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Misinformation Watch: Did COVID-19 Leak From a Chinese Lab?

Misinformation Watch / February 27th, 2023 / By Henry A. Brechter

Almost immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic began, people speculated about how it started. Most of this focused on China, where the pandemic began, and specifically on the city of Wuhan.

Facts And Myths, Facts And Fact Checking, Wuhan Lab, Coronavirus, Misinformation And Disinformation, China, Science, Misinformation Watch

Flame Retardants in Your Earbuds? Toxic Chemicals in Homes? Left and Right are Sick of It

Recommended Reading / January 31st, 2023 / By Multiple Writers - Mixed

Sometimes the left and right agree on things for opposite reasons. Sometimes for the same reason. And still, nothing happens.

Bipartisanship, Environment, Health, Science, Big Government

The Politics of Science: Why Are More Democrats Vaccinated Than Republicans?

Recommended Reading / January 13th, 2022 / By Paul Mulholland

The persistent gap primarily originates from a partisan gap in trust in scientific institutions.

Polarization, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, Science, Anthony Fauci

Story of the Week: Interest in COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory Grows

Story of the Week / June 3rd, 2021 / By AllSides Staff

The theory that the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China is gaining traction and media coverage after it was initially dismissed early on in the pandemic. Last week, a report revealed that three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were...

Story Of The Week, Coronavirus, China, Wuhan Lab, Science, Anthony Fauci, WHO

Reducing Polarization: Learn That the Other Side Thinks of You More Positively Than You Expect

Recommended Reading / February 22nd, 2021 / By Rolf Hendriks

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. As friendships and family relationships continue to strain or break over political disagreements, Americans are learning firsthand about a new kind of political polarization: affective polarization . Affective polarization is...

United News Roundup, Polarization, Bridging Divides, Science, Psychology

Can Religion, Neuroscience, and Good Deeds Heal America?

News / February 10th, 2021 / By Max Karlin

Political polarization is a massive and complicated issue, one which can be explained, and combatted, through a number of different approaches. The One America Movement utilizes a unique approach to addressing polarization in the United States. It draws from psychology and social science...

United News Roundup, Polarization, Religion And Faith, Science, One America Movement, Bridging Divides

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