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Nov 04 2022
Perspectives Blog
Threats to Democracy: Voter Suppression and Voter Fraud
Voting is a major issue on the right and the left. Both sides want free and fair elections, but they have different ideas of what the problem is with our current election model, with one side more likely to be worried about voter fraud and the other, voter suppression.
Politicians and partisan media often try to motivate their base to subscribe, donate, engage and turn out to vote by
Clare AshcraftSep 17 2020
Fact Check
Trump fuels spread of altered Biden video, tweeting it twice
A video altered to make it appear as though Democratic president candidate Joe Biden played a song disparaging the police was viewed more than 4.5 million times on Twitter by Wednesday afternoon, its spread fueled by President Donald Trump, who tweeted it — twice.
The video, which appears to show Biden playing a controversial song by the rap group N.W.A. during a campaign trip to
Associated Press Fact CheckJul 20 2023
Headline Roundup
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies Before House Weaponization Subcommittee
Robert F. Kennedy, a candidate in the Democratic primary race for the 2024 election, testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Thursday.
Details: Democratic lawmakers on the committee and elsewhere in Washington made an effort to prevent Kennedy from testifying after a video released last weekend where Kennedy is seen stating, “
ABC News (Online) The Hill Fox News DigitalMar 04 2022
Perspectives Blog
A historian corrects misunderstandings about Ukrainian and Russian history
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Ronald Suny, a Professor of History and Political Science at the University of Michigan. The writer's bias has not been rated.
The first casualty of war, says historian Ronald Suny, is not just the truth. Often, he says, “it is what is left out.”
"The Conversation" ContributorJan 13 2020
Analysis
Taiwan’s single-payer success story — and its lessons for America
The first in a Vox series on how countries around the world achieve universal health care.
Thirty years ago, before she dyed her hair pink to cover up the white, Dr. Huei-wen Tien came to Xiulin, a township on the east coast of Taiwan severed from the island’s urban centers by a formidable mountain range.
She had agreed to serve for 10 years in an aboriginal community in exchange
VoxJan 21 2021
Analysis
Biden’s new national plan to fight Covid-19, explained
President Joe Biden already announced a $400 billion Covid-19 plan as part of his $1.9 trillion economic relief proposal. But while he waits for Congress to act on those proposals, Biden is taking a dozen executive actions to tackle the US’s most pressing public health crisis.
Behind the executive actions is Biden’s “National Strategy for the Covid-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness
VoxFeb 26 2021
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Amazon Removes Book About Transgender Issues
Amazon is under scrutiny for removing a book about transgender issues from its platforms. The book, "When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment," was published in 2018 and has at times spurred controversy for purportedly pushing transphobia. According to coverage from all sides of the spectrum, Amazon has declined multiple media requests to explain the removal as of Friday
The Independent Wall Street Journal (News) National Review (News)Jun 10 2021
News
Behind stalled bill: Infrastructure is about visions for America
President Biden’s struggles to find agreement in Congress to overhaul U.S. infrastructure aren’t just about dollar totals. They’re also about values: What kind of 21st century should we build?
United States Route 275 has all the signs of a split personality. Running east out of Norfolk, Nebraska, it’s a four-lane divided highway for 12 miles until, inexplicably, it narrows to a two-lane
Christian Science MonitorApr 06 2015
News
Jeb Bush admits mistake: He's not Hispanic
Jeb Bush is not Hispanic, even if he somehow said so on an old voter registration form.
The New York Times obtained a copy of Bush’s 2009 voter registration application from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department in which the former Florida governor marked “Hispanic” in the section asking about race and ethnicity.
Bush is a scion of one of America’s best-known political
USA TODAYJul 27 2020
Opinion
When cancel culture thugs strike, Americans must push back
Munch. Munch.
Wow, these Maria cookies made by Goya sure are crispy. And only 25 calories each.
We’ve got a boatload of Goya products in our pantry now, one of our pushbacks against the left’s increasingly aggressive culture war on America.
Goya Foods came under attack merely because its CEO, Robert Unanue, visited the White House and made some positive comments about
Washington Times