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Feb 07 2021
Opinion
The Fracturing of the American Ideal
The idea of the self-constituting citizen, endowed with rights and constrained by law, has been indispensable to the forging of a stable democratic political system in America, legitimizing its institutions and ultimately birthing a cohesive nation bereft of the prerequisite of an underlying common ethnicity. This principle has been the source of America’s unprecedented success for over two
National Review (News)Apr 24 2023
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias is Unavoidable. The Key is Getting Multiple Perspectives.
The press can and should focus on facts and be accurate, as demonstrated by our great guest writers, journalists G. Michael Killenberg and Rob Anderson, who recently wrote "Media Bias Exists, But It's Not That Simple" for the AllSides Perspectives blog about the Fox News (Right bias) defamation lawsuit and $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.
In their analysis,
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderFeb 03 2022
News
Uyghur kids recall physical and mental torment at Chinese boarding schools in Xinjiang
ISTANBUL — In quiet, polite voices, Aysu and Lütfullah Kuçar describe the nearly 20 months they spent in state boarding schools in China's western region of Xinjiang, forcibly separated from their family.
Under the watchful gaze of their father, the two ethnically Uyghur children say that their heads were shaved and that class monitors and teachers frequently hit them, locked them in
NPR (Online News)Apr 17 2023
Perspectives Blog
Toxic polarization is poisoning America. Here's how you can help stop it this week.
April 17-23, 2023 is the 6th annual National Week of Conversation, where thousands of Americans will join together to help bridge the divide between Americans by having conversations despite differences. To learn more and join an event, click here.
This blog orginally posted on USA Today (Lean Left) and was written by Becca Kearl of Living Room Conversations (Mixed), Cheryl Graeve of
"USA Today" ContributorAug 03 2020
Background
Electoral fraud
Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an election. Electoral fraud can take different forms, including in-person voter fraud and fraudulent activity involving absentee or mail ballots, and can occur at different points of the election process, from registration to the tallying of ballots.
There is debate surrounding the extent to which various types of electoral
BallotpediaAug 12 2020
News
About One-in-Four U.S. Hispanics Have Heard of Latinx, but Just 3% Use It
Pan-ethnic labels describing the U.S. population of people tracing their roots to Latin America and Spain have been introduced over the decades, rising and falling in popularity. Today, the two dominant labels in use are Hispanic and Latino, with origins in the 1970s and 1990s respectively.
More recently, a new, gender-neutral, pan-ethnic label, Latinx, has emerged as an alternative
Pew Research CenterAug 03 2021
Opinion
Economic Freedom Best Path to Women’s Equality, Empowerment
Women’s battle for equal rights under the law has progressed significantly in a number of countries, but many other nations still have much room for improvement to establish societies that uphold women’s equality and dignity.
So, what’s the solution to decreasing this gender gap worldwide? There’s considerable evidence that the best environment to promote equality is a free market
The Daily SignalDec 01 2020
Data
Prior to COVID-19, child poverty rates had reached record lows in U.S.
Before the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy into a recession, the share of American children living in poverty was on a downward trajectory, reaching record lows across racial and ethnic groups, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
In 2019, the year with the most recently available data, 14% of children under age 18, or 10.5 million
Pew Research CenterSep 15 2022
Opinion
Why Hispanics are leaving the Democratic Party
Just in time for National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Texas Tribune headed to heavily Hispanic South Texas to ask a question on many political minds this year. At a time when Democrats and the media are going to great lengths (even at the expense of their credibility) to convince the public that Republicans are an existential threat to the country, Hispanic voters are rapidly becoming
Washington ExaminerNov 30 2020
News
Prior to COVID-19, child poverty rates had reached record lows in U.S.
Before the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy into a recession, the share of American children living in poverty was on a downward trajectory, reaching record lows across racial and ethnic groups, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
In 2019, the year with the most recently available data, 14% of children under age 18, or 10.5 million
Pew Research Center