2020
by Jane Mayer
Finally, someone who knows him very well told me, “Give up. You can look and look for something more in him, but it isn’t there. I wish I could tell you that there is some secret thing that he really believes in, but he doesn’t.”
Source: Vox
Apr 12, 2020
Republicans want privatization, Trump wants to stick it to Amazon.
Source: New York Times
Apr 11, 2020
Her experience fleeing the Nazis on the doomed “Voyage of the Damned” informed her faith in democracy as head of the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
Source: National Review Online
Apr 11, 2020
Donald Trump's approval rating has ticked down recently, and the economy is in dire straits. Is the incumbent in trouble?
Source: New York Times
Apr 10, 2020
“Pandemics as a social shock do give workers more leverage to demand things,” said Patrick Wyman, a historian and host of the Tides of History podcast.
Source: WIRED
Apr 10, 2020
Christian and Jewish leaders have been forced to reimagine what’s possible when churches, synagogues, and houses of worship are closed and group gatherings discouraged or prohibited to slow the spread of the disease.
Source: The Daily Beast
Apr 10, 2020
Because black women are the core of the Democratic base, the party’s most loyal voters.
Source: The New York Times
Apr 10, 2020
From the Hungary team that shattered England’s delusions to the club that came to define the sport, through Pelé and Johan Cruyff, here are six games that explain modern soccer.
Source: The New York Times
Apr 10, 2020
Every country needs the same lifesaving tools. But a zero-sum mind-set among world leaders is jeopardizing access for all.
Source: The New York Times
Apr 10, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic forces soccer clubs and sponsors to tighten their belts, a women’s game poised to break out hopes it doesn’t have to bear the cost.
Source: The New York Times
Apr 9, 2020
Time to give new life to an old idea: A strong public health system is the best guarantor of good health.
Source: History.com
Apr 9, 2020
Weary from cataclysmic world events, the U.S. electorate chose a mild-mannered candidate promising quieter times.
Source: New York Times
Apr 9, 2020
National economies collapse; species go extinct; political movements rise and fizzle. But—somehow, for some reason—Weird Al endures.
