Perspectives Blog

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...

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...

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-...

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...

The Super Tuesday scorecard : On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton won seven states and Bernie Sanders won four. On the Republican side, Donald Trump won seven states, Ted Cruz three, and Marco Rubio won Minnesota. No one has secured the nomination yet. What can we learn from this week...

What does freedom mean to you? Do you think we should be free to speak our minds, or do you think we should we be free from hearing opinions that insult our beliefs? Are you willing to give up the right to express yourself if others find your thoughts offensive? In a satirical short video...

While the presidential election continues to dominate American headlines, we're highlighting a different political story this week. Today, the 41-day standoff between occupiers and authorities at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon ended when the last four protesters surrendered. In...

There are two sides to every story. If we only consider the story from one point of view, are we truly thinking for ourselves, or simply being told what to think? “We tend to choose up sides very quickly…All the liberals line up on one side and all the conservatives line up on the other...

The tap water in Flint, Michigan has become toxic. Around half of the water service lines to Flint homes are made of lead, and it appears that the water wasn't adequately treated, so the pipes corroded and allowed lead to leach in. How and why did such a thing happen in this country? It’s...