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Mar 17 2021
Data
The measurement of partisan sorting for 180 million voters
Segregation across social groups is an enduring feature of nearly all human societies and is associated with numerous social maladies. In many countries, reports of growing geographic political polarization raise concerns about the stability of democratic governance. Here, using advances in spatial data computation, we measure individual partisan segregation by calculating the local
Nature.comApr 14 2022
Analysis
Senate Democrat Tells Biden to Stop Blaming Putin for Inflation
The economy continued to flounder under Biden's leadership in March, with reports released in the last ten days showing the job market still hasn't bounced back to pre-pandemic levels, consumer inflation hitting a new 40-year high, and producer prices hitting another record high. After March's data release, as with most others that have come in the last 15 months since Biden took office, the
TownhallAug 21 2022
News
Shots fired in US schools spiked dramatically last year, gun violence report finds
No school year in the U.S. in nearly a decade saw as much gunfire as the 2021-2022 academic calendar, a report released Friday shows.
The report was published by Everytown For Gun Safety, a nonpartisan group advocating against gun violence. It shows the last school year, between Aug. 1 and May 31, saw 193 incidents of gunfire, more than doubling the total of the previous year.
USA TODAYJun 03 2022
Analysis
The 10 Governorships Most Likely To Flip Parties In 2022
The governor’s mansion has recently been a strong point for Republicans, as they’ve held a majority of the country’s governorships since the 2010 election. In fact, they currently control 28 governorships to the Democrats’ 22, and with 36 governorships up this year, they could widen that advantage, especially considering that President Biden’s approval rating is in the low 40s and the national
538 (ABC News)Feb 22 2022
Analysis
Inflation could cost Democrats control of Congress
The incumbent president’s party almost always struggles during midterm elections. But President Joe Biden may face a particular challenge no president has faced in midterms for nearly 50 years: declining incomes due to high inflation.
This is rare. University of Denver political scientist Seth Masket has modeled how changes in real per capita disposable income are related to midterm
VoxJun 25 2020
News
Poll: Large Majority Of Americans Don’t Support Using Taxpayer Money For Reparations, But Half Of Black People Do
A large majority of Americans don’t believe taxpayer money should be used to pay reparations to black Americans, but the data collected in a Reuters/Ipsos poll in June is split along racial and partisan lines.
While polling data following the death of George Floyd has revealed that a significant majority of Americans support criminal justice reform, reparations do not have a comparable
The Daily CallerDec 19 2022
Perspectives Blog
Congress Aims to Close Off Presidential Election Mischief and Fraud With Simple and Bipartisan Solutions
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Derek T. Muller, Professor of Law at the University of Iowa.
Presidential elections are complicated.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia hold simultaneous elections in November. The states and the district certify those results.
But that’s not the end of it
"The Conversation" ContributorAug 11 2021
News
A 5G Shortcut Leaves Phones Exposed to Stingray Surveillance
In North America and many other parts of the world, high-speed 5G mobile data networks dangled just out of reach for years. But as 5G coverage becomes ubiquitous, the rollout comes with an important caveat. Even if your phone says it's connected to the next-generation wireless standard, you may not actually be getting all of the features 5G promises—including defense against so-called stingray
WiredApr 01 2022
News
Restaurants are getting creative with menus to counter soaring food costs
Jessica Dinglasan, owner of Long Beach Fish Grill in Long Beach, California, never used to write “market price” on her menu.
But now the halibut fish she sources costs more than $30 a pound, nearly double what it was a year ago, and the 13-gallon container of canola oil she buys for French fries and crispy fish has jumped from $19 to $42.
“I have to do market price,” she said.
CNBCDec 09 2021
News
CDC recommends Pfizer booster shots for Americans as young as 16
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that Americans as young as 16 get a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine. The decision came hours after the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer and BioNTech's third dose for that age group. Boosters were previously greenlighted for ages 18 and up.
"Although we don't have all the answers on the Omicron variant,
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