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Feb 06 2020
Opinion
The Democratic Party Fails Its Voters
Both parties have big flaws in organizations. But at least the GOP counts the votes.
By Wednesday afternoon, we were allowed to see 92 percent of the Iowa Caucus results. That’s better than the zero percent on Election Night, and the 62 percent released late Tuesday afternoon. But the full results of the caucus — which used to be available the night of the caucus, live, on television,
National Review (News)Nov 14 2013
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Obama announces change to address health insurance cancellations
President Obama announced Thursday an administrative change in one of the bedrock ideas of the new health-care law, allowing insurers to continue offering individual insurance plans for another year even if they do not comply with the law’s rules for minimum benefits.
“This fix won’t solve every problem for every person, but it’s going to help a lot of people,” Obama said in making the
New York Times (News)Jul 10 2012
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CBO: The rich pay an outsized share of taxes
Wealthy Americans earn about 50 percent of all income but pay nearly 70 percent of the federal tax burden, according to the latest analysis Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office  though the agency said the very richest have seen their share of taxes fall the past few years.
CBO looked at 2007 through 2009  the latest years data are available, but enough to include
Washington TimesMay 07 2014
News
Why Republicans Have a 55 Percent Chance of Retaking the Senate
We’ve updated the Upshot’s Senate model, which we call Leo, with the results of Tuesday’s elections in North Carolina. Thom Tillis, the State House speaker, won the Republican Senate primary there.
Leo was expecting Mr. Tillis to win. Before the election, Leo gave him an 86 percent chance of winning the nomination, either last night or in a July runoff. That number was based on polls
New York Times (News)Mar 28 2019
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HUD charges Facebook with housing discrimination
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday charged Facebook with housing discrimination, alleging its targeted advertising platform violates the Fair Housing Act by “encouraging, enabling, and causing” unlawful discrimination by restricting who can view housing ads.
The charges caught Facebook off guard, coming one week after the social media giant agreed in a
Washington PostMay 03 2018
Perspectives Blog
Outrage Over White House Correspondents' Dinner
Comedian Michelle Wolf delivered the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner monologue, and reactions were mixed on if the entertainer took things too far. Detractors took issue with her crude jokes which harshly criticized Sarah Sanders and Kellyanne Conway, while supporters argued that such critiques are unfair in the context of the Trump administration. Take a look at some other big John Gable, AllSides Co-founderJun 23 2016
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: House Gun Sit-In
On Wednesday, a group of House Democrats staged something new: a sit-in to protest a lack of action on gun control. The 25-hour occupation caught the attention of social media. By sitting in, were the Democrats standing up for something that most Americans support - or was it a time-wasting stunt against crucial gun rights? Let’s have a look at a cross-section of coverage in the media today. John Gable, AllSides Co-founderMar 22 2019
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Engineering elections? U.S. top court examines electoral map manipulation
Before the Republican-led state legislature divided their city and even their college campus into two different districts in a bid to boost the party’s election chances, students like recent graduate Vashti Smith could vote for the Democratic U.S. congressional candidate and know that person could win.
Thanks to partisan gerrymandering - a practice the Supreme Court will examine on
ReutersMar 21 2019
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Trump to sign executive order promoting free speech on college campuses
President Trump will sign an executive order Thursday requiring colleges and universities to ensure free speech on campus, in the wake of cases of conservatives being attacked for expressing their views.
A senior administration official said Mr. Trump’s order will require colleges that receive federal research grant money to certify that they “promote free inquiry.”
“The
Washington TimesJun 15 2017
Perspectives Blog