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Jun 05 2020
Analysis
The Left’s Normalization Of Collective Guilt Is Ripping America Apart
All decent Americans stand against racism. But if we’re to live as brothers, we must stop indicting all those who share a skin tone for the sins of others.
I was nowhere near the intersection of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street when George Floyd tragically lost his life. I wasn’t in Minnesota. I was more than 500 miles away. With the exception of the officers at that heartbreaking scene,
The FederalistJun 04 2020
News
George Floyds and Christian Coopers are all around you — just the latest chapters in America’s long history of demonized black men
When Cephas Williams, a London-based artist, visited the House of Lords last year, he went through all the usual security procedures and was asked to take a seat. Williams, a black man, was then approached by a white woman who asked him why he was sitting there. She asked him to move and, believing that he was sitting in a restricted area, he agreed.
“I got up to leave, and she
MarketWatchJun 12 2020
Opinion
The Limits of Police Reform
The data caution against expecting too much, and radical changes could have harmful consequences..
George Floyd’s senseless death under the knee of Officer Derek Chauvin has prompted conversations about how to reduce police use-of-force. Proposals run the gamut from abolishing qualified immunity and investing in de-escalation training, to reducing militarization and defunding the police
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Dec 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" ContributorApr 22 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Selective Outrage Takes Over Congress
I’ll admit that I have little use for Marjorie Taylor Greene. Similarly, I’ve never thought that highly of Maxine Waters either. Both represent an ideologically extreme and unnecessarily combative approach to representative governance that I find counterproductive. As a result of their pugilistic personas, they’ve both attracted a cadre of devoted true believers. But Waters has accomplished
Dan SchnurMay 31 2020
Analysis
Cops Kill Because We Gave Them The Legal Framework To Do It
The brutal Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd has sparked violent protests, looting, and arson attacks in Minneapolis and St. Paul. A police precinct building was torched and destroyed and the Minnesota National Guard has been called out to restore order. But the killing in Minnesota is the latest reminder that politicians and judges—through federal law and judicial interpretation—have
The American ConservativeMar 08 2023
Perspectives Blog
Was Jan. 6 an Insurrection? Where the Left and Right Disagree
Was the event widely referred to as the Jan. 6 Capitol riot truly an “insurrection,” or just a riot? Media outlets on the left and right reveal political bias in how they describe the events of Jan. 6.
Many Americans remain divided on what took place on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol. While both sides seem to agree on using the word “riot” when referencing the protesters who
AllSides StaffNov 11 2021
News
Ten states sue Biden administration over COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. health workers
Ten Republican state attorneys general sued on Wednesday to stop the Biden administration's requirement that millions of U.S. health workers get vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying it would worsen staff shortages.
President Joe Biden, a Democrat, said last Thursday he will enforce the mandate starting Jan. 4.
The attorneys general of Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas,
ReutersMay 19 2020
News
White St. Louis Cops Reportedly Beat A Black Sam’s Club Customer And His Frail Mother After Falsely Accusing Them Of Stealing A TV
Four white suburban St. Louis County police officers have been accused of brutalizing a 68-year-old Black mother and her adult son, 43, after they wrongly alleged the two stole a TV.
Marvia Gray alleges in a lawsuit that she was “violently and physically seized,” thrown on the floor, beaten and handcuffed during an arrest at a Sam’s Club store in Des Peres, Missouri on March 23.
BETMay 10 2021
Perspectives Blog
The Verdict
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From the CenterThis piece is from a writer rated Center.
I was relieved after the verdict was delivered in the trial of Derek Chauvin.
Like all of us, I remember the summer of unrest that the killing of George Floyd unleashed in America.
John R. Wood Jr.