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CDC chief urges focus on health threats as agency confronts political changesGun ownership rose sharply among Republican women over the last five years, while firearm ownership became increasingly aligned with party affiliation, Gallup survey data released Thursday shows . The new data covers the COVID-19 pandemic years, in which Americans went on a prolonged gun-buying spree . Industry watchers have long suspected that the flurry of gun-buying broadened the demographics of gun ownership in the United States. Gallup’s polling appears to bear out that impression. Gun ownership is less tied to race, age or gender today than it has been in the past, according to the survey data, which is divided into three six-year periods starting in 2007. But gun ownership also appears to increasingly show signs of political polarization. Some 19% of Democrats surveyed from 2019 to 2024 said they owned firearms — two points higher than in the six-year period preceding it and three points lower than in the six-year period from 2007 to 2012. The number of Republicans who say they own guns, on the other hand, has risen consistently over that time frame, from 38% to 47%. Republican women are the ones driving up the party’s gun ownership percentage most dramatically, with 19% of them owning guns in the 2007-2012 period and 33% in the most recent six-year period. Fifteen years ago, party affiliation did not have a significant relationship to gun ownership, according to Gallup Senior Editor Jeff Jones. Other variables were much more clearly associated with gun ownership, like being white, male and from either a rural area or the South — though many of those variables overlapped with Republican Party affiliation. Now, however, variables like race and gender are not as closely associated with gun ownership as identification with the Republican Party. Likewise, regardless of other demographic variables, Democrats are less likely to own guns than they were 15 years ago. “What we’re seeing is gun ownership increasingly aligning with your political views, where it wasn’t so much in the past,” Jones told HuffPost. The survey period overlaps with the Democratic Party’s stronger embrace of gun control measures in response to a string of mass shootings. Republicans, by contrast, have generally resisted gun restrictions aimed at shoring up public safety, while championing a growing movement to carry concealed firearms as a constitutional right rather than by permit. “It’s become an issue like climate change or abortion,” Jones said. “If you’re in this party, this is what you believe, and there really isn’t much dissension.” The Gallup polling appeared at odds with survey results released earlier this year from the National Shooting Sports Federation, the industry trade group, which indicated a sharp rise in the number of new shooters, with self-identified Democrats accounting for 31% of them — about 3 million people . NSSF spokesperson Mark Oliva said he trusted the Gallup data, but wondered why its results had diverged from the trends that his group’s data appeared to indicate. Oliva noted that the surveys did not contain the same questions and that the NSSF had not surveyed for total gun ownership broken by down by gender and party affiliation combined. He also said that all polling on gun issues may contain some amount of error due to mistrust over disclosing firearm ownership to strangers on the phone. “Gallup’s polls have been consistent over the years, but some gun owners may be reticent to discuss it on the phone,” Olivia told HuffPost. Both Gallup and NSSF surveys show overall gun ownership has remained roughly flat, hovering around one-third of Americans. And both groups’ data also indicate that gun owners are becoming more diverse. Gallup polling did not detect a major shift within any specific racial demographic to account for that, Jones said, noting that the trend likely reflects the fact that America itself has become more diverse over the last two decades. Oliva, however, noted that the fastest-growing group of gun owners detected by NSSF surveys is Black women. Don't let this be the end of the free press. The free press is under attack — and America's future hangs in the balance. As other newsrooms bow to political pressure, HuffPost is not backing down. Would you help us keep our news free for all? We can't do it without you. Can't afford to contribute? Support HuffPost by creating a free account and log in while you read. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again . We view our mission to provide free, fair news as critically important in this crucial moment, and we can't do it without you. Whether you give once or many more times, we appreciate your contribution to keeping our journalism free for all. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again . 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Giorgio Scalvini celebrated his return for Atalanta just 173 days after a serious knee injury and would not rule out a Scudetto push for this season. ‘We play with more quality now.’ La Dea continued their astounding form with a seventh Serie A win on the bounce, with goals from Mateo Retegui, Ederson and Ademola Lookman. Matteo Cancellieri had got Parma back into it straight after the restart, but after two disallowed goals, Lookman managed to seal it at the back post. The best news was the comeback for Scalvini as a substitute, ahead of schedule considering he underwent anterior cruciate ligament surgery “I am very happy to be back, these were very long and tough months with a lot of work. I couldn’t wait to be back on the pitch with my teammates,” “I’ve been training with the squad for three or four weeks, stepping up the amount of work I do and it was wonderful to be back. Now we’ve got to keep pushing and I can hopefully get back to the fitness levels of my teammates.” Scalvini is effectively a reinforcement for Atalanta, who have been struggling with absences in defence, and the Sky Sport Italia pundits joked with his curls and gentle manner that he is similar to Italian tennis champion Jannik Sinner. Do Atalanta believe they can truly challenge for the Scudetto this season? “We take it one game at a time. The coach always tells us to do that, because if our minds go elsewhere, we cannot focus 100 per cent on the task in hand. He is very good at making us concentrate and the results are coming.” Atalanta are having their best ever start to a season with 28 points and 34 goals scored in the opening 13 rounds, so how have they improved from last term? “This team always had a great deal of intensity, but perhaps more quality now than we used to, the way we play our way out of defence. We have also improved our defensive solidity, the coach has done great work.” Scalvini was forced to miss EURO 2024 for Italy with that injury, but is considered one of Italy’s most promising talents for the future. He has a way of playing out from defence that is similar to Alessandro Bastoni, another Atalanta youth product, so where does that come from? “It was fundamental that I came through the Atalanta youth academy, they teach you that from the very start and want to see players with confidence. That is why so many have made it through to the main team.” . 👑🔙 — Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC)AKOOL Announces Strategic Bollywood Partnership to Revolutionize AI in Digital Immersion and Video Markets
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R&B Singer Comes Out After Post by Alleged Scorned LoverAHEAD OF THEIR YEARS The author, who is also the paper’s Sports editor, talks about his work in the Inquirer, which gets sampled later by members of his audience. —Photos from Abba’s Orchard School and Con Cabrera/Contributor MANILA, Philippines — On the second floor of Abba’s Orchard Montessori School’s campus on Bayani Road, Taguig City, a cozy reading corner rests against one side of the L-shaped classroom. There, students are free—at any time during their class hours—to sit down, pick up a copy of the Inquirer, and read about current events. The kids are age 9 to 11. A floor below, in a classroom filled with students age 6 to 8, there is a similar reading space where a comfy bean bag rests next to a shelf of books. The young kids can also pick up a newspaper to check on the day’s headlines. “This started when our elementary children began bringing national concerns into their group discussions,” Jusy Garcia, the head of the Bayani and McKinley campuses of Abba’s Orchard, told the Inquirer. “We’ve gone through a life-changing pandemic and a national election. There was a lot to talk about, and we didn’t want to keep them in a bubble.” Garcia started the initiative with the school’s seven campuses in the National Capital Region. “As a Montessori school, we want to encourage the children to speak their minds. But before we could do that, they must be well-informed in order to make sound opinions. Children must be given the keys to unlock doors of learning opportunities. We trust that the Philippine Daily Inquirer can give our children just that,” she added. The reception among students has been enthusiastic. “The first week they received newspapers, they were over the moon!” Garcia said. “At a time of artificial intelligence (AI) and fake news, providing a reliable source of information gives them a relevant seat at the discussion table.” Now, that partnership has expanded to all of the school’s campuses nationwide. LOOK, MA, NO SCREENS One can say that the so-called Generation Alpha at Abba’s Orchard Montessori School is on the same page with the much older regular readers of the Inquirer. —Abba’s Orchard School, Con Cabrera/Contributor “[I]n every paper delivered to our doorstep each school day is a slice of verified information that would help our children become active thinkers,” she said. The Inquirer paid a visit to the Bayani campus as part of the school’s program where they invite experts from their field and give the students a peek at their profession. During the Inquirer’s visit, however, the discussion turned to the value of sourcing news from newspapers. And it seemed like the students have learned a lot from their reading experiences. “Newspapers help us deal with fake news.” “There’s so much AI today and it’s hard to tell what news is real that’s why newspapers are important.” “Newspapers