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Dec 20 2021
News
Covid: Christmas travel will fuel spread of Omicron, US expert warns
Christmas travel will increase the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, even among the fully vaccinated, the top US infectious disease expert says.
"There's no doubt about this, [Omicron] has an extraordinary capability of spreading," Dr Anthony Fauci told NBC's Meet the Press programme on Sunday.
Dr Fauci, who advises the US government on the pandemic, said the variant was
BBC News
Jul 28 2021
News
U.S. Justice Dept. warns states to tread carefully in auditing elections
WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday issued legal guidance aimed at curbing voting rights abuses in U.S. states such as Arizona, where Republican officials launched a contentious audit in a failed bid to reverse former President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss.
In the guidance, the U.S. Justice Department raises concerns about the "unusual
Reuters
Aug 13 2020
Background
The Ongoing Challenge to Define Free Speech
Freedom of speech, Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo declared more than 80 years ago, “is the matrix, the indispensable condition of nearly every other form of freedom.” Countless other justices, commentators, philosophers, and more have waxed eloquent for decades over the critically important role that freedom of speech plays in promoting and maintaining democracy.
Yet 227 years
American Bar Association
Mar 24 2022
Perspectives Blog
SCOTUS Nominee Hearings Begin as Russia-Ukraine Conflict Continues
As war continues in Ukraine, Senate confirmation hearings began for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson this week.
Jackson's hearings began Monday with opening statements, and continued on Tuesday with some Republicans accusing her of being soft on crime, while Democrats spoke to her accomplishments and qualifications. During Wednesday's hearings, Jackson took more questions on
AllSides Staff
Oct 12 2021
News
IMF cuts its global growth forecast, citing supply disruptions and the pandemic
The International Monetary Fund is now less optimistic about the global economy for 2021, but still sees reasonable growth over the medium term.
In its World Economic Outlook, published Tuesday, the Fund said it expects global gross domestic product to grow by 5.9% this year — 0.1 percentage point lower than its July estimate. For next year, the IMF has kept its global growth
CNBC
News Media
Nautilus Quarterly
According to its About page, Nautitus Quarterly magazine is "here to tell you about science and its endless connections to our lives." It was founded in 2013. In addition to its monthly issue, which focuses on a specific subject, the outlet mainly publishes essays, blogs, investigations and fiction writing.
Mar 24 2023
Headline Roundup
House of Representatives Passes Parental Bill of Rights Act
The House of Representatives voted 213-208 to pass the Parental Bill of Rights Act on Friday. Apart from five Republicans who joined Democrats in opposing the bill, the vote fell along party lines.
Details: The bill would mandate schools’ curriculum be made available to parents, including books and reading materials inside school libraries. The bill also contains a number of amendments
New York Post (News)
The Hill
Associated Press 
Mar 03 2022
News
China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics, U.S. Officials Say
A Western intelligence report said senior Chinese officials told senior Russian officials in early February not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, according to senior Biden administration officials and a European official.
The report indicates that senior Chinese officials had some level of direct knowledge about Russia’s war plans or intentions before
New York Times (News)
Aug 04 2022
Perspectives Blog
Al Qaeda Leader Killed by US Drone Strike
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The leader of al Qaeda and one of the main figures in planning the September 11 attacks was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Sunday. Ayman al-Zawahiri was hiding in a wealthy neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, according to U.S
AllSides Staff
Jul 27 2022
News
Fed jacks rates again, Powell vows no surrender in inflation battle
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would not flinch in its battle against the most intense breakout of inflation in the United States since the 1980s even if that means a "sustained period" of economic weakness and a slowing jobs market.
As he explained the logic behind the stiffest interest rate increases in roughly four decades, Fed Chair Jerome
Reuters