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Jan 07 2022
Perspectives Blog
Odd Couples: From Enemy to Eulogy
Note: This piece was originally created by The Village Square and published on respectandrebellion.comIn 2009, when Iowa legalized same-sex marriage, political activist Donna Red Wing decided to move from the mountains of Colorado to the Midwest so she could marry her longtime partner. Four years later, another friend of Donna’s died unexpectedly - someone who had believed in “the power of
Respect + RebellionJun 15 2021
Perspectives Blog
Odd Couples: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia
“They liked to fight things out in good spirit — in fair spirit — not the way we see debates these days on television.” — NPR’s Nina TotenbergNote: This piece was originally created by The Village Square and published on respectandrebellion.com.
The friendship between Supreme Court icons Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia seemed quite impossible. Among other things, the two
Respect + RebellionJul 01 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Major Rulings Issued as Supreme Court Session Ends
The Supreme Court issued the last decisions of its term Thursday morning, capping off a session that featured several key rulings. Among them: it voted 6-3 to uphold Arizona voting laws in a win for the GOP; it sided 8-1 with a high school student in a free speech case against her school; and it declined to hear a case regarding a school board's policy on transgender students and bathroom use
AllSides StaffOct 13 2022
Headline Roundup
January 6 Committee Unanimously Votes to Subpoena Trump
The House January 6 committee voted unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump for testimony during a public hearing on Thursday.
Key Quotes: Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said the committee’s vote was held “in full view of the American people” because it was a “serious and extraordinary action.” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who lost her primary election after
NPR (Online News) The Daily Wire The HillNov 10 2021
Perspectives Blog
Doing Our Own Due Diligence as Parents on the COVID-19 Vaccine for Children
From the RightThis article was originally published in Meridian Magazine and is republished here with permission from the author.
After the data submitted by Pfizer for its COVID-19 vaccine for children received a thumbs up by the FDA panel last week, the anticipated nudging of parents began.
Anthony Fauci said, “Even though the chances of (a child) getting sick and seriously Jacob HessMay 18 2021
Perspectives Blog
Odd Couples: Pro-Trump Rally + BLM Protest
Note: This piece was originally created by The Village Square and published on respectandrebellion.com.
“If we really want America great, we do it together.” -- Black Lives Matters leader, after having been invited onstage at a conservative rally.”Hawk Newsome stood defiantly with his fist in the air on the Mall in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and began to sweat,
Respect + RebellionJun 16 2022
Headline Roundup
What Does a Republican Victory in South Texas Mean for Hispanic Voters in 2022?
Political media speculated on the partisan leanings of Hispanic voters after a Latina Republican won a House seat in South Texas’ deep-blue Rio Grande Valley region.
Mayra Flores, who will become the first Mexican-born congresswoman, defeated Democrat Dan Sanchez and two other candidates in Tuesday’s special election with 50.1% of the vote. She will serve until January to finish the
The Hill The Texas Tribune National Review (News)Jun 17 2020
Perspectives Blog
No Such Thing As a Social Distancing Trophy
We’re bored. We’re restless. We’ve watched everything good on Netflix. And it’s really nice outside. So therefore we must be healthy.
Such is the sublogical thinking that has driven the nature of our country’s re-opening, despite the complete and total lack of evidence that the Covid-19 virus is subsiding. The United States has reached a plateau in which just over 21,000 people test
Dan SchnurMay 11 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: PBS Newshour and Maternity Leave
A recent Instagram post by PBS Newshour (Center bias) seemed to display media bias by omission.
The post includes a graphic that reads, “The US offers 0 weeks of guaranteed parental leave.” The next slide compares “government-guaranteed paid leave for birthing parents” in the US to the UK, Canada, Japan, and Estonia. The bar graph shows the US paling in comparison to these nations,
Julie MastrineJun 05 2020
Opinion
Stacey Abrams: I Know Voting Feels Inadequate Right Now
Voting feels inadequate in our darkest moments. I recognize that. When you’re watching a man’s death on a video loop, hearing him say “I can’t breathe.” When those words echo what another man said in his last moments, his life also taken by the police. When a woman who saved lives is shot dead in her home in a botched police raid. When a black man is murdered for jogging, his killers left free
Stacey Abrams