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Apr 19 2021
News
Pelosi: Waters Should Not Apologize for Urging Protesters to ‘Get More Confrontational’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said she does not believe Representative Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) should apologize for her recent suggestion that protesters should “get more confrontational” if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted.
“Maxine talked about confrontation in the manner of the Civil Rights movement. I myself think we should take our lead from the
National Review (News)Mar 23 2015
News
Ted Cruz Announces He's Running For President In 2016
Cruz made a formal announcement Monday at Liberty University in Virginia. Cruz is the first high profile candidate to officially declare that he is running for president and will forego an exploratory committee.
HuffPostJul 02 2015
Opinion
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Constitution Had Everything To Do With Gay Marriage Ruling
Because of our Constitution, senseless discrimination cannot survive when it is brought out of the darkness
Our Constitution fiercely guards freedom and liberty, and strongly disapproves of state-sanctioned
Elizabeth WarrenNov 19 2020
Perspectives Blog
Tools to Help You Bridge Divides This Thanksgiving
Amid a global pandemic, Thanksgiving celebrations may look a bit different this year. For us at AllSides and our partner organizations, that makes our goals of promoting civility and unity across divides even more prevalent!
Here are resources provided by us and several of our friends in the divide-bridging sphere:
Friends and Family Conversation Tip Sheet: Holiday family
AllSides StaffJan 20 2021
Analysis
President Biden’s inaugural speech calls out the media
“The best inaugural address I ever heard,” said Fox News’ Chris Wallace.
“His aides promised a speech and a presidency that he would focus on healing, this speech was the first step in that,” said CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell.
“It was an invitation to decency, to civility,” CNN’s Abby Phillip said.
All in all, President Joe Biden’s inaugural speech drew rave reviews from
PoynterDec 12 2020
Analysis
In Trying for a Diverse Administration, Biden Finds One Group’s Gain Is Another’s Loss
The head of the N.A.A.C.P. had a blunt warning for President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. when Mr. Biden met with civil rights leaders in Wilmington this week.
Nominating Tom Vilsack, a former secretary of agriculture in the Obama administration, to run the department again would enrage Black farmers and threaten Democratic hopes of winning two Senate runoffs in Georgia, Derrick Johnson
New York Times (News)Feb 03 2022
News
Biden says IS leader killed during US raid in Syria
The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. special forces in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, President Joe Biden said Thursday.
The raid targeted Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who took over as head of the militant group on Oct. 31, 2019, just days after leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a U.S. raid in the same
Associated PressFeb 01 2022
Opinion
School Boards Have Long Been a Tool of White Supremacy
At raucous school board meetings across the country, disgruntled parents have grabbed the mic to represent the political desires of the Republican Party. Once-innocuous local gatherings have become anti–critical race theory caucuses administered by white people.
In July 2021, the Missouri state legislature’s joint education committee held an invite-only hearing on how educators in
Mother JonesMar 03 2020
News
Bloomberg Spent Millions to Buy Alabama Voters. But in Selma, He Wouldn’t Talk to Them.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG did not want to be in Selma on Sunday. When the Rev. Leodis Strong invited him to participate in the 55th anniversary of the 1965 civil rights march known as “Bloody Sunday,” the former mayor at first declined, saying that he was too busy running for president. A week later, he changed his mind — or had it changed for him — and decided that attending the historic Brown Chapel
The InterceptFeb 17 2022
Opinion
Only the First Amendment stands between the US and little dictators like Justin Trudeau
In Justin Trudeau's mind, he's always the victim.
Trudeau, the boyish, blackface-wearing prime minister of Canada, views himself as an oppressed underclass. His oppressors are Canadian truckers — working people with concerns about his vaccine mandates and his long-standing border lockdown. He believes that by staging a protest in his capital city of Ottawa, the truckers are committing
Washington Examiner