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Aug 15 2022
Perspectives Blog
When the FBI Gives Trump an Early Christmas Gift
From the CenterAttorney General Merrick Garland is ostentatiously apolitical. He has made it clear since his appointment that he does not see himself as a partisan advocate, and last week’s historic events demonstrate that Garland is not even slightly interested in whether his decisions unite or divide the country. His job is to prosecute crimes.
But it’s our job here to analyze the
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Nov 04 2020
News
Biden Wins Michigan, Wisconsin as Presidential Election Comes Down to a Few States
Joe Biden racked up Electoral College votes that put him within striking distance of the presidency Wednesday evening, while President Trump’s team pursued legal actions to try to blunt the Democrat’s advance and disputed a key call in Arizona.
As Tuesday’s voting turned into a fierce battle over a handful of battleground states, Mr. Biden notched important victories in Wisconsin and
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Aug 31 2019
Opinion
Here’s What People Who Used To Be Transgender Are Telling The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear a pivotal case in October on sex, gender identity, and discrimination: R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. As both sides build their cases, numerous influential organizations and individuals have filed amicus (friend of the court) briefs to aid the members of the Supreme Court in their understanding on this topic.
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Jul 06 2019
News
Where to Now for the Trump Administration’s North Korea Policy?
President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un have now met three times. With a fair amount of fanfare and hope, Trump had held two summits with Kim. The first was in June 2018. The second, in February 2019. Those summits produced modest consequences. One of them was that, amid an exchange of friendly letters between the two leaders, North Korea refrained from provocative military
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Jan 21 2021
News
Biden unveils coronavirus plan, warns it will take months to 'turn things around'
President Biden on Thursday unveiled a comprehensive strategy to address the coronavirus pandemic while warning that it would take months for his administration’s actions to significantly alter the trajectory of the pandemic.
Biden, seeking to manage expectations as the United States confronts a dire period of infections, said that the COVID-19 death toll would likely top 500,000 in
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Jul 08 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Reuters Displays Slant in Akron Police Killing
On July 3, police in Akron, Ohio released body camera footage of the police killing of Jayland Walker. AllSides detected numerous types of media bias on display in Reuters’ (Center bias) coverage of the incident, including word choice bias, bias by placement, slant, and spin.
On June 27, Jayland Walker was asked to pull over by police for a traffic violation. When he refused, a car
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Jul 25 2020
News
Ocean Plastic Pollution Is on Track to Triple By 2040
The annual flow of plastics into our oceans is on a trajectory to triple over the next 20 years, which could add up to 110 pounds of plastic trash for every meter of coastline worldwide, a new report finds.
That path is not inevitable, however. The volume could be cut by 80%, the analysis found, by taking actions to reduce the growth of virgin plastic production, improve waste
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Jun 15 2021
Analysis
Cops Tased and Tackled Black Teenagers Just Because They Were Holding Vapes
This weekend, police officers enforcing a vaping ban violently arrested four Black teens in Ocean City, Maryland.
Police tackled and repeatedly kneed a 19-year-old on Saturday while arresting him for “failure to provide necessary identification” after allegedly vaping tobacco on the Ocean City boardwalk. Video shows police yelling at the man to “stop resisting” even as he lay
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Nov 05 2021
News
Biden Rejects $450,000 Payments for Separated Migrants
President Biden on Wednesday said migrants separated from family members at the border would not receive hundreds of thousands of dollars for the damage inflicted by the Trump-era policy, rejecting an option for monetary compensation that had been floated in negotiations with lawyers representing the families.
Representatives of the migrant families and government officials had
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Sep 16 2021
News
Milley's checkered history: China, Afghanistan withdrawal, and CRT
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley faces intense scrutiny for phone calls he made to his Chinese counterparts about then-President Donald Trump. But it’s far from the first time Milley’s actions have sparked accusations of politicizing his role.
The pair of phone calls between Milley and Chinese defense officials emerged from a forthcoming book about the end of the
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