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Sep 16 2019
News
On offense: Trump eyes path to expand 2016 victory map, flip Democratic-leaning states
New Mexico called ripe target because president has a "good story to tell" about job creation there.
The Trump 2020 campaign noticed something interesting while crunching data from its February rally in El Paso: A significant percentage of the crowd crossed into Texas from Las Cruces, New Mexico, including plenty of women and Hispanics, who will be pivotal to the president’s reelection
Washington Times
Oct 25 2015
News
Prison sentences are getting shorter. But racial disparities are getting worse.
There's good news and bad news about sentences in federal prison. The good news: Prison sentences are getting shorter. The bad news: Black defendants are still getting longer sentences than white ones for the same crimes — and the racial gap is actually growing.
That's the conclusion of a new study conducted for the Bureau of Justice Statistics, based on data from 2005 — after a Supreme
Vox
Sep 01 2012
News
Romney 47% Obama 44%
Following last weeks GOP Convention, Mitt Romney has seen a bump in his polling numbers. Just one day after the convention ended, Rasmussen found that Governor Romney now leads President Obama. Romney now garners 47% of the vote compared to Obamas 44%. This is an expected modest bounce, but there could be an even larger bounce because of much of this data was collected before Romneys speech on
Townhall
Apr 26 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Joe Biden Enters 2020 Presidential Race
Joe Biden announced that he will seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, emerging as a potential frontrunner in a crowded field of hopefuls. Some praised the former vice president as the best option to beat President Trump, while others criticized his record and his behavior toward women. Check out some other big stories this week: Easter Sunday Bombing Leaves Hundreds Dead, AllSides Staff
Apr 09 2020
News
Third Week of Big U.S. Jobless Claims Sees 6.61 Million Filings
Americans applied for unemployment benefits in massive numbers for a third straight week, bringing the total to about 16.8 million during the coronavirus pandemic’s economic shutdown.
A total of 6.61 million people filed jobless claims in the week ended April 4, according to Labor Department figures released Thursday, as more states ordered residents to stay home and overwhelmed
Bloomberg
Sep 10 2019
News
The uninsured rate had been steadily declining for a decade. But now it’s rising again.
The number of uninsured Americans is increasing for the first time since Obamacare passed.
The number of uninsured Americans is rising again, according to the Census Bureau, an abrupt reversal of a trend of increased coverage since the Affordable Care Act became law.
In 2018, the number of people in the United States without health insurance rose to 27.5 million, up from 25.6
Vox
Oct 07 2021
Perspectives Blog
One Practical Step To Combatting Social Media's Problems
From the Right"The Facebook Files" investigation by the Wall Street Journal (news bias rated Center), the interview with a Facebook whistleblower on 60 Minutes (CBS online news bias rated lean left), and the Senate hearing with the same whistleblower, have brought even more attention to the need to do something about the ill effects of social media.
But what can we do that will
John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Apr 06 2017
Perspectives Blog
Senate GOP Goes Nuclear
After the filibuster from the Senate Democrats began to protest the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell invoked the "nuclear option". The nuclear option, which is simply a rules change, was used because Republicans were five votes shy of being able to end the filibuster by normal means. Judge Neil Gorsuch is now expected to be confirmed by a simple majority on Friday John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
May 28 2020
News
2M more Americans file new jobless claims, pushing coronavirus toll past 40M
Roughly 2.1 million more Americans filed new claims for jobless benefits as President Trump and governors push some states to loosen coronavirus-related restrictions, according to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday.
In the week ending May 23, a seasonally adjusted 2,123,000 Americans filed initial claims from unemployment benefits, falling from a revised total of 2,446,
The Hill
Apr 18 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Mueller Report: Trump Implicated or Vindicated?
In a press conference today, Attorney General William Barr said that the Mueller report found no evidence of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election, adding that there was insufficient evidence to indict President Trump on obstruction of justice. Some accused Barr of being blinded by partisanship and argue that the report effectively implicates AllSides Staff