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Can we please get rid of the abomination that is Daylight Savings Time?

Kyle W. Bell | March 15, 2021
Categories: Editorial, Indiana, Politics, Science/Tech

It’s early Sunday morning. Our clocks “spring forward” an hour even as the position of the Earth relative to the sun barely changed. Thanks for nothing, Daylight Savings Time. Like…more»

Tags: California, congress, Daylight Savings Time, Mitch Daniels, Scientific American

Calls grow for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign

Jessica Corbett | February 1, 2021
Categories: Politics

While GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia faced widespread criticism even before entering Congress this year for supporting conspiracy theories and expressing racist views, in light of reporting this week that…more»

Tags: Capitol insurrection, congress, domestic terrorism, Marjorie Taylor Greene, US House of Representatives

The filibuster is anti-democratic. It’s time to eliminate it.

Kyle W. Bell | January 25, 2021
Categories: Editorial, Politics

The newly-elected Democratic majority in the Senate is currently debating whether to keep or nix the filibuster. There are strong policy, political, and Constitutional arguments for eliminating the filibuster –…more»

Tags: congress, filibuster, gerrymandering, Joe Biden, redistricting reform, Senator Mitch McConnell, United States Senate

Black Lives Matter South Bend condemns Trump-inspired insurrection

Staff | January 8, 2021
Categories: National, Politics, South Bend

Black Lives Matter South Bend released a statement on Thursday condemning Trump supporters’ siege of the Capitol Building in Washington DC. On a day when Congress convened to formalize President-elect…more»

Tags: black lives matter, Black Lives Matter South Bend, congress, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Joe Biden

Op-ed: I’m Dying From ALS and Here’s My Message: No More Half Measures. Only Medicare for All

Ady Barkan | May 1, 2019
Categories: Editorial, Politics

Editor’s Note: Ahead of a Tuesday hearing in the U.S. House Committee on Rules regarding Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s bill to establish a single-payer Medicare for All health care system in the United…more»

Tags: ACA, Ady Barkan, Affordable Care Act, ALS, congress, House of Representatives, Medicare, Medicare for All, universal healthcare

Impeach Donald Trump: Why Congress should remove a corrupt, unfit president

Kyle W. Bell | April 22, 2019
Categories: Editorial, National, Politics

The United States is a nation where presidential overreaches, outright abuses of power, and largely successful attempts to undermine our constitution’s system of checks and balances stretches back over generations…more»

Tags: congress, corruption, Donald Trump, impeach Donald Trump, impeachment, Mueller Report

Walmart’s Wage Increase Renews Minimum Wage Debate

Kyle W. Bell | February 20, 2015
Categories: National, Politics

Nearly a half million workers in the United States will see a pay increase in April. Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, announced today that it was raising the base pay…more»

Tags: congress, income inequality, minimum wage, President Barack Obama, wage increase, Walmart

Congressional Republicans Move Quickly to Repeal Wall Street Reforms

Sarah Lazare | January 15, 2015
Categories: Politics

Just weeks after taking over both houses of Congress, Republicans are aggressively moving to weaken regulations aimed at reining in big banks and protecting the public. According to the New…more»

Tags: congress, Cromnibus, derivatives, Dodd-Frank, House Republicans, lobbyists, Republicans, wall street, Wall Street reform

FCC’s Net Neutrality Vote Likely in Late February

Kyle W. Bell | January 5, 2015
Categories: Politics, Science/Tech

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon vote on a new set of net neutrality rules. The vote is likely to come at the FCC’s monthly meeting in February, which…more»

Tags: Comcast, congress, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Internet Service Provider, net neutrality, President Barack Obama, Telecommunications Act, Title II, Tom Wheeler, utility

President Obama Renews Promise for Executive Action on Immigration

Kyle W. Bell | November 5, 2014
Categories: National, Politics

President Obama signaled on Wednesday that he will stick to his word when he said earlier this year that he would address immigration through executive action. The president maintains that…more»

Tags: congress, DACA, executive action, executive order, immigration, President Barack Obama, reform, Republicans

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