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Story of the Week: White House Advances COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts, Developing Standards for 'Vaccine Passports'

Story of the Week / April 1st, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. The Biden administration is working with the private sector to develop standards for proof-of-vaccination credentials, informally referred to by some as vaccine "passports." Such credentials could potentially be...

Story Of The Week, News, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, Vaccine Passports, Coronavirus Recovery, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Public Health, Healthcare, Biden Administration, Jen Psaki, Washington Post

When Republicans Stop Paying Attention

Recommended Reading / March 12th, 2021 / By Dan Schnur

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. Joe Biden has succeeded in passing the largest expansion of domestic government spending and the most targeted expansion of aid to low-income Americans in more than fifty years. Bernie Sanders tweeted that the legislation was “...

Republican Party, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Economy And Jobs

Story of the Week: Biden Signs $1.9T Stimulus Bill

Story of the Week / March 11th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Biden signed his administration's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package into law Thursday afternoon. Both houses of Congress approved the bill, which includes stimulus checks, state and local government...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Coronavirus Recovery

Story of the Week: Vaccine Outlook Improves; Some States Loosen Pandemic Restrictions

Story of the Week / March 4th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. will now have enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate all adults by the end of May, two months sooner than the previously-predicted July. Amid that expansion and...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Recovery, Coronavirus Vaccine, Coronavirus Stimulus

Story of the Week: Vaccine Rollout Expands As Cases Fall

Story of the Week / February 18th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will expand its COVID-19 vaccine distribution, as new cases of the virus continue to fall. The government will boost its weekly vaccine shipments to states from 11...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, Healthcare, Public Health, Disaster, Texas Blackouts

When Biden Makes His First No-Win Decision

Recommended Reading / January 29th, 2021 / By Dan Schnur

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. Joe Biden was sworn into office less than two weeks ago and he is already facing the type of seminal decision that could define his presidency. Worse, it’s not clear if either option he is considering is a particularly good one...

Joe Biden, Coronavirus, Bipartisanship, Polarization, Coronavirus Stimulus, US Senate

Story of the Week: President Biden's First Week

Story of the Week / January 28th, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Newly-elected President Joe Biden had a busy first week in office. He signed nearly 30 executive orders, taking action on criminal justice, climate change, racial equity, immigration and more. On Tuesday, he...

Story Of The Week, Joe Biden, White House, Coronavirus

Congress Just Reached Two Major Agreements by Overwhelming Margins. How Well Did News Outlets Cover the Stories?

Bias / January 4th, 2021 / By James Coan

Congress agreed to two major pieces of legislation by overwhelming margins in the past few weeks. On December 21, it passed a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill, which also included temporary funding for other government operations. It then overrode a veto from President Donald...

United News Roundup, Media Bias, National Defense, Federal Budget, Coronavirus Stimulus, Coronavirus, US Congress

Story of the Week: $600 Or $2,000? Stimulus Checks Debated As Payments Begin

Story of the Week / December 30th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. $600 COVID-19 stimulus checks begin going out this week after months of negotiations, as debate simmers about increasing the checks to $2,000. President Donald Trump and many Congressional Democrats support more...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Life During Covid-19, US Senate

When Congress Actually Gets Something Done

Recommended Reading / December 23rd, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

Can a new Congress learn old tricks? After years of Capitol Hill gridlock driven by increased suspicion, hostility and polarization, it may be fitting that the final legislative agreement of the hyper-partisan Trump administration required an act of transcendent bipartisanship. In an era...

Coronavirus Stimulus, US Congress, Coronavirus, Economy And Jobs

Weekly United News Roundup: Early Dec. Polls Found Americans of All Political Stripes Strongly Supported A New Coronavirus Stimulus Bill

News / December 21st, 2020 / By James Coan

Plus, a bipartisan “908 Coalition” and increased openness toward the vaccine Congressional leaders announced an agreement on a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill Sunday night. Polls conducted in early December found the desire for a new stimulus bill was shared among Democrats and...

United News Roundup, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Coronavirus Vaccine, Life During Covid-19

When It's Finally Time for Vaccines

Recommended Reading / December 15th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

A View from the Center Editor's Note: This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. Learn what a Center rating means and get all sides of this topic by reading left-wing and right-wing views on the coronavirus vaccine . I want to see superstar basketball player LeBron James get the COVID-...

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Story of the Week: US Nears Vaccine Approval as UK Gives First Doses

Story of the Week / December 10th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Updated 12/13/20 at 4:21 p.m. PT: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine on Friday evening, with inoculations expected to begin Monday. Updated 12/11/20 at...

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Story of the Week: Coronavirus Collides with Thanksgiving

Story of the Week / November 26th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Due to public health concerns and instructions from authorities, many Americans are reconsidering their Thanksgiving celebrations amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Public health experts have advised against...

Story Of The Week, Thanksgiving, Holidays, Role Of Government, Coronavirus

Humans are Ultra-Social: COVID-19 Is Emotionally Tough This Thanksgiving, Politics Aside

Recommended Reading / November 23rd, 2020 / By Rolf Hendriks

When the U.S. economy was mostly shut down in a wide-ranging effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the impact was immediate and severe. Weekend destinations and lively centers of cultural activity, once packed with crowds of visitors, suddenly became empty and silent...

United News Roundup, Life During Covid-19, Coronavirus, Culture

Story of the Week: Manufacturers Say COVID Vaccines are Safe, Highly Effective

Story of the Week / November 19th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. Amid presidential election fallout and a national surge in COVID-19 coronavirus cases, two companies, Moderna and Pfizer, both announced significant progress on coronavirus vaccines . Tests have reportedly shown...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine

Reopening Schools During COVID-19: Democrats, Republicans Both Care About Their Children's Well-Being

Recommended Reading / November 16th, 2020 / By Rolf Hendriks

With the 2020 election process winding down, focus should increase on issues facing communities such as managing school reopening and virtual learning during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. In this time of hyper-partisanship and limitless access to information, it’s easy to find...

Coronavirus, Schools, Education, Public Health, Safety And Sanity During COVID-19, United News Roundup

When Covid Doesn’t Go Away Before an Election

Recommended Reading / October 27th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

You have likely never heard of Danny Vanden Boom. But the 22-year-old college junior, who just a few weeks ago was the 4th-string quarterback for the University of Wisconsin football team, could have an outsized impact on the outcome of next week’s presidential election. Many of us know...

2020 Election, Coronavirus, Life During Covid-19, Wisconsin, Swing States, Donald Trump, Sports

Trump vs. Biden Quick Links: Coronavirus Plan

News / October 19th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

In this article we’ll provide a brief overview of each candidate’s coronavirus plan and give quick links to articles covering the topic from different rated outlets. Biden: Seven-Step Plan Joe Biden released his campaign’s plan to address the coronavirus on March 12. It promises to invoke...

Trump V Biden, Elections, 2020 Election, Coronavirus, Life During Covid-19

Story of the Week: Coronavirus Reaches President Trump and the White House

Story of the Week / October 8th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and other prominent figures in the Trump administration contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus over the past week. Notable voices on both sides of the spectrum,...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, Donald Trump, White House

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