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Jan 03 2023
Headline Roundup
How Public Employees Used COVID-19 Relief Funds for Fraud
Over the last few months, numerous public employees across the country have been arrested for fraud involving the misuse of COVID-19 relief funds.
The Details: Five IRS agents from Tennessee and Mississippi submitted false loan applications intended for struggling business owners, and spent the money on luxury goods. In New York, a corrections officer, eight police officers and eight
Wall Street Journal (News) Fox News (Online News) New York Times (News)Oct 07 2020
Headline Roundup
Trump Reverses Course on Stimulus, Urges Congressional Approval
After accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of "not negotiating [a new coronavirus stimulus deal] in good faith" and saying he told aides to stop negotiations, President Donald Trump tweeted late Tuesday that "House & Senate should IMMEDIATELY Approve 25 Billion Dollars for Airline Payroll Support, & 135 Billion Dollars for Paycheck Protection Program for Small Business." The Trump
New York Post (News) Forbes ABC News (Online)Feb 22 2021
Headline Roundup
White House Ceremony Remembers 500,000 Lives Lost to COVID-19 In US
On Monday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris held a moment of silence for Americans who have died from COVID-19 after the United States reached 500,000 deaths from the virus this week. Biden and Harris, along with First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, looked over 500 candles lit on the South Lawn of the White House as a Marine Corps band played "Amazing
NPR (Online News) New York Post (News) CBS News (Online)Apr 26 2022
Headline Roundup
Beijing Launches Mass Testing Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Beijing is launching mass testing and other strict public health policies to avoid a new COVID-19 outbreak similar to the one that has mostly shut down the city of Shanghai.
One of the Beijing's largest districts - Chaoyang - announced on Sunday that it would begin three rounds of mass testing for local workers and residents. Beijing has also locked down entire residential complexes
Associated Press CNN (Online News) The Epoch TimesOct 18 2022
Headline Roundup
Will New COVID-19 Subvariants Cause a Winter Surge?
Several rising coronavirus subvariants — including BA.2.75, BA.4.6, BF.7, BQ.1.1, and XBB — have raised fears of another winter COVID-19 surge.
Key Quotes: A researcher from the University of California San Francisco told Axios (Center bias) that a “moderate surge” was likely; while a “curveball” like last December’s Omicron wave was possible, there was “no good reason” to believe this
Poynter NPR (Online News) Washington ExaminerJul 07 2020
Headline Roundup
Split Research, Opinions on Whether Protests Caused Virus Spike
Research into whether recent protests caused a spike in COVID-19 coronavirus cases is emerging in various regions throughout the U.S., often with different conclusions. Reactions of leaders and health officials to protests following the death of George Floyd are being contrasted with the same officials' reactions to anti-lockdown protests months earlier; a New York Times story published Monday
Forbes The Colorado Sun Fox News (Online News)Dec 29 2020
Headline Roundup
Vaccine Distribution Continues, Alongside Concerns About Access
The U.S. has reportedly administered over 2 million doses of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines as of Tuesday, roughly three weeks after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first vaccines for emergency use.
Coverage from all sides has highlighted vaccine distribution and potential obstacles to it, as well as remarks from federal officials that the process has at times been
HuffPost Washington Examiner The HillSep 01 2020
Perspectives Blog
Transparency Troubles: How the Associated Press Mixes News and Subjectivity
When an article is clearly labeled as “news” or “opinion,” do you read it with that in mind?
People coming to a site or clicking on a link expecting hard news are sometimes met with subjective analyses and opinionated angles, and content is not properly labeled. AllSides has found even historically trusted news sources, such as the Associated Press, sometimes fail to properly label
Micaela RicaforteApr 19 2019
Perspectives Blog
America Needs Marriage Counseling
This video and commentary originally appeared on National Conversation Project's #ListenFirstFriday project.
A recent academic study found that America is now more politically polarized than at the end of the Reconstruction Era, following the Civil War. An even more recent opinion piece in the Washington Post (Lean Left Media bias rating) raised the alarming specter that “[after 150
Kristin HansenAug 21 2020
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Biden's DNC Acceptance Speech
Joe Biden formally accepted the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination Thursday in a speech to cap off the four-day Democratic National Convention (DNC). The speech touched on the importance of unity, criticism of President Donald Trump, and "four historic crises" happening now: the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, the deepest economic recession since the Great Depression, climate change
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