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WGBH
Won’t get fooled again: Why the pundits didn’t swoon over Trump’s speech
A strong whiff of won’t-get-fooled again permeated much of the post-speech analysis. Last year, Trump’s first joint address to Congress was greeted by rapturous reviews. According to Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury,” First Son-in-Law Jared Kushner saw it as “a total reset.” Perhaps no one was more smitten that night than Van Jones, a liberal commentator […]
Fortune
Forget the U.S. Treasury’s help — let Puerto Rico file for bankruptcy
While Europe agonizes over the Greek debt crisis, the United States is saddled with one of its own. Individual investment portfolios are replete with $72 billion in bonds issued by Puerto Rico’s government and its agencies, and since August this US Commonwealth has been in default. While federal law allows municipalities to restructure their debts […]
Mic
Modern-day slavery still exists – and it’s thriving across America
Each year, scores of people are lured to the United States by the promise of a green card, a steady job and the chance of a new start. A prospective employer tells them that the opportunities are endless, that their families will thank them, that the only place to go is up. But here’s the […]
New England Journal of Medicine
Holes in the Safety Net — Legal Immigrants’ Access to Health Insurance
While Congress debates whether publicly supported health care should be available to undocumented immigrants who may be placed on a path to citizenship under immigration reform, the health care needs of already legal immigrants continues to be overlooked. More than 12 million immigrants are lawfully present in the United States. They serve in the military, […]
Deciding Death
Justice Department lawyers will soon decide whether to seek the death penalty in the case of alleged Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. They will focus on the crime, and perhaps the youth of the criminal (the United States apparently hasn’t executed a teenager in over 100 years) and not on the randomness or value of capital […]
The Greenest Colleges: 2013 Princeton Review List
With a nod to Earth Day, the Princeton Review has released its guide to 322 of the greenest colleges in the United States, with help from the Center for Green Schools at at the U.S. Green Building Council. Robert Franek, senior vice president of publishing, said in a release that students have increasingly considered colleges’ environmental footprints before […]
The United States Is Not Greece
Peter Schiff in The Real Crash and others see the U.S. as having the same problems as Greece and that what we see now in Greece is just a prelude to much larger problems in the United States. This is a false analogy that misrepresents the effects of large deficits as well as the specific problems that Greece faces.
Green Universities: 25 Of The World’s Greenest Campuses
When it comes to going green, some universities are taking on the world. In its annual report, UI GreenMetric, a worldwide university ranking system, listed 215 of the world’s most sustainable and eco-friendly campuses of 2012. Schools were ranked on areas of setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation and education. #4: […]