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Opinion January 8, 2024

Political Cartoonist Clay Jones pays a visit to Texas politics

For background visit these two stories: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/01/1197167814/operation-lone-star-broke-long-standing-guidelines-investigation-finds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/02/texas-emergency-abortions-ban-despite-federal-guidance

Health Care December 15, 2023

Rift Over When to Use N95s Puts Health Workers at Risk Again

This article by Amy Maxmen first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Amy Maxmen December 14, 2023 Three years after more than 3,600 health workers died of covid-19,…

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Education December 11, 2023

Employees with ties to SPLC-designated extremist group found in Cobb schools district office

by Rebecca Gaunt A tip from a whistleblower triggered an investigation that uncovered three employees in the Cobb County School District main office with ties to Gary DeMar, designated by…

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Georgia November 22, 2023

Balance of state’s political power on the table when lawmakers gather for special session next week

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] November 22, 2023 When state lawmakers meet next week to redraw Georgia’s political maps,…

U.S. Congress November 17, 2023

Wee hours U.S. Senate drama: GOP colleagues on the floor battle Tuberville blockade

by Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] November 16, 2023 WASHINGTON — After a marathon day and late-night vote to avert a…

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Elections November 13, 2023

Can The Tea Leaves From The 2023 Election Tell Us Anything About 2024?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College As Yogi Berra once said “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” The question is whether we can…

Politics October 29, 2023

Polls have value, even when they are wrong

by Kirby Goidel, Texas A&M University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] An ABC News/Washington Post poll in September 2023 generated outrage among Democrats. The headline…

Justice September 27, 2023

Supreme Court supermajority will clarify its constitutional revolution this year, deciding cases on guns and regulations

by Morgan Marietta, University of Texas at Arlington, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The first Monday in October, the traditional date for the beginning of…

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Health Care September 27, 2023

A Decades-Long Drop in Teen Births Is Slowing, and Advocates Worry a Reversal Is Coming

This article by Catherine Sweeney, WPLN, first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Catherine Sweeney, WPLN September 26, 2023 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Cicely Wilson’s work doesn’t end when…

U.S. Congress September 20, 2023

Tuberville opponents plant hundreds of signs outside U.S. Capitol in protest of blockade

by Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] September 19, 2023 WASHINGTON — More than 300 signs dotted the lawn outside the…

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Climate January 14, 2025

Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires − why using saltwater is typically a last resort

by Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Institution, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025…

Education January 14, 2025

Georgia lawmakers set to debate school policies, from safety to 1985 school spending formula

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]January 13, 2025 Georgia’s school kids are heading back to school on Monday, and Georgia…

Immigration January 14, 2025

Mass deportations don’t keep out ‘bad genes’ − they use scientific racism to justify biased immigration policies

by Shoumita Dasgupta, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Threats of mass deportations loom on the post-2024 election horizon. Some supporters claim these will…

International January 14, 2025

Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the US

by Carla Martinez Machain, University at Buffalo; Michael A. Allen, Boise State University, and Michael E. Flynn, Kansas State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission]…

Georgia January 14, 2025

Georgia lawmakers’ expected debates to include IVF protections, lawsuit limits in 2025 Legislature

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]January 13, 2025 New dome, who dis? Georgia lawmakers will return to the state Capitol…

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