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  • Nuclear Option Restores Senate Sanity

    Nuclear Option Restores Senate Sanity0

    Via Ilya Shapiro at Cato: “Thursday’s removal of the filibuster – a parliamentary tool effectively requiring 60 votes to proceed with a vote on a matter – for Supreme Court nominees is the long overdue denouement of a process that began not with Senate Republicans’ refusal to vote on Merrick Garland, or even Harry Reid’s

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  • Nuance in Social Media? What We Are Losing in the Binary

    Nuance in Social Media? What We Are Losing in the Binary2

    If there’s anything studying philosophy has taught me, it’s that black-and-white issues are incredibly few and far between. Most anything can be questioned, most any terms redefined, and most any argument examined from a dozen different angles. For this reason, I’ve found myself frustrated by the lack of nuance that most social mediums provide. Particularly

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  • NPR: High School Grad Rate “Isn’t Worth the Paper It’s Printed On”

    NPR: High School Grad Rate “Isn’t Worth the Paper It’s Printed On”0

    • June 12, 2015

    It’s the end of the school year and by now just about every graduating senior has donned cap and gown and walked across the stage to receive his or her diploma. Statistics place national graduation rates at 81% – a percentage that has risen amidst much acclamation in recent years. But according to an investigation by NPR,

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  • NPR: Gun Homicides in Chicago Reach ‘Startling Number’

    NPR: Gun Homicides in Chicago Reach ‘Startling Number’0

    Demarco Webster Jr. didn’t like going outdoors, his father said. Sadly, it’s not hard to see why. In October, the 14-year-old was gunned down while trying to help his father, who was moving, tie a mattress onto a vehicle.   Webster was one of more than 700 homicides in Chicago this year, NPR reported Wednesday,

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  • NPR Questions Bernie Sanders’ Free College Plan

    NPR Questions Bernie Sanders’ Free College Plan0

    The presidential election is over eight months away and already the nomination process has seen surprising twists. The most recent is the rising popularity of Bernie Sanders. Young people are one of Sanders’ most supportive demographic groups, and his offer of free public college might partially explain why. But as NPR’s Anya Kamenetz reports, Sanders’

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  • NPR Explains How You Can Turn Your 2-Year-Old into a Social Justice Warrior

    NPR Explains How You Can Turn Your 2-Year-Old into a Social Justice Warrior0

    Via NPR: Social activist Innosanto Nagara wanted to find a fun book to read to his 2-year-old son that also talked about the importance of social justice. He wasn’t looking for the typical fiction written for children, instead, he was looking for unique narratives — by writers of color and/or authors who can speak about

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