Rep. Deb Haaland (D., N.M.) speaks during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 23, 2021. (Graeme Jennings/Reuters) Representative Deb Haaland (D., N.M.) on Tuesday would not say whether she agrees with President Biden’s […]
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Native Americans Question J. Lo Singing ‘This Land Is Your Land’ At Inaugural
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — On the first day of Joe Biden’s presidency, Native Americans had reason to celebrate. Biden halted construction of the border wall that threatened to physically separate Indigenous people living on both sides. He also revoked a permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline that tribes fought […]
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1 Question Simon Property Group Needs to Answer
There’s no question that retail landlords like Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) were happy to put 2020 behind them. There are still headwinds ahead, of course, because the coronavirus pandemic is still ongoing. But 2021 is likely to be a year of renewal as the vaccines now being disseminated help the […]
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The Disqualification Question – The New York Times
Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. Good morning. The biggest question isn’t impeachment. It’s disqualification from future office. If the House impeaches President Trump this week, it will still have almost no effect on how long he remains in office. His term expires nine days from […]
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For some Black youth, it’s time to question Democratic loyalties
Like most young African American members of Generation Z, the 18-year-old conservative activist Coreco Ja’Quan (C.J.) Pearson hails from a family of Democrats, following a tradition of party loyalty that began toward the end of the civil rights movement. Pearson, like most of his generation, is also coming into adulthood […]
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Two weeks in, Detroit parents question tough choices about school
DETROIT — A few days before the start of the eighth grade, Jonah Beasley considered the risks he’d face when he walked back into the classroom and summed them up in stark terms. He could get Covid-19 from a classmate or a teacher, he said, and “if I get it, […]