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    Dear Commons Community,

    Former President George W. Bush said he and his wife, Laura, are “anguished” by the death of George Floyd and “disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our count […]

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    Dear Commons Community,

    With the coronavirus still looming for the fall semester and probably beyond, some colleges are deciding to move programs online.  The Chronicle of Higher Education had a featured […]

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    Steve King
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    Steve King, the white supremacist congressman from Iowa, was defeated in a Republican primary yesterday, bringing an end to the legislative career of one of Washington’s m […]

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    George Will
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    Long-time onservative columnist George Will says voters must do more than reject President Donald Trump in November. They need to vote against his Republican […]

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    Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits St. John’s Church while peaceful demonstrators are tear-gassed
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    Yesterday in the midst of a peaceful protest in Washington, D.C., […]

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    The message below appeared on a Facebook page and was written by Shola Richards, an African-American.  I was made aware of it by my colleague, Patsy Moskal, from the University of […]

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    Courtesy of USA Today
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    As we have watched the violence (see video above) escalate in our cities during protests over the death of George Floyd, local officials have begun to mention […]

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    Dear Commons Community.

    Tom Friedman has a column this morning entitled, How We Broke the World, that presents the case that greed and globalization have set us up for disaster.  He sees a destabilizing […]

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    Protesters in Washington, D.C Near White House
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    Protests yesterday raged across America  over the death of George Floyd.  Most of the major cities in the country saw some form of p […]

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    Minneapolis Police Precinct on Fire
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    The last several months in America have been surreal and have felt like the opening scenes in a film about a nation being ripped apart. First the […]

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    Barack Obama – Statement on the Death of George Floyd
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    By now most Americans have seen the video of the killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  We have […]

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    Dear Commons Community,

    President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order cracking down on “censorship” by social media sites, a move widely seen by critics as retaliation against Twit […]

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    Dear Commons Community,

    More than 2.1 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week, the 10th straight week that jobless claims have been in the millions as the coronavirus […]

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    Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University, has an op-ed in The Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, Beware the Doyens of Disruption, that tries to put the brakes on all […]

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    The confirmed COVID-19 death toll in the United States has surpassed 100,000, according to data […]

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    Conservative commentator and CNN host S.E. Cupp didn’t hold back on President Donald Trump in an op-ed, calling him out for attacking people who can’t defend themselves. She spe […]

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    Dear Commons Community.

    Over the next several months, students across the country will soon be returning to their colleges.  Nobody knows exactly when that will happen because so much depends on the future […]

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    Dear Commons Community,

    Below is a letter from Professional Staff Congress President Barbara Bowen urging members to take action to avert pending budget cuts that will affect faculty and staff positions.  […]

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    Jeff Sessions
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    President Donald Trump on Sunday ramped up his  feud with former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, claiming Sessions wasn’t “mentally qualified” for the job.

    During an […]

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    Brit Hume
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    Fox News commentator Brit Hume yesterday tried to face-mask shame Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden. He indicated that Biden doesn’t look good wearing one ― as […]

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