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This is Sunshine Week, a time every year when journalists and other free-speech advocates talk about the need for open government.
Americans learned a lot about government especially that once-obscure process of impeachment in the past year. But over time we’ve lost ground when it comes to understanding and embracing our democracy’s basic values. That loss goes a long way to explaining our political division, brutal lack of civility in public discourse and erosion of trust in our basic institutions. Many people know basic events and processes of U.S. history. We remember, from our school days, the three branches of government, the concept of separation of powers and how a bill becomes a law.
For The Daily Gazette Americans learned a lot about government – especially that once-obscure process of impeachment – in the past year. But over time…
Americans learned a lot about government — especially that once-obscure process of impeachment — in the past year. But over time we’ve lost ground when it comes to understanding and
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According to the Pew survey, some 12% of movers say the reason was too many COVID-19 restrictions.
A new survey says people who moved because of the pandemic in the fall were more likely to cite financial stress as their top reason compared with those who moved in the spring, when fear of catching the virus was the most important reason.
The Pew Research Center survey released Thursday says that 5% of U.S. adults moved decease of COVID-19 in November compared with 3% in June.
Among those who moved because of COVID-19, a third in November cited financial reasons, such as a job loss, compared with 18% of those in June. Some 12% of movers say the reason was too many COVID-19 restrictions.