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Oct 10 2021
Fact Check
Migrants Not Responsible for Latest COVID-19 Surge
Infectious disease experts say low vaccination rates, resistance to protective measures such as wearing a mask and the highly transmissible delta variant are driving the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
But with numerous Republicans criticizing the Biden administration for the rise of immigrants, some of whom are COVID-19-positive, many Americans — particularly the
FactCheck.org
Sep 27 2020
Analysis
Amy Coney Barrett: what will she mean for women's rights?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was revered, a pioneering champion of gender equality. Her potential replacement on the supreme court threatens a systematic unraveling of hard-won rights that have given American women some semblance of autonomy and control.
“It is a particularly painful irony that much of her legacy is at great risk of being undone by another woman,” said Lucinda Finley, a
The Guardian
Jun 16 2021
News
In New York, crime spike is top of voters’ minds
The leading Democrats vying to become New York’s next mayor are promising more policing – a sign of how the debate has moved since last summer’s call to “defund the police.”
Sami Shamlan came to New York 11 years ago hoping to give his family a better life. A lawyer in Yemen, he now spends 10 to 12 hours a day driving for Uber to show his four children “what an American work ethic looks
Christian Science Monitor
Apr 05 2021
Analysis
Biden’s big government push: Progressives and GOP both opened the way
Urged on by an increasingly influential progressive movement and emboldened by Republicans’ waning commitment to fiscal discipline, President Joe Biden is redefining “infrastructure” as an investment in not only the physical and technological underpinnings of American society, but also the people that keep it humming.
Roads and bridges account for only $115 billion in President Biden’s
Christian Science Monitor
Jul 13 2021
Perspectives Blog
How Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs” Can Help Us Find Common Ground
Imagine that the economy has imploded and you have just been let go from your job. After months of tirelessly searching for a new job, your savings have been depleted and you are forced to foreclose on your home. As you sit, stressfully contemplating your plans for the future, what are your priorities going to be? Will you be concerned with America’s foreign policy agenda (Should the number
Jackson Lanzer
Sep 23 2019
News
Trump plays unusual role of warm-up act at massive Modi rally in Houston
HOUSTON — The foreign strategy of soothing tensions with the United States by stroking President Trump’s ego was put into vivid effect here Sunday when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lathered praise on his American counterpart at a massive rally celebrating the Indian diaspora.
The leaders of the world’s two largest democracies took the stage together in Houston before a roaring
Washington Post
Sep 28 2021
Analysis
After Afghanistan, what kind of wars does Pentagon want to fight?
As the last of the U.S. forces withdrew from Afghanistan and closed the books on the longest war in American history, the general consensus seemed to be that politicians won’t be asking the Pentagon to do that again anytime soon.
The “that” includes sending hundreds of thousands of troops, as was the case at the height of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, to win hearts and minds in
Christian Science Monitor
Dec 21 2020
Opinion
The Chinese Penetration of America: Part Two | Opinion
Last week, I reported on an extraordinarily open and candid lecture by a Chinese Communist Party professor, who explained that China had strong allies on Wall Street and in Washington. He described President Donald Trump as an interruption of the Chinese ability to dominate American policymaking. He was confident that with Trump gone, the Chinese effort to reshape America to fit the needs of
Newt Gingrich
Jan 12 2022
Perspectives Blog
Not all polarization is bad, but the US could be in trouble
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Robert B. Talisse, a Professor of Philisophy at Vanderbilt University. The writer's bias has not been rated.
For the first time, the United States has been classified as a “backsliding democracy” in a global assessment of democratic societies by the International
"The Conversation" Contributor
Mar 10 2021
News
Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill wins final approval in House
The House of Representatives gave final approval on Wednesday to one of the largest economic stimulus measures in U.S. history, a sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that gives President Joe Biden his first major victory in office.
The measure provides $400 billion for $1,400 direct payments to most Americans, $350 billion in aid to state and local governments, an expansion of
Reuters