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Jul 17 2013
News
Fed Chief Calls Congress Biggest Obstacle to Growth
The Federal Reserve’s chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said Wednesday that Congress is the largest obstacle to faster economic growth, and he warned that upcoming decisions about fiscal policy could once again undermine the nation’s recovery.
New York Times (News)
Mar 20 2019
News
“Offense Archaeology:” How Digging Up Past Sins Became a Political Weapon for the Left and the Right
Last week, nonprofit Media Matters for America, which AllSides gives a media bias rating of Far Left, unearthed statements Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Far Right media bias) made on a shock jock radio show between 2006 and 2011. The reveal was designed to put pressure on advertisers to drop Carlson’s show, and many of them have.
Unearthing old comments made by public figures with the
AllSides
Nov 09 2020
News
Dow surges 1,400 points to intraday record as Pfizer says vaccine effective
U.S. stocks surged Monday after Pfizer said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19, a potentially huge boost to world health after the pandemic battered the global economy in the spring and led to more than one million deaths.
The Dow Jones industrial average soared 1,400 points on the news, after futures were already up 400 points overnight
USA TODAY
May 02 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Diversity of Mind at the Fed
The left won’t forgive Steve Moore for being right about tax reform.
Steve Moore withdrew Thursday as a candidate for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, after weeks of media pounding all out of proportion to the job. This ugly episode underscores the need for fresh thinking at the Fed, and that’s where President Trump’s economic advisers should keep their focus.
The plaster
Guest Writer - Right
Dec 11 2016
News
Trump Adviser: It's No Longer The Party Of Reagan
Is the Republican Party no longer the party of Reagan? One Trump adviser thinks so. Prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, Stephen Moore, who was president of the Club for Growth and an advocate for free trade and supply side economics, bluntly told House Republicans that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s win signals a shift in the party. To Moore, the GOP is now a populist working class party,
Townhall
Sep 15 2020
News
There Was A College Mental Health Crisis Before COVID-19. Now It May Be Worse.
With very few colleges and universities across the United States fully reopened, learning is not as it used to be. COVID-19 has dramatically redefined education, and while college students are navigating through this “new normal,” it’s impacting their mental health.
Young people were already experiencing an uptick in mental health issues. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HuffPost
Nov 06 2014
News
Voters want the GOP to fix the economy. Good luck with that
American voters on Tuesday sharply rejected President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party and voiced a strong desire for a fresh approach to lift stagnant wages and reverse a deep and abiding sense of national economic anxiety. There is a very good chance these voters will be disappointed once agai
Politico
May 30 2019
Perspectives Blog
When Talking to Conservatives, Liberals May Want to Avoid These Terms
Editor's note: See our list of words conservatives may want to avoid when talking to liberals.
Suppose you are talking to another person who has very different political viewpoints. Everything seems to be going fine. Then, you say a word or phrase that unintentionally alienates the other person. Suddenly, the conversation feels derailed. What may have been pleasant can quickly become
James Coan
Feb 17 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Divisions on Freedom Convoy Echo Debate Over George Floyd Protests
From the LeftEach week, AllSides Media Bias Alerts examine media bias in coverage of a major or important story using AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ and the AllSides Media Bias Chart™.
Here at AllSides, we’ve had more than our fair share of internal arguments over the difference between a “riot” and a “protest.” Key to the distinction is the often-vague line between acceptable
Joseph Ratliff
Jun 03 2020
Analysis
Culture War Back To The Future
Roger Kimball says all these riots and mayhem is a replay of 1968-72. Excerpts:
The violence that is exploding across the country now has almost nothing to doing with the killing of George Floyd, a black man, by Derek Chauvin, a white policeman. That was merely the catalyst for a process that has deep roots in American culture.
The moral is: ideas matter. For decades now, our
The American Conservative