The January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol during certification of the presidential election in many ways is a kinetic distraction from an on-going, less visible, and possibly more damaging assault on legitimate government in a representative democracy. The US Department of Justice has filed federal criminal charges against…
As the COVID-19 pandemic became more widespread and dangerous in the US, information surrounding it became unclear and uncontrolled. Establishment media outlets had the crucial task of clarifying this information and providing factual evidence to support the statements being spread to the American public. As noted by Fairness and Accuracy…
As was widely reported by news outlets (including CNN, CBS, NPR, among others) in February 2021, a popular $15 minimum-wage hike was struck from President Biden’s COVID relief package when the Senate parliamentarian decided it was impermissible under the complicated rules that govern Senate budget bills. Biden had proposed to…
“This is Healthy,” read a headline in the February 2021 Cosmopolitan UK that featured an array of women of different body shapes and sizes, including two who appear to be morbidly obese. As the body positivity movement has grown in recent years, so has the increase in those with obesity…
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As of March 2021, more than 51,000 musical theater actors have been unemployed for over a year. This does not include the 150,000 members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees unions (IATSE), otherwise known as the backstage crew. One by one Americans have been able to return to…
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According to a March 2021 report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Dr. Eric Nepute began posting misinformation regarding COVID-19 and coronavirus vaccines on Facebook and other social media platforms, where he claimed that Vitamins C and D along with Zinc negated the effects of COVID-19. Promoting misinformation, he sold…
The American Civil Law Union (ACLU) of Florida and Disability Rights Florida co-filed a class action lawsuit against the Sheriff of Broward County after receiving complaints of the county’s lack of COVID-19 regulations within jails. Detainees of Broward County Jails report medical negligence and an inability to social distance. Due…
The rising cost of prescription drugs could lead to the premature deaths of 1.1 million seniors in Medicare programs in the next decade, according to a study conducted by the West Health Policy Center, a nonprofit and nonpartisan research group, and Xcenda, the research arm of AmerisourceBergen, a drug distributor.…
As the impacts of COVID-19 continue to expand, experts say pandemic prevention should also focus on the United States, where intensive agricultural practices are breeding grounds for disease, according to a March 2021 report by WhoWhatWhy. “The threat boils down to American excess,” Jessica Moss wrote. Over the past fifty…
In August 2020, Politico’s Bianca Quilantan reported on how COVID-19 has affected colleges and universities across the US. According to the article, the pandemic forced many schools to close their campuses, which led outraged students and parents to file more than 150 lawsuits seeking the refund of tuition and other…
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