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Sep 25 2022
News
John Fetterman's Chances of Beating Dr. Oz as Crowds Seen at Rally
Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman rallied in Philadelphia on Saturday as he looks to beat Dr. Mehmet Oz in the race for Senate.
During the visit, the first since launching his bid to the Senate in February 2021, Fetterman gathered some 600 people, evenly split between white and Black voters. The vote of Black communities in Pennsylvania will be key for the Democratic candidate to win
NewsweekOct 13 2022
Analysis
How the Pennsylvania Senate race got so close
This past summer, polling had Lt. Gov.John Fetterman up by as much as 12 points in the Pennsylvania Senate race, a sizable lead in a swing state that’s typically pretty close.
Fetterman’s support raised Democrats’ hopes of flipping the seat, particularly since President Joe Biden won there in the last cycle. Since then, however, the race has tightened considerably, a byproduct of
VoxFeb 15 2023
Perspectives Blog
AllSides News Briefing: February 15, 2023
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Hello! I’m AllSides Managing Editor Henry A. Brechter. It’s Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Here’s your AllSides balanced briefing for today.
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AllSides StaffSep 08 2022
Analysis
What It Took to Form Chipotle’s First Union
Last fall, Atulya Dora-Laskey took a break from his shift at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Lansing, Michigan, and began thumbing through his copy of Mark Fisher’s Ghosts of My Life. When his co-worker Harper McNamara came along and spotted the book, he “pointed to it and asked, ‘Do you also know Hasan Piker? Do you know Noam Chomsky?’ ” Dora-Laskey told me. “It was the closest you could get to a
SlateJul 01 2022
News
Biden to award gun control activist Gabby Giffords, Trump critic Khizr Khan with Medal of Freedom
President Biden announced Friday he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom next week to 17 individuals including ex-lawmaker and gun control activist Gabby Giffords, the late Sen. John McCain, Trump critic Khizr Khan, Olympic athlete Simone Biles and Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington.
Ms. Giffords, a former House lawmaker from Arizona, founded a gun-violence
Washington TimesJul 21 2021
News
Tokyo 2020 Reporters Say They’ve Been Forced Into Hotel Isolation Without Food
For sports reporters, being sent to cover the Olympic Games is the kind of dream assignment that makes them choose their careers in the first place. But the trip to Tokyo instantly descended into boring chaos for a group of journalists forced into isolation days before the Games begin.
Multiple reporters have complained that they’re being made to isolate after being exposed to the
Daily BeastJul 11 2022
News
Most Democrats Don’t Want Biden in 2024, New Poll Shows
President Biden is facing an alarming level of doubt from inside his own party, with 64 percent of Democratic voters saying they would prefer a new standard-bearer in the 2024 presidential campaign, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll, as voters nationwide have soured on his leadership, giving him a meager 33 percent job-approval rating.
Widespread concerns about the
New York Times (News)Feb 23 2022
News
Kyle Rittenhouse Launches Fund to Finance Lawsuits Targeting Media 'Lies'
Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted last year of charges related to the shooting of three people in Kenosha in August 2020, has launched a new donation fund he says will help take certain media outlets and individuals to court to hold them accountable for their "lies."
Donations to Rittenhouse's "Media Accountability Project" will help finance the potential lawsuits, he told Fox News's
NewsweekJun 07 2022
Opinion
The Immoral Heart of Biden’s Loan Cancellations
The Biden administration has canceled yet another set of student loans. This time, the government “forgave” the money owed by those who attended Corinthian College, a for-profit education group now defunct.
Many have attacked this series of loan cancellations as illegal or unfair. The Founders would have used another word: immoral. These actions violate the spirit undergirding human
The American SpectatorJan 06 2022
Analysis
Americans Aren't Buying Biden's Agenda
The new year often feels like an opportunity to correct past mistakes—for example, improving one's diet or quitting smoking. This explains why 25 percent of Americans, and 40 percent of those under 30, make New Year's resolutions. Based on the latest poll from The Economist and YouGov, the Biden administration should adopt a New Year's resolution too. In particular, it should reconsider its
Reason