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Jan 07 2021
Opinion
A death in the Capitol, and what we must do now
As horrifying as this moment is, we have no option but to make it better.
Amid the bombardment of images of what took place at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, too little time has been spent thinking about why it happened. Anyone who is trying to understand the significance of what's going on ought to watch video of the last moments of Ashli Babbit, the woman who was shot and killed in the
Tucker Carlson
May 06 2020
Fact Check
Did Trump Say COVID-19 Deaths Wouldn’t Hurt Anyone as Much as Himself?
Claim: When U.S. President Donald Trump was asked what he'd say to people who lost family members to COVID-19, he replied, "I would say this didn't hurt anyone as much as it hurt me."
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Snopes
Mar 07 2019
Perspectives Blog
Some Researchers Say Digital Echo Chambers Don't Exist. Is It True?
BBC News, which AllSides gives a Center media bias rating, recently published an article claiming that online echo chambers — or filter bubbles, the idea that people tend to encounter only ideas that align with their current beliefs online — may be a myth. The study the article references, authored by Elizabeth Dubois and Grant Blank, suggests that echo chambers are not as widespread as we
Samantha Shireman
May 05 2020
Analysis
The Grim Post-COVID-19 Future For Nursing Homes
Someday, most of us will return to life before COVID-19. Nursing homes will not.
The deaths of more than 16,000 of their residents from COVID-19 has profoundly disrupted senior living facilities—especially nursing homes— and will drive historic change in the industry. Robert Kramer, president of the consulting firm Nexus Insights and a long-time observer of nursing home finances, told
Forbes
Jun 03 2019
News
Do Democrats really want to see the unredacted special counsel report?
Despite their demands that Attorney General William Barr release the full unredacted report by special counsel Robert Mueller, Democrats have shown little actual interest in viewing it themselves. In a solid gesture of transparency, Barr allowed a dozen members of Congress, six Democrats and six Republicans, to access the report with most of the redactions removed. While grand jury material
Guest Writer - Right
Dec 07 2012
News
Unemployment in U.S. falls to 7.7 percent
The nations unemployment rate dropped from 7.9 percent to 7.7 percent last month  the lowest in nearly four years  as businesses added another 146,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday morning.
Washington Times
Dec 20 2019
News
Partisanship and democracy's other ills holding down the economy, Harvard study says
The many problems with American democracy are a central reason the country has made so little progress in tackling major challenges during a decade of economic growth, Harvard Business School concludes in an ambitious report out this week.
More precisely, the report blames the Democratic and Republican parties for looking to advance partisan advantage over the public interest — wasting
The Fulcrum
Nov 28 2012
News
Top House Republican Tom Cole: Join with Obama on Quick Deal
Politicos Jonathan Allen reports: “Republican Rep. Tom Cole urged colleagues in a private session Tuesday to vote to extend the Bush tax rates for all but the highest earners before the end of the year  and to battle over the rest later.
ABC News (Online)
Mar 04 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Vaccine Outlook Improves; Some States Loosen Pandemic Restrictions
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President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. will now have enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate all adults by the end of May, two months sooner than the previously-predicted July. Amid that expansion and falling new COVID-19 case rates, some states have loosened pandemic restrictions; Texas is lifting the
AllSides Staff
Mar 08 2013
News
Unemployment at 4-Year-Low as U.S. Hiring Gains Steam
Bolstered by a healthier private sector, the United States economy gained 236,000 jobs in February, well above what had been expected, while the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, its lowest level since December 2008.
New York Times (News)