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Editorial: Losing time: Declining life expectancy is an indictment of American society

Not for a hundred years has there been such a pronounced drop in U.S. life expectancy, from 79 years in 2019 to 76 just two years later, in 2021, according to federal researchers. It’s easy to chalk this up entirely to the impact of COVID, and the virus was certainly…

Tribune News Service

Biden Slams Trump 'Extremist' Assault on Democracy

US President Joe Biden took fierce aim Thursday at Donald Trump and his "extremist" supporters, labeling them enemies of American democracy in a prime-time address that sought to fire up voters ahead of key midterm elections. Speaking in Philadelphia, the cradle of US democracy, the president launched an extraordinary assault…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Idris Elba says debate around Black British actors playing American roles is ‘unintelligent’

‘You said Black women in America versus an English woman. Like being English makes you less Black,’ actor said

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Democracy in US ‘under assault’ by MAGA Republicans, Joe Biden says

President sounds alarm over Donald Trump

Wales Online

Five key takeaways from Biden’s speech on the threat to democracy

In a rare primetime address, Biden pitched the midterms as a battle for the nation’s soul and directly called out Trump

The Guardian - US

Biden’s stern warning on extremism shows the rose-colored glasses are off

The president’s primetime speech named Trump and ‘Maga Republicans’ as a threat facing American democracy

The Guardian - US

Democracy, political violence and disputed elections: Five takeaways from Biden’s primetime speech

In primetime address, President Biden makes his clearest case against Trump

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Biden takes aim at Trump, 'MAGA Republicans' in prime-time speech

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden delivered an urgent call to the country Thursday night, asserting in a prime-time speech that American democracy remains in great peril and bluntly singling out the person he sees as the biggest threat to the system: former President Donald Trump.

Los Angeles Times

Biden is making defence of democracy itself a major campaign issue

Many Americans fear US democracy is in crisis. Biden’s speech is a response, writes Eric Garcia

The Independent UK

Biden roars against MAGA's dark shadow

"America must choose to move forward, or move backwards. To build a future or obsess about the past," Biden says

Salon

Trump and "MAGA forces" represent extremism, Biden says in primetime speech

"For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not."

Axios

‘A threat to the country’: Biden warns of Trump and GOP extremism threatening ‘the very foundations of our republic’

‘For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not’

The Independent UK

America’s getting back to work, and that includes Illinois

Since Joe Biden took office, we’ve added 9.5 million jobs to the economy. The unemployment rate has plunged to 3.5%, matching a 53-year low.

Chicago Sun-Times

Long COVID has put 4 million out of work

A new study reckons with the incredible economic impact of long COVID, which has erased over 2% of the workforce

Salon

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Biden asks Americans to defend democracy in elections, politics - Roll Call

President Joe Biden warned of dire threats to American democracy from some Republicans at a prime-time address in Philadelphia on Thursday.

Salon

GOP learns hard way sex is still popular

Falling poll numbers are a shock to the GOP: Who knew that Americans would be so fond of the freedom to have sex

The Guardian - US

Biden’s speech will deliver a hard truth: American democracy is under grave threat

The essential political choice is no longer Democrat or Republican, left or right, liberal or conservative. It is democracy or authoritarian fascism

Reason

Pro-American Propaganda on Social Media Had Little Impact—Just Like Russian Propaganda on Social Media

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The Independent UK

Indian-American man racially abused by American Sikh customer: ‘You’re a Hindu who bathes in cow urine’

Abuser is now charged with hate crime in violation of civil rights, assault and disturbing peace

The Guardian - US

Polling shows that US voters favor climate bills – yet assume fellow Americans don’t

Part of the key to collective action may be to overcome the ‘false social reality’ that makes us assume no one else cares about the climate

Salon

Don't celebrate too soon, Democrats

Republican hubris and overreach is leading toward dramatic payback — but Democrats' sugar high could be fleeting

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lynn Schmidt: An election system designed to excuse officials from responding to constituents

If an employee was completely unresponsive to her or his employer, the employee would likely not have a job for very long. Unfortunately, this is not the case in politics. Americans’ approval rating of the job Congress is doing has fallen to 18%, yet in the 2020 general election, 93%…

The Independent UK

Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show

A new national study finds math and reading scores for America's 9-year-old students fell sharply during the pandemic, underscoring the impact of two years of learning disruptions

ABC News

US admiral issues blunt warning on building Australian submarines in overstretched shipyards

Helping Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines could be too big a burden for America's shipyards, a senior US Navy official warns.

The Hindu

Indian-American racially abuses Indian-American in California

The accused, Singh Tejinder, called the victim, Krishnan Jayaraman, a "dirty Hindu"

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