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Sep 22 2020
Perspectives Blog
Trump vs Biden: Criminal Justice Policy
This is the first of our "Trump vs Biden" Perspectives Blogs, in which we'll analyze and explain each candidate's positions on major issues leading up to the 2020 presidential election. This blog will examine each candidate's stances on matters pertaining to criminal justice.
Biden: Shift from incarceration to preventionIn the 1980s and 90s, Biden pushed for
AllSides Staff
Sep 13 2019
News
Biden bear-hugged Obama. His foes couldn’t pry him loose.
The former VP got one big thing right on the debate stage. And that may be all that mattered.
Historically, when a former vice president runs for a promotion to the top job, he struggles with the legacy of his former boss. George H. W. Bush was caricatured as a wimp as he tried to step out of Ronald Reagan’s shadow. Al Gore was paralyzed as he tried to embrace Bill Clinton’s popular
Politico
Feb 07 2020
News
Good week/bad week: the winners and losers in US politics
It has been a rollercoaster week for Republicans and Democrats, from the caucus chaos in Iowa to Trump’s acquittal and victory lap.
It has been a rollercoaster week in US politics, starting with the voting debacle in Iowa and carrying on through Donald Trump’s divisive State of the Union address, his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial and his extraordinary victory lap in a
The Guardian
Feb 05 2015
News
The College Loan Bombshell Hidden in the Budget
In obscure data tables buried deep in its 2016 budget proposal, the Obama administration revealed this week that its student loan program had a $21.8 billion shortfall last year, apparently the largest ever recorded for any government credit program. The main cause of the shortfall was President Barack Obama’s recent efforts to provide relief for borrowers drowning in student debt, reforms
Politico
Jan 13 2020
Analysis
Saving Democracy From the Managerial Elite
The ongoing turmoil in U.S. politics is part of a larger political crisis that is shattering old alignments of left and right in North America and Western Europe. On both sides of the Atlantic, embattled establishments are besieged by populist insurgents. The rebellion takes different forms in different countries—the election of Donald Trump in the U.S., Brexit in the U.K., the revolt of the
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jun 06 2016
Perspectives Blog
Can't believe anyone would vote for "you know who"? Here's a hint - we like being right.
How can you vote for Trump with his hateful speech? How can you vote for Clinton with all her scandals? How can you vote for Sanders with no chance to win?
And how can you be enthusiastic about it?
Lots of people are very enthusiastic about their choice for President, despite these problems and historically low favorability ratings for the frontrunners. And these people are not
John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Dec 26 2016
News
RNC denies Christmas message compares Trump to Jesus
After some criticized a Republican National Committee Christmas message that appeared to compare Donald Trump to Jesus and call him “a new King,” the group’s spokesman struck back, saying the message had nothing to do with the president-elect.
The Boston Globe
Jun 17 2021
Perspectives Blog
Do you have what it takes to ‘Walk A Mile In My News’?
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
Wynette Sills had done several workshops through the Braver Angels Sacramento Alliance when she realized two things. First: She wanted to go deeper. And second: it was time to tackle the biggest force she saw jamming understanding between liberals and conservatives.
The media.
And that’s how a
AllSides
Feb 01 2015
News
Poll:Scott Walker Top Choice For Iowa Republicans
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is the top choice for president in 2016 among Republican voters in Iowa, surging past a crowded field of rivals to take the lead in a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll of prospective Republican candidates for president.
In the poll, released on Saturday night, Walker was the first choice of 15 percent of respondents in the poll, up from 4 percent when
Breitbart News
Nov 20 2016
News
Donald Trump and Mitt Romney Parley After Months of Clashes
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Saturday said he and President-elect Donald Trump held a “far-reaching conversation,” as both men moved to reconcile after spending months attacking each other on a number of fronts.
Wall Street Journal (News)