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May 31 2015
News
Hillary Clinton campaign scores Ready for Hillary email list
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign late last week obtained access to the full Ready for Hillary email list, a data gold mine that will immediately bolster the Democratic front-runner’s fundraising and organizing efforts. The campaign gained entry to the independent super PAC’s list through a swap with another independent group, a Democrat with knowledge of the list told POLITICO, and is
Politico
Nov 09 2020
Perspectives Blog
Post-Election Depolarization May Come from Surprising Places: An Initiative from Hollywood’s Captain America
Hollywood has long had a strongly liberal reputation. But as America looks to heal from a divisive election, opportunities for depolarization may come from surprising places, including Hollywood. A recent project spearheaded in part by Chris Evans, the star who plays Captain America, is seeking to reduce political division.
Evans recently announced the founding of A Starting Point, a
Sukhayl Niyazov
Mar 04 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Vaccine Outlook Improves; Some States Loosen Pandemic Restrictions
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President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. will now have enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate all adults by the end of May, two months sooner than the previously-predicted July. Amid that expansion and falling new COVID-19 case rates, some states have loosened pandemic restrictions; Texas is lifting the
AllSides Staff
Nov 05 2013
Opinion
New Yorkers Choose Between Two Visions For NYC
The casting of ballots Tuesday signals the beginning of New York City's farewell to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has helped shape the nations biggest city for 12 years largely setting aside partisan politics as he led with data-driven beliefs and his vast fortune.
HuffPost
May 04 2015
News
'It's Working:' Obamacare Dogged by Troubled Exchanges, Inaccurate Subsidy Payments
Obamacare "is working" and "proving critics wrong," its supporters like to insist -- relying heavily on assertion, willful ignorance, moved goalposts and cherry-picked data. Behold, the latest installments from the chronicles of "success," starting with the state of the exchanges:
Nearly half of the 17 insurance marketplaces set up by the states and the District under President Obama’s
Townhall
Feb 14 2015
News
Autism rates aren't actually increasing
If you were to believe newspaper reports and anecdotal evidence about autism, you probably think rates of the disorder are exploding around the world.
But a recent study — the most extensive review of the data on the global prevalence and incidence of autism, published in the journal Psychological Medicine — actually found rates have remained unchanged since 1990.
"This study d
Vox
May 02 2015
News
This chart shows why the prosecution over Freddie Gray's death is so remarkable
The criminal charges brought against the six Baltimore police officers involved in Freddie Gray's arrest are remarkable because police are almost never tried for killing people in Maryland.
The data in the chart above, from the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, shows that police were charged in less than 2 percent of police-involved killings between 2010 and 2014. In these
Vox
Jan 09 2021
Fact Check
There’s no proof antifa stormed the Capitol. The rumor spread quickly anyway
In a violent scene like no other in American history, a sprawling crowd of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol and halted congressional proceedings, wearing and waving Trump-branded paraphernalia and flags as they sought to overturn the election.
Lawmakers were evacuated as the rioters overwhelmed Capitol Police and bashed through the building’s doors and
PolitiFact
Jul 08 2019
News
Department of Justice hands 2020 census-related questions to new team of lawyers
The Department of Justice announced Sunday that a new team of Civil Division lawyers will take over handling of all 2020 census-related questions.
The changing of hands comes as President Donald Trump continues to push for the addition of a controversial citizenship question to the census, which takes place every 10 years.
A statement from DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec did not
USA TODAY
Jun 28 2018
Perspectives Blog
Justice Anthony Kennedy to Retire From Supreme Court
Justice Anthony Kennedy is set to retire from the Supreme Court after three decades of serving as a pivotal swing vote. Many on the Right celebrated the announcement, as President Trump will now have the opportunity to solidify the court's conservative bloc. Several outlets on the Left lamented the news, arguing that it will have repercussions for women and minorities. Check out some other John Gable, AllSides Co-founder