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Feb 13 2023
News
Teens, especially girls, are experiencing more violence, suicidal thoughts and mental health challenges, CDC survey finds
Teen girls in the United States experienced record high levels of violence, sadness and suicide risk in recent years, amid “significant” and “heartbreaking” declines in youth health and well-being overall, according to data published Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Responses for the CDC’s bi-annual Youth Risk Behavior Survey were collected in the fall of
CNN (Online News)
Apr 27 2023
News
Here’s why the stock market is having such a massive rally today
Investors looked past what appeared to be a weak first-quarter GDP report Thursday and instead focused on the longer-term prospects for economic growth, interest rates and inflation.
The 1.1% annualized increase for the first quarter would have been stronger had it not been for an inventories drag, while a stronger-than-expected inflation reading may have been front-loaded to the early
CNBC
Apr 18 2023
News
Housing starts plunge 17.2%, raising recession fears
The number of housing starts tumbled in March, an indication that the housing market is taking a hit and may be falling into a recession.
Housing starts measure the change in the number of new residential buildings that began construction. Starts fell 17.2% from March 2022 to this past month, according to a Tuesday report from the Census Bureau. They are now at 1.42 million. From
Washington Examiner
Mar 01 2023
News
New Dogs, Cats, Pets Available For Adoption In The Concord Area
Looking to add a furry friend to your family and give back to the world at the same time? Adopt a pet from a local shelter or organization! Many animal shelters in the Concord area are still working to fulfill adoptions. Millions of pets are taken in each year by adoption facilities nationwide, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. However, only half of
Patch.com
Jul 28 2023
Perspectives Blog
How Can State Governments Mitigate Climate Change?
This piece was originally published on Divided We Fall, which AllSides rates as mixed. It was written by Wayne Winegarden, Senior Fellow, Business and Economics, Pacific Research Institute, and Charles Ray, Former U.S. Ambassador; Chair of the Africa Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Positive Innovation Incentives Can Mitigate Climate ChangeBy Wayne Winegarden – Sr. Fellow
Divided We Fall (author)
Jun 23 2023
Perspectives Blog
America Grapples With Abortion Issue One Year After Roe v Wade Overturned
It has been one year since the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, placing the legislative responsibility of governing abortion at the state level. The ongoing debate about abortion in America was fiercely reignited with legal, legislative, political, healthcare, and human implications.
The Supreme Court’s ruling that abortion was not a federal right did not settle the
AllSides Staff
Jan 12 2023
News
‘I will flat veto them’: Biden pledges to reject Republican tax bills
President Joe Biden on Thursday pledged to reject Republican moves to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and replace the federal income tax with a national sales tax. He also hailed weakening inflation in remarks at the White House.
“Let me be very clear,” Biden said. “If any of these bills make it to my desk, I will veto them. I will flat veto them.”
Biden spoke after the
MarketWatch
Feb 28 2023
News
Baltimore leaders to announce launch of Public Safety Dashboard
BALTIMORE - Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott is set to announce the public launch of Baltimore's first-ever Public Safety Dashboard.
The mayor will be joined at a press conference Tuesday by Deputy State's Attorney Thomas Donnelly, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) Executive Director Shantay Jackson, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison and MONSE Data
CBS News (Online)
Apr 17 2023
Analysis
Is it Culture or Economics? Why Rural Communities Have Moved to the Right
There’s a recurring debate among liberal and progressive folks as to whether or not the huge shift to the right among rural and working-class people is driven by “cultural” or “economic” concerns, by hot-button social issues like “abortion, guns, and gays” or by bad economic fortunes. You can use voting patterns and survey data to make a case for one over the other, and many people do just
The Daily Yonder
Mar 09 2023
News
Newtown Area Pets Waiting To Be Adopted: Meet Silver, Sandy, Sylvie & More
If you've been wanting to add a fuzzy ball of love and affection to your household, look no further than these Newtown area shelters for a pet to adopt. About 6.5 million pets are given to shelters each year nationwide, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. However, only around half of all animals are adopted each year, ASPCA data shows. If you're on a
Patch.com