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Jun 15 2012
News
Obama tells Ohioans he champions the middle
In a speech his campaign billed as a reset after a series of stumbles and a string of bad economic news, President Obama stuck to a long-established script Thursday with the only new line shifting the onus on voters to break open the partisan deadlock in Washington.
Washington Times
Jun 14 2012
News
Falling Prices Signal Tougher Times Ahead?
The pain at the pump has eased up in the last few months, with gas prices falling sharply - just one of many commodities seeing a drop in cost.
But those cheaper prices may be a sign that even tougher economic times are on the horizon.
CBN
Jun 03 2015
News
Kids get better grades when schools ban one thing, study shows
Want your children to score higher on their exams? Then take away their smartphones. At least, that’s what one study seems to suggest.
The new study finds students may actually perform better on tests if they don’t carry cell phone to class.
The study by the London School of Economics found a link between banning smart phones in scho
KSTU
Sep 30 2014
News
Worker Groups 'Alarmed' White House May Delay New Minimum Wage, Overtime Rule
It was once part of President Barack Obama's "We Can't Wait" economic agenda. But now the wait might be getting even longer.
The Labor Department is considering delaying a long-awaited rule that would extend new workplace protections to home care workers -- a possibility that has advocates for low-wage workers steamed.
HuffPost
Dec 20 2019
News
Partisanship and democracy's other ills holding down the economy, Harvard study says
The many problems with American democracy are a central reason the country has made so little progress in tackling major challenges during a decade of economic growth, Harvard Business School concludes in an ambitious report out this week.
More precisely, the report blames the Democratic and Republican parties for looking to advance partisan advantage over the public interest — wasting
The Fulcrum
Aug 11 2016
News
Trump tries to right his campaign, talking of tax cuts
Promising to "jumpstart America" to a new era of prosperity, Donald Trump announced a revamped economic plan Monday aimed at revitalizing a stagnant U.S. economy by cutting taxes for workers and businesses. He assailed Hillary Clinton as a candidate who would merely extend a Democratic period of old ideas and weakness.
Trying to move past recent stumbles, Trump proposed a simplified
Associated Press
Dec 12 2012
News
Fiscal talks spark feud over whether to spend Christmas in Washington or home
The fiscal negotiations on Capitol Hill devolved Wednesday into a war over Christmas, with House Republicans vowing to stay in Washington over the holiday break to avert the looming economic crisis, while Democratic leadership said there's no reason congressional members can't be home for the holidays.
Fox News (Online News)
Jun 01 2020
News
Trump asserts his power over Republicans
President Trump is strengthening his grip on the Republican Party as they head into the heat of an election season that Democrats want to make a referendum on Trump and his handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Trump flexed his muscle on Capitol Hill last week by scuttling bipartisan legislation to extend the intelligence surveillance powers that had passed the Senate easily and was
The Hill
Jun 01 2020
Opinion
The American Nightmare
To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction.
It happened three months before the lynching of Isadora Moreley in Selma, Alabama, and two months before the lynching of Sidney Randolph near Rockville, Maryland.
On May 19, 1896, The New York Times allocated a single sentence on page three to reporting the U.S. Supreme Court’s
The Atlantic
Sep 10 2020
Perspectives Blog
How Should We Address Differences in News Outlets’ Audience Sizes?
Here at AllSides, we do our best to curate news from diverse sources, which helps expose our readers (and us) to different perspectives. Not all news sources are equal, however; some outlets have much larger audiences than others. This means their coverage, and therefore their bias, carries greater weight in the media landscape.
As with any large organization — whether it be business,
Joseph Ratliff