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Nov 11 2022
News
Oregon election results: Democrat Tina Kotek holds off Republican Christine Drazan in gubernatorial race
Democratic Oregon gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek held off Republican Christine Drazan in a surprisingly close race in a deep blue state.
The race gained national attention in recent months with polling consistently showing Drazan and Kotek neck-and-neck as they battled over gender and sexuality topics being taught in schools, campaign financing, crime and Oregon's economy.
Fox News (Online News)
Feb 03 2023
Perspectives Blog
Should Critical Race Theory Be Taught in Schools?
This piece was originally published on Divided We Fall, which AllSides rates as mixed. It was written by Johnatan Feingold, Associate Professor at Boston University School of Law, and Erec Smith, Associate Professor of Retoric at York College of Pennsylvania and Co-founder of Free Black Thought.
Is Opposition to CRT Legitimate Criticism or an Assault on Social Progress?It’s Divided We Fall (author)
Sep 23 2022
News
Trump to unleash millions in the midterms in possible prelude to 2024
Donald Trump’s top lieutenants are launching a new super PAC that is expected to spend heavily to bolster his endorsed candidates in the midterm election — and, some people close to the former president say, could become a campaign apparatus if he runs in 2024.
Sanctioned by the former president, the new group, dubbed MAGA, Inc., will become the primary vehicle for Trump’s operation to
Politico
Nov 10 2022
Fact Check
The 2022 FactCheck Awards
We are very serious fact-checkers, but we also like to have a bit of fun. That’s why every two years, on Election Day, we recognize a few of the many political ads we see during the campaign cycle with some not-to-be-taken-seriously awards.
A couple of things that stood out among this year’s honorees: historically bad logic, comically bad rapping and dancing, and a lot of tragically bad
FactCheck.org
May 11 2023
Perspectives Blog
What Does Title 42's End Mean for the Border Crisis?
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Migrants, border cities, and immigration officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are bracing for what happens as the key Title 42 policy comes to an end Thursday. For Context: The CDC implemented Title 42, which allows for quicker expulsions of migrants during public
AllSides Staff
Dec 09 2022
News
What We Know—and Don’t Know—About Recent Power Grid Attacks
The lights are coming back on in Moore County, North Carolina, where tens of thousands of people were plunged into darkness after two power substations were shot up over the weekend.
But days later, there are still no answers about who might have been responsible for the attack or what their motivation was.
The attack on the Duke Energy substations coincided with a planned drag
Vice
Oct 21 2022
News
‘This is Florida under Ron DeSantis’: Charlie Crist ad lambastes Gov. over incest report
‘We’re fighting like our lives depend on it — because in this election, they do.’
Charlie Crist blames Gov. Ron DeSantis for the case of a middle school-aged incest survivor who was forced to leave Florida to obtain an abortion.
In a new digital ad released Thursday, DeSantis’ Democratic challenger is continuing to pummel the Republican Governor for signing a bill that bans
Florida Politics
Jan 11 2023
News
New York GOP says Santos ‘disgraced’ House, should resign
Local Republican leaders in New York on Wednesday called for the immediate resignation of their new GOP congressman George Santos, who is facing multiple investigations by prosecutors over his personal and campaign finances and lies about his resume and family heritage.
“His lies were not mere fibs. He disgraced the House of Representatives,” Joseph Cairo Jr., chair of the Nassau County
Associated Press
Oct 20 2022
News
Black GOP congressional candidate slams Black Caucus for backing her White male Dem opponent: ‘It’s sad’
The Congressional Black Caucus has thrown its financial support behind a white male Democratic congressman in Indiana rather than to his challenger who is looking to become the only Black female Republican in Congress.
"It’s the American people versus the DC politicians and lobbyists," Air Force veteran Jennifer-Ruth Green told Fox News Digital in a statement. "I’m with the American
Fox News (Online News)
Jul 14 2022
News
Cortez Masto posts record $7.5 million in second quarter fundraising
Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto raised more than $7.5 million during the second quarter of 2022, pushing her cash on hand to nearly $10 million, her campaign announced Thursday.
With that amount raised, Cortez Masto posted a second quarter fundraising record for any U.S. Senate candidate in Nevada, another quarterly fundraising record after she previously pulled in a first
The Nevada Independent