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Nov 21 2022
Perspectives Blog
How to Improve Your Political Discussions At Thanksgiving Dinner
This piece was written by Jessica Carpenter from BridgeUSA, which AllSides rates as Mixed. Read more about Mixed ratings here.
It’s everyone’s favorite time of year– getting to have political discussions with family around the dinner table! I mean, Thanksgiving.
For some, Thanksgiving is an excuse to get together with loved ones, share a meal and give thanks for what we have.
BridgeUSA
Jan 13 2022
Fact Check
Winter Olympics: What is China's Covid policy and does it work?
Beijing says it's adopting all necessary coronavirus safety measures for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which start next month.
So what is being planned for the Games, and how successful has China's policy of "zero Covid" been?
Stricter measures than at Tokyo Olympics
China is going to great lengths to keep the virus out.
It has said that foreign spectators will be
BBC Fact Check
Dec 15 2020
News
More than five weeks after election result declared, McConnell congratulates Biden on his victory
After weeks of delay, the top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, acknowledged on Tuesday that Joe Biden will be the next president, following an Electoral College vote that officially certified his win on Monday.
"The Electoral College has spoken. So today, I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden," McConnell said Tuesday on the Senate floor, in a speech that heralded
NBC News Digital
May 13 2022
News
Experts perplexed over number of people getting long COVID
Public health experts are divided over how many people are getting long COVID-19, a potentially debilitating condition that comes after a patient has recovered from the coronavirus.
Ill effects from the condition can include fatigue, pain, neurological issues and even changes in mental health.
Initially, public health officials believed that only a small minority of people would
The Hill
Nov 19 2021
News
Michelle Beadle: LeBron James tried getting me fired from ESPN
Michelle Beadle is spilling tea on her new podcast.
Beadle returned to sports media this week, after a hiatus that spanned over two years, with a podcast for The Athletic entitled “What Did I Miss?” On her second episode, former ESPN colleague Paul Pierce as a guest, where they discussed his firing from the Worldwide Leader. Beadle also brought up the time LeBron James tried to get her
New York Post (News)
Jun 08 2022
Opinion
Big Tech censorship is driving polarization
I’ve covered free speech backsliding both on college campuses and in broader politics , but perhaps more pernicious than either phenomenon is the coordinated stifling of conservative speech online.
This week, the Associated Press reported on nine exploitable vulnerabilities in electronic voting machines from leading vendor Dominion Voting Systems. One might recall Dominion as the
Washington Examiner
Jun 12 2020
News
‘Higher education essentially preserves intergenerational racial and class inequality’: How coronavirus could make it worse
With colleges squeezed for revenue, persistent problems are likely to continue.
For the past several weeks, families, college leaders and even lawmakers have been focused on the question of whether students will be returning to campuses this fall. But the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on America’s higher education landscape will likely far outlast the next semester, or even year.
MarketWatch
Apr 27 2022
Opinion
Student loan forgiveness must target the needy. Profligate collegiate spenders must pay the piper.
Attacking “waste, fraud and abuse” is a common promise made by both parties, but too often forgotten after the campaigning is over. On the touchy issue of student loan debt forgiveness, President Joe Biden can hardly afford to forget.
On the one hand, everyone knows that debt from student loans is raging out of control. On the other, Democrats don’t want to further compound their
Chicago Tribune
Aug 10 2022
News
Long-COVID treatments: why the world is still waiting
Bhasha Mewar has had it with doctors. Over the past two years, Mewar has spent nearly all of her life savings seeing heart and respiratory specialists, haematologists, urologists, dermatologists and more, in a desperate bid to tame her long-COVID symptoms. She has taken a slew of drugs: beta blockers to calm her racing heart, steroid inhalers to ease her laboured breathing and an antimalarial
Nature.com
Aug 23 2022
News
A Decision on Student Loan 'Forgiveness' Coming Soon
President Biden will soon decide on “canceling” up to $10,000 in student loans for millions of borrowers as the Aug. 31 deadline nears, when loan payments are scheduled to begin again after a pause implemented to help young professionals cope with the pandemic-related economic downturn.
Internal White House discussions are considering extending the pandemic-related pause in addition to
Townhall