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Aug 10 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Partisan Divide Emerges on Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act
Each week, AllSides Media Bias Alerts examine media bias in coverage of a major or important story using the AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ and our AllSides Media Bias Chart™.
The Inflation Reduction Act (a scaled-back version of Biden’s defunct Build Back Better legislation) recently passed in the Senate after over a year of negotiation. Worth roughly $740 billion, the bill contains
Clare Ashcraft
Dec 09 2020
News
Georgia Republicans vow legislation to limit mail voting despite no evidence of fraud
Georgia Republicans on Tuesday outlined a plan to restrict mail voting and roll back the election laws that contributed to the state's record-high turnout in the presidential election — unwinding rules the party itself put in place.
The framework for legislation — which would eliminate no-excuse absentee voting, add a voter ID requirement to mail ballots for voters with an eligible
NBC News Digital
Nov 09 2021
Opinion
The Crippling Blow for the Steele Dossier
Christopher Steele, the former MI6 spy who compiled the notorious dossier during the 2016 campaign alleging ties between Donald Trump and Russia, made a splash a few weeks back when he gave his first interview about it. Steele described his professionalism as an intelligence-gatherer to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News and then doubled down on some of the dossier’s most salacious allegations
New York Magazine
Jan 21 2021
News
Thousands of COVID Vaccine Appointments Are Being Canceled Because of Supply Problems
Some local officials around the U.S. are canceling thousands of hard-to-get coronavirus vaccine appointments—another setback that could derail an already-troubled national public health campaign.
From New York City to South Carolina, officials have rescheduled or canceled appointments, citing various problems with supply. The missed appointments, which come as some city officials warn
Vice
Apr 12 2019
News
Trump pressured Nielsen to release detained immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities
The Trump administration pressured the Department of Homeland Security to release immigrants detained at the southern border into so-called sanctuary cities in part to retaliate against Democrats who oppose President Donald Trump's plans for a border wall, a source familiar with the discussions told CNN on Thursday.
Trump personally pushed Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to
CNN Digital
Sep 23 2021
News
FDA authorizes Pfizer booster shots for seniors, high-risk people
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Pfizer booster shots for people above the age of 65 or who are at high risk.
In a press release sent to Fox Business, the FDA said it has approved a single booster shot for certain people to be administered at least six months after receiving their first two doses.
These groups include individuals 65 years and older, and
Fox Business
Jan 20 2021
News
Some Schools Are Refusing to Show Students the Inauguration This Year
Inaugurations are civic milestones, historically an opportunity for teachers to show the peaceful transition of power in action.
In past years, students have traveled to Washington, D.C., for social studies field trips centered on the event, and state and national education organizations have created lesson plans about the swearing-in of a new president.
And this year there’s a
Education Week
Nov 08 2021
News
First Lawsuits Filed After Travis Scott Concert Leaves 8 Dead
Attendees of Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival sued the rapper and the event’s organizer, Live Nation, on Sunday, in what are expected to be the first of many lawsuits after a tragic crowd crush left at least eight people dead and scores injured on Friday night.
Manuel Souza filed a case just days after the incident, claiming the festival “failed to properly plan and conduct the
HuffPost
Nov 08 2021
News
Biden's infrastructure win gives him some momentum. Here's why he needs that
Friday night was a long one for President Biden, working the phones at the end of a week where his party lost a bellwether race in Virginia, following months of Democratic infighting over his agenda. Down in the polls, he had just returned from an overseas trip where he said he faced questions about whether he had support to back the pledges he made on the world stage.
But by Saturday
NPR (Online News)
Sep 22 2021
Opinion
A Tale of Two Drone Strikes
When then-President Trump ordered a strike that killed two leaders of two terrorist organizations with zero collateral damage, many in the media, academia, and Hollywood immediately condemned it as impulsive and dangerous. When President Biden ordered a drone strike against alleged ISIS-K members that instead killed an aid worker and his family, the reaction in those same quarters amounted to
National Review (News)