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Jan 27 2014
News
The State of the Obama's Union
Obama now supports an increase in the federal minimum wage to 10.10 an hour. That's great but as the rest of his SOTU speech will make all too clear Congress is not about to pass this overdue legislation or anything else Obama proposes.
HuffPostJun 24 2020
News
No-excuse fight revived in Arkansas, 35 years after its top court ruled in favor
The legal crusade to make mail voting easier this year has finally arrived in Arkansas, where some of the nation's toughest ballot restrictions haven't been challenged until now because the coronavirus pandemic arrived after the primaries.
Two prominent Democrats in the deeply red state filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging the Arkansas election law flatly violates a 35-year-old state
The FulcrumAug 12 2015
News
GOP candidates wobble but don't fall down
The Great 2016 Republican Sorting has begun. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry thudded first, his campaign acknowledging this week that it had stopped paying staff amid funding shortfalls. He's not alone in experiencing turmoil. Sen. Rand Paul is struggling with deep fundraising and organizational problems.
PoliticoOct 02 2020
News
Louisville and beyond: Calls for reform on ‘no-knock’ police raids
The combination of more invasive policing and more armed civilians has created a kind of crisis instability. This story takes a closer look at the consequences – including for reform.
Ryan Frederick wakes up to furious barking from his dogs and the booming sound of splintered wood, like a broken tree. It’s night; he doesn’t know what time. All he knows is that he lives in a rough
Christian Science MonitorJan 30 2015
News
Taliban says agent infiltrated Afghan's security forces for attack that killed 3 Americans
Just days after an Obama administration official went to great pains to explain that the Taliban is not considered a terrorist group, the Afghan-based organization on Friday to credit for an attack that killed three American contractors and said it was carried out by a fighter who had infiltrated Afghanistan's security forces.
Fox News (Online News)Nov 23 2020
News
Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States
President Donald Trump tweeted late Sunday night that "there were more votes than people who voted" in key swing states and insisted that he won the 2020 presidential election.
"In certain swing states, there were more votes than people who voted, and in big numbers. Does that not really matter?" the president wrote on Twitter. "Stopping Poll Watchers, voting for unsuspecting people,
Newsmax (News)Jul 08 2019
Opinion
Good cop, bad cop, and the Starbucks incident
I married a cop.
Well, he’s a retired lawyer now, but he was all cop when I met him. And as a young reporter at the time, I learned a great deal from this police supervisor and SWAT team commander that would prove useful in my career as a journalist.
I learned that — while relatively rare— there are bad cops, poorly-trained cops, power-hungry cops and careless cops. I even
Guest WriterJan 15 2017
News
An Inaugural Address or a Rally?
At nearly 3 a.m. on Nov. 9, Donald J. Trump spoke to the world after TV networks declared him the victor in the presidential election. His remarks were short. Trump praised his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. He even reached out to those who had not supported him and asked for their guidance and “help so that we can work together and unify our great country.”
The American SpectatorApr 30 2016
Opinion
Bridging America's Divide - From the Printing Press to the Internet
The Internet is having the greatest, positive transformative effect on our society since the printing press. And just like the printing press, it also drives polarization and chaos.
That isn’t to say the Internet is not great. It is great. I drank the cool-aid well before working for Netscape in the 90s. The benefits are so obvious and omnipresent that I don’t need to list them. And it
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderNov 12 2017
Opinion
The Swine of Conservatism
Lately we have been given an extended education in the different varieties of liberal pigs. There’s the industrial-scale predator who buys indulgences from Planned Parenthood. And the male feminist who respects women so very much — especially when they’re too drunk to resist him. And the Great Man of Letters creeping on his co-workers. And the let-it-all-hang-out artist who thinks it can’t be
Ross Douthat