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Happy Teacher Appreciation!

Announcement / May 10th, 2017 / By Lucy Pinto

Thank you to those of you who took our schools program feedback survey (Haven't taken the survey yet? You can still take it! ). What did we learn? Well, by far the News page is the most used content in the classroom. But don't forget to check out the Dictionary or Relationships First ! We...

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House Passes American Health Care Act

Story of the Week / May 4th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The US House of Representatives voted to pass the AHCA, moving the GOP one step closer to repealing and replacing Obamacare. The bill's initial version failed to pass following a contentious struggle among conservatives, but the addition of the MacArthur Amendment helped woo skeptical...

Healthcare, Story Of The Week, News

Trump Tax Plan

Story of the Week / April 27th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

President Trump released his tax plan this week, calling for an overhaul of current economic policy. The plan includes major cuts for both individuals and businesses, but economic analysts on both the Left and the Right say its impact on the federal deficit could be counterproductive...

Taxes, Donald Trump, Tax Plan, News, Story Of The Week

GA Congressional Election

Story of the Week / April 20th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The fight to " flip the 6th " continued this week, with Democrats hoping to put one of their own in a long help Republican congressional seat in Georgia. Jon Ossoff (D) would have needed to win over 50% of the vote on Tuesday to take the seat, but he narrowly missed it with 48.1%,...

News, Story Of The Week, Georgia, Jon Ossoff, Election

Tensions Rise Over Syria

Story of the Week / April 13th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

After Syrian President Assad allegedly carried out a chemical weapons attack on his own people last week, Donald Trump unleashed a missile strike on a Syrian air base the night of April 6th. Since then, Russia has condemned the attacks but accusations are swirling that Putin had prior...

News, Story Of The Week, Syria, Missile Strike, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Rex Tillerson

Senate GOP Goes Nuclear

Story of the Week / April 6th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

After the filibuster from the Senate Democrats began to protest the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell invoked the "nuclear option". The nuclear option, which is simply a rules change, was used because Republicans were five votes shy of being able to end the...

News, Story Of The Week, GOP, Nuclear Option, Republican Party, Senate

Brexit Begins

Story of the Week / March 30th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

This week, the UK began formal Brexit proceedings, the long process of withdrawing from the European Union. Theresa May delivered Article 50 to the European Council, the first step in a two year long process. In April or May, the Council will meet to finalize the negotiation process. They...

Brexit, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Theresa May, Story Of The Week, News

Healthcare Vote

Story of the Week / March 23rd, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The vote on the AHCA was supposed to happen today, the 7th anniversary of the ACA, but it got delayed. The plan to repeal and replace Obamacare has been heavily debated since it was released. The Republicans in the House could only afford to lose 21 votes and it looked as though they...

News, Story Of The Week, Healthcare, Obamacare, Trumpcare

Trump's Budget Plan

Story of the Week / March 16th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The White House released President Trump's budget plan this morning. The budget makes major cuts to the State Department and the EPA, while eliminating funding to the National Endowment for the Arts and 18 other departments. It designates additional funding to the Department of Defense...

News, Story Of The Week, Donald Trump, Budget, Budget Cuts

Obamacare Replacement

Story of the Week / March 9th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The Republicans revealed their plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, meeting with cheers and jeers. The plan already passed the first hurdle , moving through the House Ways and Means Committee. But it's receiving heavy criticism from a myriad of Healthcare groups , from the American...

Story Of The Week, News, Obamacare, Republican Party, Obamacare Repeal

Message to Joint Congress

Story of the Week / March 2nd, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

President Trump gave his first joint address to the members of the House and Senate on Tuesday . The speech has been widely seen as his best to date, but views vary widely on how much importance should be placed on his ability to deliver it. Media on the right are saying that this was the...

News, Story Of The Week, Donald Trump, Joint Address To Congress

Deportation Push

Story of the Week / February 23rd, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The administration is taking actions to increase arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants , supposedly prioritizing those who break more serious laws. Trump and many of his supporters feel the previous administration was too lax, while others considered President Obama to be the "...

Story Of The Week, News, Deportations, Immigration

Flynn Resigns Over Russia Talks

Story of the Week / February 16th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

This week, General Michael Flynn stepped down from his post as National Security Advisor to President Trump after it was revealed that he talked to the Russians, possibly about sanctions. Flynn served the shortest ever term for a White House employee, just three weeks. The question that...

Story Of The Week, News, Michael Flynn, Russia

Civility or Free Speech?

Story of the Week / February 9th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

At AllSides, we admittedly have a general bias in favor of free speech and civil discourse. So what should we think about Elizabeth Warren's words on the Senate floor and the action to silence her? Senate Rule 19 started 115 years ago in response to a fistfight in the Capitol. Rules in...

Story Of The Week, News, Elizabeth Warren, Senate, Mitch McConnell

Gorsuch Tapped for Supreme Court

Story of the Week / February 2nd, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

President Trump named his nominee to replace Scalia on the Supreme Court this week, Neil Gorsuch. While the country reacts to the announcement , Senate Democrats are still thinking about the appointment of Merrick Garland and are considering filibustering the vote on Gorsuch, which would...

Story Of The Week, Neil Gorsuch, News, Supreme Court

Trump's First Week

Story of the Week / January 26th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Donald Trump has been president for almost a week now. And it's been a busy week. On Saturday , the new president signed his first executive order which signaled the start to dismantling to Obamacare . Monday morning Trump announced the US would be pulling out of TPP . On Tuesday , Trump...

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

Cabinet Hearings Begin

Story of the Week / January 19th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The confirmation hearings began this week for Trump's cabinet picks. The nominees faced questions both personal and professional, both ethical and hypothetical. Sen. Al Franken stated that he expects some cabinet picks to be confirmed by the end of the week, while other senators are...

Story Of The Week, News, Cabinet

Investigations into Hacking: Needed or Not?

Story of the Week / January 5th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Though President-elect Trump has been telling people to "move on", the FBI and CIA are continuing to investigate if Russia had a role in hacking during the election. Obama was briefed today and Trump will be tomorrow . Trump has been outspoken in his feelings towards the intelligence...

Story Of The Week, News, Russia, Hacking, CIA, FBI

Is Obama Administration Anti-Israel or Pro-Peace?

Story of the Week / December 29th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The Obama Administration broke with long held tradition this week by allowing the United Nations to condemn Israel actions and then, through Secretary of State John Kerry, accusing the Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of undermining efforts for peace. While Kerry defended the...

Story Of The Week, News, John Kerry, Israel

Russia: Friend or Foe

Story of the Week / December 15th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Our relationship and future path with Russia has been a consistent undercurrent in much of the news this week. First there was Donald Trump's pick of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State and the mixed reactions to that cabinet pick . Some applauded Tillerson's extensive international...

Story Of The Week, News, Russia, Donald Trump

Perspectives Blog

Media Bias Alert: Was the US Response to the Chinese Spy Balloon too Weak?

Happy Teacher Appreciation!

House Passes American Health Care Act

Trump Tax Plan

GA Congressional Election

Tensions Rise Over Syria

Senate GOP Goes Nuclear

Brexit Begins

Healthcare Vote

Trump's Budget Plan

Obamacare Replacement

Message to Joint Congress

Deportation Push

Flynn Resigns Over Russia Talks

Civility or Free Speech?

Gorsuch Tapped for Supreme Court

Trump's First Week

Cabinet Hearings Begin

Investigations into Hacking: Needed or Not?

Is Obama Administration Anti-Israel or Pro-Peace?

Russia: Friend or Foe

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