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Feb 28 2020
Opinion
The Trump administration’s mixed messages are sowing coronavirus confusion
STEERING THE country through a pandemic demands a clear and consistent message from leaders. President Trump is right to want a calm and serious atmosphere in discussing it. But he and his administration have delivered mixed messages that only add to public confusion. They need to get their act together.
At his White House news conference Wednesday evening, Mr. Trump radiated optimism.
Washington PostOct 14 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Global Supply Chain Issues Drive Inflation Fears
Backed-up global supply chains are stoking inflation and goods shortages as the holiday season approaches. As economies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the demand for goods returns, suppliers are struggling to keep up. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the Port of Los Angeles would begin operating 24/7 to alleviate the supply chain crunch. L.A.'s port and the Port of Palm
AllSides StaffFeb 15 2014
News
The Remarkable Parallels Between Obamacare And George W. Bush's Medicare Part D
No one would credit the Obama administration with handling the rollout of the Affordable Care Act efficiently or with aplomb. Website malfunctions produced bad enrollment numbers and bad enrollee data. Consumers were struck by the narrow networks of insurers. There was general confusion over the implementation of the law and, when the president moved to extend deadlines, he was criticized for
HuffPostJun 14 2018
Perspectives Blog
President Trump and Kim Jong Un Meet for Historic Summit
President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un met for a summit in Singapore on Tuesday, closing with a signed agreement that said Pyongyang would establish "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." Some on the Right have celebrated the meeting as a success and are optimistic that steps have been taken towards dismantling Kim's nuclear weapons program. However, many on John Gable, AllSides Co-founderOct 19 2021
Perspectives Blog
People use mental shortcuts to make difficult decisions – even highly trained doctors delivering babies
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Manasvini Singh, an Assistant Professor of Health Economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst. The writer's bias has not been rated.
Being a physician is a difficult job. They must make complex, high-stakes decisions under severe pressure, with limited
"The Conversation" ContributorNov 08 2018
Perspectives Blog
Midterm Results: Democrats Take the House, Republicans Expand Senate Majority
With the close of the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats will take control of the House, while Republicans will expand their Senate majority. Some lauded the campaign successes of Democrats, who will now have the power to exert a check on President Trump after flipping several Republican House seats across the U.S. Others noted that Democrats gained fewer seats than Republicans did during Obama' John Gable, AllSides Co-founderApr 22 2021
News
Progressives will deliver their own response to President Joe Biden's speech to Congress
Unlike in previous years, a progressive group has decided to deliver a formal response to President Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress next week.
It's traditional for the opposition party to give a response when the president delivers a State of the Union or other address to Congress. But it's much less common for a member of the president's party to deliver a
NBC News DigitalSep 22 2016
Perspectives Blog
Violence in Charlotte
The last several days saw two black men killed by police officers, one shot in Tulsa by a white police officer, another in Charlotte shot by a black police officer. Both communities expressed pain and outraged, one community erupted in violence. The Charlotte shooting in particular was riddled with conflicting information and different narratives. In Tulsa, the officer was just charged with John Gable, AllSides Co-founderApr 16 2020
News
U.S. Jobless Claims Top 20 Million Since Start of Shutdowns
Another 5.2 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the total seeking aid in a month of coronavirus-related shutdowns to 22 million and showing a broad shock for the U.S. labor market.
Total claims filed in the week ended April 11 were down from the 6.6 million filed the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday. For the March 28 week, 6.9 million
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 09 2014
News
CO2 levels in atmosphere rising at dramatically faster rate, U.N. report warns
Levels of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose at a record-shattering pace last year, a new report shows, a surge that surprised scientists and spurred fears of an accelerated warming of the planet in decades to come.
Concentrations of nearly all the major greenhouse gases reached historic highs in 2013, reflecting ever-rising emissions from automobiles and smokestacks
Washington Post