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Media Bias: Is it a Crime?

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/ August 9th, 2017 / By Billy Binion

According to some, America is facing a new terrorist threat: the media. “CNN IS ISIS,” the sign reads. It’s a stunning accusation — particularly when considering that the media are expected to be a stronghold in American society, charged with holding government accountable. Is the nation’...

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Staff Changes in the White House

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/ August 3rd, 2017 / By JohnSGable

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There have been many changes to the White House staff over the past few weeks. First White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stepped down when Anthony Scaramucci was selected as the new White House Communications Director. Then Chief of Staff Reince Priebus was replaced by retired Marine...

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Using Mismatch in the Classroom: A Teacher's Perspective

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This Fall, AllSides for Schools will launch our newest service, Mismatch. Mismatch will be used to connect students who are different than they are across the country. They will have structured, civil conversations based around our Relationships First lesson plan. At the end of last...

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Breitbart: Right-wing Publication or Fake News?

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/ July 28th, 2017 / By Billy Binion

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Fake news. Propaganda. Alt-right. Breitbart. Which of these doesn’t belong? Some would say they’re all fair game. In many circles, the conservative news outlet epitomizes malicious misinformation. Others revere it as a crusader for truth, willing to throw political correctness away with...

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Transgender Military Ban

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/ July 27th, 2017 / By JohnSGable

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In a series of tweets, President Trump announced that transgender people will be banned from joining the nation's military. Transgender members of the military have spoken out calling it a "shot in the face". Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee,...

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Still Too Few Votes to Repeal ACA

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/ July 20th, 2017 / By JohnSGable

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Republicans in the Senate hoped to vote on the new healthcare bill or at least to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but the vote has again been pushed back by Senate Majority Leader McConnell. Revisions have been made over the past several weeks to the Senate bill but still a few...

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Lawsuit against Trump raises question: Is the president's Twitter account a public platform?

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/ July 19th, 2017 / By Grace Debusschere

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Last month, we wrote about Twitter's new tools that help users censor their feeds, thus cementing partisan filter bubbles . This month, a lawsuit against President Trump takes that debate to the next level. The Knight First Amendment Institute , a free speech advocacy organization, is...

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Don Jr. Met With Russian Lawyer

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/ July 13th, 2017 / By JohnSGable

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News broke this week that Donald Trump Jr. had contact with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election allegedly to receive opposition research on the Clinton campaign. Don Jr. release d his email string to show the full extent of the communication and maintains that the "...

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Trump's War with the Media

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/ July 6th, 2017 / By JohnSGable

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President Trump's war with the mainstream media reached new heights this week when he tweeted a controversial video of himself attacking the CNN logo. While his actions received condemnation from several news outlets, coverage of the tweet varied drastically across the partisan divide...

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Trademark Office's Hypocrisy Turns into a Victory for Free Speech

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/ June 30th, 2017 / By Grace Debusschere

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The Slants, an Asian-American dance-rock group, were initially denied a trademark by the US government. The grounds for the decision? The band name was deemed racially offensive. The term ‘slant’ is sometimes used as a racial epithet to disparage people of Asian descent. But even so,...

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Senate Healthcare Vote Delayed

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/ June 29th, 2017 / By JohnSGable

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After releasing the Senate healthcare bill last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delayed the vote until after summer recess. Several Republican Senators have decided against supporting the bill and with the Democrats unified in opposition, the future of the bill is uncertain...

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The Senate's New Healthcare Bill: What Do You Think?

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/ June 27th, 2017 / By jaymeecopenhaver

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Last Thursday, Senate Republicans revealed the much-anticipated Better Care Reconciliation Act, the new healthcare bill designed to replace Obamacare. Since its release, there have been a multitude of articles either praising or condemning the bill, with a minority actually going into...

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Senate Reveals Healthcare Bill

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/ June 22nd, 2017 / By JohnSGable

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After much secrecy, Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans revealed their updated version of the AHCA today. As McConnell pushes for a vote before the summer recess, a few Republican Senators say the bill does not go far enough to dismantle Obamacare and therefore will not vote to...

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A Lesson in Civil Discourse from Megan Phelps-Roper

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I recently stumbled upon Megan Phelps-Roper’s TED Talk about her contentious exit from the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC). Never one to turn down a good TED Talk, I opened it up and let it play in the background while I continued to sift through my emails. However, it didn’t take long for...

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Shooting of Louisiana Congressman

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/ June 15th, 2017 / By JohnSGable

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Yesterday morning in Alexandria, VA, a gunman opened fire on the GOP's Congressional Baseball Game practice, critically wounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.). In the wake of the shooting, leaders from both sides of the aisle have come together expressing calls for unity, and...

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Fight the Rage and Ignorance - That's What AllSides Is All About - Here Is What You Can Do

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/ June 15th, 2017 / By Billy Binion

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If you’ve tuned into the news within the last 24 hours, even if just for a cursory glance, you’ve most likely heard about the tragic shooting in Alexandria, VA – where a gunman opened fire on the GOP’s Congressional Baseball Game practice . But the most striking part of the recent press...

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Comey Testifies

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/ June 8th, 2017 / By JohnSGable

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In an open session in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee today, James Comey the former FBI Director, testified for close to 3 hours. After a short break, he then spoke for another hour in a closed session, most likely containing classified information. It remains to be seen what...

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Paris Agreement Survey Results

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/ June 8th, 2017 / By jaymeecopenhaver

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Last week, we asked the AllSides community to tell us what they thought about the Paris Climate Accord and President Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the deal through a survey on social media. (There was also a heated debate on Facebook .) Here are the results of the survey: Of...

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Twitter’s New Safety Tools: What do you think?

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/ June 5th, 2017 / By jaymeecopenhaver

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Yesterday, I opened the Twitter app on my phone and noticed a message at the top of the screen encouraging me to check out Twitter’s new “safety tools.” When I clicked on the link, it took me to a page headlined, “You’re in control with our new safety tools,” outlining new ways for users...

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Trump Pulls America Out of Climate Deal

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/ June 1st, 2017 / By JohnSGable

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Today at a press conference in the Rose Garden, President Trump officially pulled America out of the Paris Climate Accord. The deal was negotiated between 192 countries, with the U.S. joining Syria and Nicaragua as the holdouts. The Left is pretty firmly against the decision, while the...

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