by jpitney | Jan 25, 2022 | Congress, House of Representatives
[On Thursday] the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (“Modernization Committee”) held a hearing to provide a status update on its progress as it begins its final year. To date, the Modernization Committee has passed a total of 142 recommendations to...
by jpitney | Jan 24, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Vaccine
Del Bigtree, I survived a murderous mass shooting in my newsroom. My head nearly taken off by a shotgun blast, missing by an inch. Five Capital Gazette family members were killed around me. Your thoughts/words are disgusting/inhuman. No one should have such hate in...
by jpitney | Jan 24, 2022 | Civic Education, civic virtue
Albert Cheng and Jay Greene at National Affairs: Civic education does not occur merely within the life of the school; it also occurs in homes, neighborhoods, the marketplace, religious institutions, and any other voluntary association in which individuals gather with...
by jpitney | Jan 23, 2022 | Freedom of Press, Journalism, Journalists, Violence
Jennifer Dunham at The Committee to Protect Journalists: At least 27 journalists were killed due to their work in 2021, with India and Mexico topping the list of countries with the most media worker deaths, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ final data...
by jpitney | Jan 22, 2022 | Congress, Elections, House of Representatives, Senate
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: What has been overlooked in media accounts, amidst all the speechifying, caucusing and presidential jawboning over voting rights, is the roundabout way the issue was being forced in both houses, using the drastic tactic of attaching an...
