by jpitney | Jul 15, 2022 | Biden, Journalism, Journalists, Uncategorized
Tyler Pager and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. at WP: President Biden said he confronted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman directly Friday about the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, telling him in a “straightforward and direct” way that the killing was...
by jpitney | Jul 14, 2022 | Biden, Civility, State Government
From the University of Delaware: Elementary school students in Delaware will now have improved mental health services thanks to bipartisan collaboration that took place in drafting and passing into law House Bill 100, which creates separate and sustained funding for...
by jpitney | Jul 13, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists
Marcela Turati at Nieman: For the last two decades, journalists have been confronted with the fact that you can be killed simply for doing your job, for investigating subjects that someone finds inconvenient. The authorities do not seriously investigate these crimes —...
by jpitney | Jul 12, 2022 | Congress, Public Policy, Staff
Nan Swift at LegBranch.org: Years of short-changing the legislative branch have significantly undermined congressional capacity. But by adopting many of the recommendations made by the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Congress can be better...
by jpitney | Jul 11, 2022 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Deliberation, Public Opinion
Carl Hulse at The New York Times: “There is strong evidence that [lawmakers] actually don’t even know the views of their constituents,” said Steven Kull, a psychologist who heads the Program for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland’s School of Public...