keep us updated about things we should know.” Those were just some of the comments raised by the young kids. The teachers of the different campuses already have a collection of anecdotes about how the habit of reading newspapers daily has impacted their students’ lives. Bea Vergara and Joana Sapolato, the guides who handle the Level 2 students (Grades 4 to 6 in the traditional setting) recounted how, during an immersive discussion of martial law, the kids were given roles to play: police and military, political detainees, cronies, journalists, students, and citizens. To make the discussion even more resonant, the guides took away some classroom privileges, like limiting the use of the reading corner to chosen students and the use of art materials from the art shelf. When the students playing the role of citizens felt the burden of the restrictions and voiced their opposition to it, guess who came to their side? “What’s surprising was the journalists started writing about what was going on in the classroom,” the teachers said. “Their idea of a newspaper has been modeled after the Philippine Daily Inquirer. They made their own headline and the front page contained a catchy drawing as the ‘photo’ of the article they wrote.” “They saw how big of an effect the newspapers came to play during the immersive activity and how it also had a big role in shaping our history.” Christine Amper, a guide from the Cebu campus, told the story of how newspapers have become part of her student’s discussions. During a class trip, a student named Nathan surprised his peers with a currency update during a discussion about the cost of an item being sold online. “I remember it’s already P57.80,” he said when asked about exchange rates. The casual discussion led to broader reflections on the economy, with one student proclaiming, “Oh no, we’re doomed!” In that same Cebu campus, students also turned to the newspaper when their interest was piqued by the filing of candidacies for next year’s national elections. Eventually, their discussion led to a History discussion on the three branches of government and actual elections were held in the classroom. The impact of newspapers extends beyond facts and figures, Garcia said, adding that teachers reported how students are mastering critical skills like distinguishing between fact and opinion. “They’ve learned to create objective opinions on social issues,” noted Garcia. “We’ve also used newspapers for vocabulary lessons, sentence analysis, and even blackout poetry.” In the classroom handled by Blessy Salaritan and Angela Rivera, Level 1 kids (Grades 1 to 3) use the Inquirer to learn new words and for literary purposes, such as blackout poetry. But even when doing so, they eventually drift to the news. For Garcia, the decision to have the Inquirer as the newspaper of choice for Abba’s Orchard’s campuses was a no-brainer. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . “Writing has always been so dear to me. I started writing for the school paper when I was 10. Since then, I was in every school press conference and writing contest. The Philippine Daily Inquirer was part of my writing journey as my coaches would use it as our study material,” she said. “Even if I wasn’t able to pursue that childhood dream of writing as a career, I’m more than fulfilled now because ... I was able to pass on my love for writing to them. I do have the Philippine Daily Inquirer to thank for that. Now that the children at school are able to turn the pages of the same newspaper I read through during my student days many years ago, it’s truly a personal full circle moment for me just seeing them do the same,” Garcia added.
Washington, DC, Nov. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Thursday, December 12, No Labels will hold its national meeting in Washington, D.C. with over 600 citizen leaders from all 50 states, along with their closest allies in the U.S. House and Senate. With the far right pushing Republican members to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump and the far left pushing Democratic resistance against the incoming administration, No Labels seeks to bring together members focused on working together to deliver results for the American people. The meeting will showcase these leaders and feature their ideas on critical issues such as immigration, tax and permitting reform, and the mounting national debt. The first 100 days of the next administration is expected to be a politically fraught period. The No Labels national meeting will highlight leaders committed to two-party solutions and prioritizing the needs of the commonsense majority. *All media planning to attend should register HERE * Who: No Labels What: No Labels National Meeting When: Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, 7:45 AM – 3 PM ET Where: Mayflower Hotel 1127 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 About No Labels Since its founding in 2010, No Labels has worked to give voice to America’s commonsense majority. We are a citizen movement advocating for commonsense solutions to our country’s most significant problems. www.nolabels.org . ##Florida stuns Ole Miss on Senior Day to end Rebels’ playoff bid