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May 26 2022
Perspectives Blog
Texas Elementary School Shooting Puts Spotlight on Gun Debate
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An 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, renewing the debate about U.S. gun laws, accessibility and prevention. The lone shooter was reportedly armed
AllSides StaffOct 16 2020
Opinion
Big Tech’s Election Interference Has Gone Too Far
The New York Post’s breaking news of emails purporting to show Hunter Biden scheming to make money off the family name has created a social media firestorm. Twitter began blocking users from sharing it almost instantly. Facebook didn’t block the story outright, but they did announce almost immediately that they were “reducing its distribution on our platform.” Even for the most sober observer
Neil PatelNov 05 2020
News
ICE Medical Misconduct Witness Slated for Deportation is a U.S. Citizen, Says Lawyer
ALMA BOWMAN, a 54-year-old woman in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, was scheduled for deportation on Monday. For over two years, Bowman has been held at Georgia’s Irwin County Detention Center, the site of growing concern about medical neglect and coerced gynecological procedures performed on nearly 60 women. She has been a key witness, for attorneys and journalists, of a
The InterceptNov 24 2020
Analysis
Coronavirus: The agonising Thanksgiving dilemma facing millions of Americans
With over a million new Covid-19 cases nationwide in the past week, according to Johns Hopkins University, public health officials are cautioning people not to gather in large groups this holiday season.
Next week's Thanksgiving weekend poses a particular concern. Americans traditionally travel home to be with loved ones, taking part in meals, parades and shopping sprees.
The
BBC NewsAug 30 2021
News
State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries
The Education Department on Monday opened civil rights investigations into five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions.
The department’s Office for Civil Rights announced the investigations in letters to education chiefs in Iowa, Oklahoma,
Associated PressMar 31 2022
Perspectives Blog
Equity vs. Equality: A Political Rorschach Test
This blog is written by multiple authors of different perspectives, and published on DividedWeFall.org (Mixed media bias rating).
America Cannot Fulfill the Promise of Equal Opportunity Without Equal AccessBy Carlon Howard – Chief Impact Officer, Equity Institute
In recent years, the debate concerning the difference between equity and equality has grown
Divided We Fall (author)May 08 2020
Analysis
Whose Freedom Counts?
Anti-lockdown protesters are twisting the idea of liberty.
Lawsuits demanding that stay-at-home orders be repealed have been filed this week in Maryland, Minnesota, and Nevada. In Michigan, a Family Dollar store security guard was shot after telling a customer to wear a face mask, which is mandated throughout the state for all retail stores. In Oklahoma, McDonald’s employees were shot
SlateNov 22 2017
News
This Is What It’s Like to Be the Only Trump Fan at Thanksgiving Dinner
In my household, when the holidays come, the usual family members plus a friend or two gather. We have three generations at the table: two female 80-year-olds, some 50-year-olds and the millennials. Only one of us is a Trump supporter. This is, after all, a family of professionals in a Northeastern coastal city.
PoliticoAug 04 2020
Top Argument
Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society?
Around seven out of ten Americans (72%) use social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, up from 26% in 2008. [26] [189]. On social media sites, users may develop biographical profiles, communicate with friends and strangers, do research, and share thoughts, photos, music, links, and more.
Proponents of social networking sites say that the online
ProCon.orgJun 05 2018
News
Thanksgiving Dinner Can End Sooner If Guests Pass the Gravy across a Partisan Divide
Mixing family and politics has always been fraught. I know—my mother was a Democrat, my father a Republican. The night Jimmy Carter won the presidency, dad slept in the guest room. For the U.S., the bitter campaign that ushered in Pres. Donald Trump in 2016 was a lot like that of 1976 in my house. Many families were politically divided, and the calendar forced the issue: The cherished American
Scientific American