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Apr 11 2020
News
How Young Adults Can Stay Safe from COVID-19
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to grow, public health officials warn that people of all ages can be affected by the virus — including young people — and urge everyone to follow social distancing precautions.
The World Health Organization says the coronavirus could put young adults — not just older populations — in the hospital for weeks or even cause death, and recent
RedCross.orgJul 21 2022
Headline Roundup
Home Prices Hit All-Time High Despite Falling Sales
Home prices in the U.S. hit a new all-time high in June.
The median home price was $416,000 last month, up 13.4% from a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Meanwhile, existing-home sales fell in June for the fifth straight month, falling 5.4% from May and 14.2% from a year earlier. Mortgage applications also fell 6.3% last week from the previous week,
CNN Business Axios Washington ExaminerMay 20 2020
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All 50 States Have Now Taken Steps to Reopen
The U.S. hit a milestone in the coronavirus pandemic as all 50 states have now begun reopening, working to revive their economies after months of shutdowns designed to curb the contagion.
Slight declines in new confirmed cases in some states have prompted governors from New York to Ohio to restart some services, with rules varying from place to place, including restaurants, churches and
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 22 2020
Analysis
Technology and the City
Technology built the world’s great cities. As Lewis Mumford chronicled in his 1961 opus, The City in History, technology played the central role in expanding the metropolis, beginning in the Middle Ages and accelerating with the Industrial Revolution. Technology’s net effect, Mumford wrote, “brought an endless flow of distant foods and raw materials into the metropolis, along with workers and
City JournalDec 28 2017
Perspectives Blog
Wrapping Up 2017
This is a week of year end reviews, be it Trump's 1st Year in Review or The Media and Donald Trump in 2017, and there will be many more in the next few days.
We at AllSides also look back at this year as a turning point for our cause. Our mission is to free people from filter bubbles so they can better understand the world and each other. In the past, most of the
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderJul 14 2013
News
Civil rights leaders seek new charges against Zimmerman
Angry civil rights groups on Sunday were pressing for new criminal charges following George Zimmerman's acquittal on second-degree murder and manslaughter in a Florida courtroom.
The NAACP website featured an online petition -- also posted on the liberal site MoveOn.org -- asking the Justice Department to bring federal charges against Zimmerman in the February 2012 fatal shooting of
USA TODAYMay 04 2017
Perspectives Blog
House Passes American Health Care Act
The US House of Representatives voted to pass the AHCA, moving the GOP one step closer to repealing and replacing Obamacare. The bill's initial version failed to pass following a contentious struggle among conservatives, but the addition of the MacArthur Amendment helped woo skeptical Republicans. It will now go to the Senate, where it has not yet garnered full support across the GOP.
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderDec 17 2020
News
U.S. Unemployment Claims Remain Elevated as Recovery Slows
Nearly 900,000 workers applied for jobless benefits last week, extending recent increases in another sign the economy is entering a winter slowdown.
Unemployment claims rose to 885,000 from 862,000 a week earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday.
More broadly, claims are down sharply from a peak of nearly 7 million in March, but the four-week moving average, which smooths out
Wall Street Journal (News)May 16 2020
News
How the news changes the way we think and behave
Alison Holman was working on a fairly ordinary study of mental health across the United States. Then tragedy struck.
On 15 April 2013, as hundreds of runners streaked past the finish line at the annual Boston Marathon, two bombs exploded, ten seconds apart. Three people were killed that day, including an eight-year-old boy. Hundreds were injured. Sixteen people lost limbs.
As the
BBC NewsApr 06 2020
News
'He's answered that question.' Trump interrupts when reporter asks Fauci about hydroxychloroquine
A reporter's question about hydroxychloroquine led to a testy moment at Sunday's White House briefing.
Anthony Fauci was asked his thoughts on the effectiveness of the anti-malaria drug in treating coronavirus patients, and President Donald Trump interrupted before the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases could answer.
“He’s answered that question
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