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Jan 11 2018
Perspectives Blog
December 2017 Jobs Report
The Labor Department released the December 2017 jobs report, and media outlets across the aisle have had varying reactions to the raw data. The U.S. economy added 148,000 jobs, falling short of what economists expected for the month, but unemployment remained at 4.1%, which is a 17-year low. On the whole, Left-leaning outlets painted the report as disappointing with modest gains, while Right- John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Jul 16 2020
Headline Roundup
Weekly Jobless Claims Total 1.3 Million
The number of Americans who filed for unemployment benefits last week reached 1.3 million, according to the Labor Department.
This makes the 17th straight week that claims have exceeded 1 million.
Wall Street Journal (News)
NBC News (Online) 
Washington Examiner
Jul 07 2020
Headline Roundup
If Class Moves Online, International Students Must Switch Schools or Leave US
New rules issued Monday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will require international college students to leave the U.S. or seek enrollment at different institutions if their schools shift to online-only learning this fall.
Left- and center-rated sources have focused more on the news, which comes as debates over when and how to reopen schools gain momentum. Some left-rated
Townhall
Bloomberg
CNN (Opinion) 
Jun 26 2020
Headline Roundup
Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Improving Child Welfare System
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directed at improving the child welfare system and decreasing the amount of time kids spend in foster care before they are permanently placed with families. The order reportedly aims to give care providers access to better funding, tools for education, and ways of dealing with trauma.
Only three sources rated as either left or
The Hill
ACLU
National Review (News)
Jun 11 2022
Headline Roundup
US Ends COVID-19 Testing Requirement for International Air Travelers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday night announced the termination of the COVID-19 testing requirement for international air travelers entering the U.S.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the 17-month-old mandate will be lifted on Sunday at 12:01 a.m. ET. The health agency concluded that the testing requirement is "not currently necessary" to prevent the
Reuters
CNN (Online News)
The Daily Caller
Oct 15 2022
Headline Roundup
Xi Jinping Seeks Third Term as Leader of Chinese Communist Party
This weekend in China, the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party are gathering to hold a Party Congress that occurs every five years. During the meeting, the CCP is expected to elect President Xi Jinping to a third five-year term, solidifying Xi as one of the most powerful rulers in the nation since Mao Zedong. Roughly 2,000 members of the CCP are anticipated to attend the gathering, which
Fox News (Opinion)
The Guardian
The Hill
Jan 20 2023
Headline Roundup
Google Lays Off 12,000 Workers As Tech Sector Shrink Continues
Google announced Friday that it is laying off 12,000 workers. This marks another entry in a pattern of downsizing seen across the technology sector over the past year.
Key Quote: In a company memo announcing the layoffs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that “over the past two years we’ve seen periods of dramatic growth. To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic
Fox Business
CNBC
Associated Press
Jun 28 2023
Headline Roundup
RFK Jr. Talks Trump, Ukraine, and Vaccines During NewsNation Town Hall
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a candidate in the Democratic primary for the 2024 presidential election, participated in a town hall discussion Wednesday night hosted by NewsNation (Center bias).
Details: RFK Jr. stated his desire to end the Ukraine war, criticizing the United States’ handling of the conflict by stating, “We have neglected many, many opportunities to settle this war peacefully
USA TODAY
NewsNation
The Hill
Aug 05 2021
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Renters Celebrate Eviction Ban as Landlords Plan Legal Challenges
A moratorium on evictions throughout most of the U.S. has created opposing narratives across the spectrum. The Biden administration announced an eviction moratorium in all U.S. counties that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rates as having "substantial" or "high" levels of COVID-19 transmission; as of Thursday, roughly 83% of U.S. counties meet those criteria. The new ban
National Review (News)
Associated Press
CNN Business
Jul 20 2021
Headline Roundup
Fauci, Paul Debate Over NIH Funding of Wuhan Lab
During a Senate Health Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) debated Dr. Anthony Fauci on the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) funding of research at a lab in Wuhan, China. In May, Paul claimed that the NIH funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV); then, Fauci responded that the NIH “has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function
The Guardian
The Hill
National Review (News)