AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
Feb 17 2018
News
Women's March Group Plans National School Walkout for Gun Reform
A national school walk-out is planned next month by the organizers of the Women's March to protest Congress' lack of action on gun reform following mass shootings, The Hill reported Saturday.
Newsmax (News)Jan 19 2020
Analysis
The Erasure of Political History at the National Archives
Last month, a photographer named Ellen Shub died, near Boston, at the age of seventy-three. I had got to know Shub in the nineteen-eighties, when I worked for gay and lesbian publications. At that time, she was already well known as a chronicler of social protest—a role that she continued to perform up until she unexpectedly fell ill, just weeks before she died. Many of her pictures were
The New YorkerMay 29 2020
News
How should the U.S. respond to China's Hong Kong power grab?
China’s legislature on Thursday approved a controversial national security law that gives the mainland government new powers to police subversion and foreign intervention in Hong Kong.
Critics of the new law say it’s a violation of the “one country, two systems” agreement that has granted Hong Kong certain levels of autonomy — like its own police force and judicial system — since the
Yahoo! The 360Aug 07 2020
News
Betting markets favor Biden over Trump, but odds narrow in U.S. race
Betting markets favor Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden over Republican President Donald Trump in November’s U.S. election, though the odds between them have narrowed during the last week, two betting market aggregators said.
British betting and gambling company Ladbrokes Coral Group gives Biden a 61% win-chance and Trump 36%, while New Zealand-based prediction market
ReutersAug 08 2020
Analysis
The closing of the academic mind
Campus censorship, according to some, is just a right-wing myth; claims of petitions, protests and No Platforming are simply a moral panic. In this fantasy, free speech is alive and kicking at a university near you. It might be the case, these academics and commentators concede, that Oxford’s Selina Todd needs to be accompanied to lectures by a security guard. It may be true, they begrudgingly
SpikedJun 26 2018
News
Schumer on Waters: Calling for harassment 'not American'
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized fellow Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters of California on Monday for calling on opponents of President Donald Trump to protest his policies by harassing members of his administration.
CNN DigitalAug 28 2021
Analysis
Mask debate moves from school boards to courtrooms
The rancorous debate over whether returning students should wear masks in the classroom has moved from school boards to courtrooms.
In at least 14 states, lawsuits have been filed either for or against masks in schools. In some cases, normally rule-enforcing school administrators are finding themselves fighting state leaders.
Legal experts say that while state laws normally trump
ABC News (Online)Aug 22 2022
Perspectives Blog
Is Democracy in Peril? Where the Left and Right Agree and Disagree
Political polarization is at record highs, and some have speculated we are headed toward civil war. Both sides of the spectrum agree with each other in that they are concerned about democracy being under threat — but for very different reasons.
Political violence has erupted more than once over the last several years. The U.S. ranks in the middle of the pack when it comes to political
Clare AshcraftApr 17 2020
News
‘LIBERATE!’: Trump pushes states to lift virus restrictions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump urged supporters to “LIBERATE” three states led by Democratic governors Friday, apparently encouraging protests against stay-at-home mandates aimed at stopping the coronavirus. At least two states under Republican leadership took their first steps toward easing restrictions.
A day after laying out a road map to gradually reopen the crippled
Associated PressJun 16 2019
News
Huge crowds march in Hong Kong, piling pressure on leader
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents, mostly in black, jammed the city's streets Sunday in a march protesting the government's handling of a proposed extradition bill. The crowds, walking slowly and shouting "withdraw" and "resign," spilled into the streets from downtown Victoria Park and began marching toward the Central district where the government headquarters is located
Fox News Digital