Role Of Government Blog Posts
The DOGE Effect: Tracking Trump's Cuts to Federal Agencies and Funding
News / January 12th, 2026 / by AllSides Staff

Read arguments for and against the Trump administration's latest moves to scale back the federal government.
See moreMedia Bias Alert: Is DOGE Bound to Succeed or Doomed to Fail?
Bias / December 6th, 2024 / by Henry A. Brechter

Optimism has been mostly absent from coverage on the left, and skepticism has been missing in coverage from the right.
See moreHow Should We Regulate AI?
Story of the Week / May 18th, 2023 / by AllSides Staff

OpenAI's CEO called for regulation of AI this week, raising questions about how to mitigate the risks of new generative AI platforms like ChatGPT.
See more'Twitter Files' Show Platform's Relationship with Government, Raise Censorship Questions
Story of the Week / December 22nd, 2022 / by AllSides Staff

Troves of apparent communications between Twitter and government agencies have been made public as part of the releases.
See moreMedia Outlets Have A History Of Promoting Pro-War Advocates With Financial Ties To Weapons Industry
Bias / May 7th, 2022 / by Antonio Ferme

Some media outlets across the spectrum have failed to be transparent with Americans when highlighting the opinions of figures financially tied to defense contractors.
See moreDo Earmarks Encourage Bipartisanship?
Recommended Reading / April 26th, 2022 / by Divided We Fall (author)

Would reinstating congressional earmarks improve or hinder legislative gridlock as well as bipartisanship?
See moreClimate Activists are Waiting on Congress – But Why?
Recommended Reading / April 22nd, 2022 / by Stephen Perkins

Many climate activists today believe that if Congress doesn’t act on climate change right now, we have no chance of survival. But the truth is, we have a number of reasons to be hopeful.
See moreAllStances™: Should Abortions Be Legal or Banned?
AllStances / April 13th, 2022 / by Antonio Ferme

What are the arguments for and against abortion? Is abortion murder, or is abortion a constitutional right and a woman’s choice that should be protected?
See moreAllStances™: COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
AllStances / December 8th, 2021 / by Antonio Ferme

Should the US federally enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, or should employees have a choice between vaccination and regular testing?
See moreWhen Big Government Makes a Comeback
Recommended Reading / April 30th, 2021 / by Dan Schnur

The era of small government is over. Technically speaking, there was never really an era of small government in modern America history. It was more of a rhetorical device and overall attitude toward g...
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