Perspectives Blog

Before we get into our featured story, we have a question for you: wouldn't it be great to get all the top stories about your own state in the AllSides multiple-perspective format? If you happen to live in Utah, we've got good news! You can do that here . Utah is our first region-specific...

Earlier this week Obama's own party resisted his lobbying for a major trade bill, but on Wednesday Senate leaders said they had forged a deal to move forward with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). Will this bill ultimately be considered a bipartisan...

This week, the US Supreme Court is examining four cases about whether or not the Constitution gives same-sex couples the right to marry regardless of the laws passed in their state. At issue: Equality and civil rights? States' sovereignty? Religious liberty? It depends who you ask...

It's been an eventful week in politics with Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton announcing their runs for president. In the midst of all the headlines about Clinton and Rubio, we also saw the White House signal that the president is ready to sign a measure giving Congress a voice on the...

The governor of Indiana signed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) last week. Widespread controversy about possible discrimination against the LGBT community ensued and the Republican governor of Arkansas announced he wouldn't sign a similar law on the table in his state. Meanwhile...

This week, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel's conservative Likud party won a fourth term. He had recently been trailing in the polls behind the center-left Zionist Union alliance. Because of Netanyahu's stand against a Palestinian state and a US-led deal with Iran on its nuclear...

On Wednesday , the Justice Department announced it would not pursue civil rights charges against officer Darren Wilson in the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. It also released a report on evidence of systematic racial discrimination in the Ferguson police department. In...

This week the White House held a summit on combating violent extremism. President Barack Obama spoke at the summit and published a related Los Angeles Times op-ed . Opinions across the nation run strong on anything related to terrorism and Islam, so today we bring you multiple views into...