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Feb 04 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: The GameStop Saga: Wall Street Establishment vs. Everyday Traders
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Wall Street was shaken up last week when everyday investors banded together on social media to challenge major hedge funds in a trading frenzy centered around video game retailer GameStop. As a result, GameStop’s share price surged 135% last Wednesday and closed at $325 per share on Friday. The company's stock
AllSides StaffJul 22 2019
Opinion
OPINION: How to Alienate Voters and Lose Elections
The Democrats are determined to repeat the mistakes of 2016.
The Democrats have spent well over two years asking themselves what they did wrong in the last presidential election and how to avoid those mistakes in 2020. But they seem to suffer from a collective learning disability that prevents them from absorbing the obvious: Their party will lose again if they continue to insult the
Guest Writer - RightJul 15 2020
Perspectives Blog
When the United States Turns Away From the World
This past week’s political headlines were dominated by chatter about presidential facemasks and executive clemency. But there was less noticeable and more important news that surfaced as well, which underscored the continued retreat of the United States from its role on the world stage.
Donald Trump has been an avowed protectionist for decades, and although his anti-trade tendencies
Dan SchnurApr 23 2019
News
Inside Biden's battle plan
He is seeking to mark his entrance into the 2020 race with a rush of union support, early-state endorsements and fundraising figures.
Joe Biden has led nearly every Democratic primary poll without doing anything. Now, the former vice president’s team is planning to solidify his front-runner status with a wave of high-profile organizing, fundraising and endorsement news when he enters
PoliticoOct 29 2020
Perspectives Blog
The New York Times and The Epoch Times Accuse Each Other of Media Bias
The New York Times and The Epoch Times are in a bit of a public fight.
It started on Oct. 24 when the New York Times published an article about The Epoch Times titled, "How the Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine."
The New York Times’ story may bring up some points and criticisms worth considering about The Epoch Times, but its report is also biased and problematic on
Julie MastrineApr 18 2019
News
Pete Buttigieg’s National Service Plan Is a Really Bad Idea Whose Time Might Have Come
Mayor Pete pitches a vague policy as a cure to help fix "the lack of social cohesion" that he says defines contemporary America.
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg told Rachel Maddow recently that "national service will become one of the themes of [my] 2020 campaign." As the MSNBC clip below makes clear, the defining element of the plan put forward by the Afghanistan War
Guest Writer - RightNov 18 2019
News
Would a Wealth Tax Work?
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
2020 Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have called for a wealth tax on ultra-wealthy Americans.According to their campaign websites, Warren's "Ultra-Millionaire Tax Abridge NewsJul 10 2019
News
Fact Check: Actually, the Trump Economy is Benefitting the Very People Democrats Claim It Isn't
One of the trickier bits of political positioning facing Democrats this cycle is how to talk about the American economy. By nearly every metric, it's performing quite well. Unemployment is low, growth is pretty strong, wages are rising, the stock market is up -- and we're in the midst of the longest overall US economic expansion in recorded history. Roughly 70 percent of voters are
TownhallDec 16 2020
Analysis
Will election become a new ‘lost cause’ for evangelical conservatives?
At the center of the biblical allusion in the “Jericho March” on the National Mall Saturday – a rally of thousands of religious conservatives who met to protest and pray to #stopthesteal – is a revelation of God’s miraculous power in the conquest of a promised land.
And like the prophet Joshua, who fought the battle of Jericho with blasts of trumpets and shouts of soldiers, organizers
Christian Science MonitorJan 14 2016
Perspectives Blog