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Are Gender Neutral Bathrooms Our Priority?

News / June 23rd, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Should bathrooms be gender-neutral? In recent months this question has been the subject of countless articles, television discussions and national magazine covers. The people at the Broadway show Kinky Boots have even produced a video featuring their take on the argument. This is an issue...

Missing Perspectives, Bathroom Bill, Gender, Transgender Issues

Story of the Week: Orlando Shooting Analysis

Story of the Week / June 16th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

In the wake of the devastating terrorist attack at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, America has had much to grieve, think about, and debate. This was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and it has greatly intensified public debate on at least three different political hot buttons: gun...

News, Gun Control And Gun Rights, Gun Legislation, Story Of The Week

Story of the Week: Clinton Claims the Nomination

News / June 9th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

This week, after securing a majority of the pledged delegates nationwide and winning more primaries, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be the presumptive U.S. presidential nominee of a major political party. Today, after a meeting with Senator Sanders, President Obama publicly...

News, Hillary Clinton, Presidential Elections

Can't believe anyone would vote for "you know who"? Here's a hint - we like being right.

Bias / June 6th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

How can you vote for Trump with his hateful speech? How can you vote for Clinton with all her scandals? How can you vote for Sanders with no chance to win? And how can you be enthusiastic about it? Lots of people are very enthusiastic about their choice for President, despite these...

Presidential Elections, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama

Story of the Week: 3 Views on Hillary's Emails

News / June 2nd, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

It’s been a tough media week for the front-running presidential hopefuls. While Trump University has begun receiving strong media scrutiny , many headlines this week focused on Hillary Clinton’s email server controversy. The Inspector General released a new report on the matter and...

Hillary Clinton, Emails, News

Story of the Week: Obama Comments on Trump Overseas

News / May 26th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Today, at the G7 summit in Japan, President Obama made some comments about Donald Trump, who just clinched the GOP nomination thanks to the pledged support of 29 more Republican delegates . Was Obama irresponsible in sharing his Trump viewpoint with the world community or was he simply...

News, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, World

Story of the Week: Transgender Restroom Access

News / May 19th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Last Friday, the Obama administration called for public schools to allow transgender students to use restrooms consistent with their chosen gender identity, saying that Title IX, which outlaws sex discrimination in public schools, covers gender identity . There is an implication that...

Transgender Issues, Bathroom Bill, News

Story of the Week: Ryan and Trump Meet

News / May 12th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Media and protestors swarmed Capitol Hill this morning for a meeting between Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan. The meeting, held at the Republican National Committee headquarters, was said to be set with the goal of discussing differences and bridging gaps in the wake of Ryan...

Donald Trump, News, Paul Ryan

Story of the Week: Can Trump Win?

News / May 5th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

As the only GOP candidate left standing , Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee this week, which led the media to speculate in earnest on his chances of becoming our next president. We’re sharing a range of perspectives on this today. For example, we noticed...

Donald Trump, Presidential Elections

Story of the Week: Frontrunners Win Big

News / April 28th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

In a fresh batch of presidential primaries this week, we saw Trump win all five states, Clinton declare victory in four, and Sanders take Rhode Island. As the nomination math gets clearer in the wake of these latest contests, we’re taking a look at what’s being said on different sides. At...

Donald Trump, Presidential Elections

The "Undemocratic" Delegate Count Goes Up for Trump

News / April 26th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Donald Trump had a big night Tuesday night. But he had an even bigger night with delegates because of the GOP delegate rules. Winning an impressive 57% of all the votes cast, he received 95% of the delegates. That's because 4 of the 5 states had either "winner-take-all" or "winner-take-...

Presidential Elections, Missing Perspectives

Obama Visits Saudi Arabia

News / April 21st, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Saudi Arabia has told the U.S. that it will sell off 100’s of billions of dollars in American assets if Congress passes a bill that allows foreign governments to be sued for any role in 9/11 attacks. The threat has been hotly debated. Senators were warned there could be serious economic...

Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia

Is President Obama over-reaching his Presidential powers? Depends on what you think about immigration.

Bias / April 19th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Yesterday, I was reviewing our front page here at AllSides. Though our technology and the crowd drives much of what you see on our site, one of the things we still do manually is assign a title to our Top Story, the three headlines on the same topic from differing perspectives at the top...

Supreme Court, Barack Obama, Immigration

Story of the Week: Sanders vs. Clinton

News / April 14th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Tonight New York hosts a Democratic debate, with the primary around the corner. Tension has been rising between the Hillary and Bernie campaigns as Bernie has been on a winning streak in recent primaries even while Hillary still holds the lead. News sources from the Left and the Center...

News, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton

Story of the Week- Analysis: After Wisconsin

News / April 7th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

This week was the first time since 1984 that a presidential nomination front-runner lost the Wisconsin primary. This time around, the front-runners in both parties lost. It was a good night for Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders. Is this part of a larger shift in a new direction? What does it...

News, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, Presidential Elections

Story of the Week: State of the Election Process

News / March 31st, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Six days ago Gallup published a poll showing two-thirds of Americans feel that the presidential election process is broken. Meanwhile, at a journalism award dinner, President Obama critiqued the media for it’s role in how this year’s election has played out. In light of these stories, it...

News, Elections, Presidential Elections

Story of the Week: Responding to Brussels

News / March 24th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

A few days after the Brussels terrorist attacks, claimed by ISIS, killed at least 31 people and injured hundreds of others, opinions across Europe and the US vary on how best to respond and prevent the devastating rise of terror catastrophes in the West. This week we bring you a cross-...

News, Brussels, Bombing

Story of the Week: Heading To Contested Convention?

News / March 17th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

When Donald Trump lost the Ohio primary this week, it increased the possibility that he won't have enough delegates to secure the nomination before the July convention. CNN has just published a story about a group of conservative leaders calling for a GOP unity ticket and advocating a...

GOP Convention, RNC, Donald Trump, Republican Party, GOP

Story of the Week: 4 Views of the Democratic Race

News / March 10th, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

This was an eventful week in the Democratic race for the 2016 presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders had a Fox News town hall , a primary with some surprising results , and a televised debate. Let’s have a look at what’s happening with Bernie vs. Hillary from the...

News, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Presidential Elections

Trump and Sanders- More Alike than Different

Bias / March 9th, 2016 / By Beth Ballentine

Few people believe Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have much in common. But while Sanders and Trump may be polar opposites in some respects, they’re alike in some very fundamental ways. And their popularity is driven by some of the very same reasons. Congress' job approval rating is 16...

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Presidential Elections, Media Bias, Missing Perspectives

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