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Jul 27 2020
Perspectives Blog
What Bari Weiss’ Resignation from the New York Times Says About Media Bias – and About AllSides
Weiss’ concerns about media bias and intolerance of diverse views are worth highlighting, as this is essentially why AllSides exists.
The high-profile resignation of writer Bari Weiss from the New York Times two weeks ago underscores the dire need for tools like AllSides, which exists to combat media bias and filter bubbles.
In her resignation letter, Weiss cited media bias and
AllSides Staff
Mar 06 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Two-Faith Nation
When it comes to cultural issues, there is no center-left.
I’m old enough to remember when religious-liberty lawyers were a quirky, somewhat cool, and tiny (very tiny!) subset of the legal profession. They were the guys who’d skipped out on the law-firm bucks and instead spent their days making sure that the faithful folks on the fringes of American life didn’t get a raw deal. They kept
Guest Writer - Right
May 21 2020
Perspectives Blog
Why Trump Can Win Re-Election — And Why He Can’t
Argument 1: "Donald Trump is the most unpopular president in modern history. The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent collapse of the nation’s economy will clearly doom his chances for re-election. There’s no possible way he can win in November."
Argument 2: "Donald Trump has the most loyal and motivated base of support of any president in modern history. The
Dan Schnur
Feb 25 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Supreme Court Issues Key Decisions
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The Supreme Court met at the end of last week on several matters, and made two key decisions. It voted to allow the Manhattan, N.Y. district attorney to pursue former President Donald Trump's tax returns, and it dismissed an appeal from Pennsylvania Republicans who were trying to disqualify 2020 presidential
AllSides Staff
Oct 26 2020
Opinion
Elections Can't Cure a Sick Political Culture
With November 2020 looming, Americans look forward to the end of a seemingly permanent election campaign and perhaps some reduction in the raging fever of national tensions that ail the country. Dream on. Even if we have a clear winner on election night, the selection of next year's lucky White House resident seems bound to leave people more enraged than ever. Elections are no longer about
Reason
Oct 13 2020
Perspectives Blog
When Both Parties Pretend Not to Be Thinking About Abortion
The Democrats are talking about health care. Republicans are talking about religious freedom. But at Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings this week, it’s really all about abortion.
Under normal circumstances, the partisan divide in this country over the controversial procedure would be dominating the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings and the surrounding media and public
Dan Schnur
Mar 15 2021
Analysis
How a year like no other summoned unsuspected strengths across cultures
The fence around St. James Presbyterian Church, in a quiet suburb of Johannesburg, evinces a reality whose raw numbers can leave neighbors numb.
A year into a pandemic that has taken over 50,000 lives in South Africa, church caretaker Leonard Makuya still wakes each day to hear the latest death toll on the radio, dunking bread in his milky tea as he listens.
He and a colleague
Christian Science Monitor
Apr 19 2019
News
‘Putin Has Won’: Mueller Report Details the Ways Russia Interfered in the 2016 Election
Robert Mueller’s long-awaited report is unambiguously clear on this point: Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and sought to help Donald Trump win the White House.
That has been the unanimous view of the intelligence community for nearly 2½ years. But it is laid out in unprecedented detail across nearly 200 pages of the special counsel’s report, which also describes
Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 21 2020
News
These groups try to hack the vote – so that real criminals can’t
Maggie MacAlpine is full of ideas about how to cause chaos on Election Day.
Sitting in a suit jacket and T-shirt against a red background with skulls and her team’s moniker, K-OS, she ticks off possibilities from sending armed gun-rights activists to polling places, to spreading rumors that minority voters are being turned away, to a “deep fake” concession speech by a candidate.
Christian Science Monitor
Nov 09 2020
Analysis
How Republican women won a record number of seats in Congress
In a year in which Kamala Harris made history as America’s first woman to be elected vice president, Republican women have their own successes to tout. A record number of them are heading to Congress – with more races still to be called. Of the eight House seats flipped by Republicans, six have been by women.
“I’ve been saying 2018 is the year of the woman, and 2020 is the year of the
Christian Science Monitor