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Apr 14 2022
Headline Roundup
Elon Musk Makes Cash Offer to Buy Twitter
Elon Musk, the world's richest person, has offered to buy Twitter in cash.
Musk offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share in cash, or about $43 billion, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Musk confirmed the move with a tweet, and wrote a letter to Twitter's chairman saying that Twitter "needs to be transformed as a private company" and has the "potential
New York Post (News) Axios NBC News (Online)Feb 26 2023
Headline Roundup
Publishers Drop Dilbert Comic After Creator’s Racial Remarks
Many publications have dropped the nationally syndicated comic Dilbert after its creator Scott Adams described 47% of polled Black Americans as a “hate group."
The Details: In an episode of his podcast earlier this week, Scott Adams discussed a recent Rasmussen Poll that found only 53% of Black Americans think “it’s OK to be white." Adams said he’s “going to back off from being helpful
BBC News The Epoch Times NBC News (Online)Oct 30 2019
Perspectives Blog
Major Shifts in American Attitudes on Unbiased News and Civility
Despite the overwhelming division and non-stop crisis apparent in the media — from impeachment to Syria to threats to our democratic institutions — it's not all doom and gloom. We've got some good news — news so core to our mission that we decided to share with all of our friends supporting AllSides. (You can share it, too, by sharing this blog post).
People are demanding something
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderOct 24 2021
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Dave Chappelle Protests
Dozens of Netflix employees joined more than a hundred supporters and trans activists in Los Angeles on Wednesday to protest Dave Chappelle's most recent stand-up special. The comedian made a number of controversial jokes about gender issues and the LGBTQ community, which offended many members of the transgender community. Carrying signs that read “Transphobia Isn’t Funny” and “Hey Netflix: Do
Washington Examiner Wall Street Journal (News) Daily BeastDec 09 2022
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The Motives and Implications of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's Independent Turn
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema left the Democratic Party and is registering as an independent. The move by Sinema, who has frequently bucked and scaled back Democratic policy proposals, is not predicted to drastically upset the balance of power in the Senate but is being framed by some as an indication of increasing frustration and dissolution with the two-party system, and by others as a
Washington Post The Hill Washington ExaminerMar 02 2023
Headline Roundup
AG Garland Takes Questions on Hunter Biden, Border Crisis in Senate Hearing
Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, and took questions on a range of hot-button issues, from Hunter Biden to hate crimes.
The Details: The hearing was the panel’s first oversight hearing of the Justice Department in the 118th Congress. Garland took questions on the border crisis, drugs, weaponization of law enforcement, and the
Newsmax (News) The Hill CNN (Online News)Sep 26 2018
Perspectives Blog
Tech Companies May Be Stifling Conservative Speech. Can They Change?
Differences in the way liberals and conservatives view appropriate speech affects what we see online — and can lead to silencing.
The Department of Justice and state attorneys general met Tuesday to discuss whether social media companies are “intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas.” The meeting ended without a decision on whether to investigate.
The move came
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderAug 08 2019
News
Huffington Post contributor says it might be time to cut her children’s Trump-supporting grandparents out of their lives
A Huffington Post contributor wrote in an op-ed that she is considering removing her children's grandparents from the kids' lives because the grandparents, both in their 70s, are conservative Republicans who support President Donald Trump.
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The BlazeJun 21 2022
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US Reacts to Texas GOP's New Platform
Texas Republicans approved a platform this week that, among other things, rejects the 2020 presidential election results and labels homosexuality an “abnormal lifestyle choice.” How did the political world respond?
Democrats rejected the platform as extreme and anti-LGBTQ+. Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said the Texas GOP "is completely controlled by the right-wing
Washington Post Axios Washington ExaminerNov 08 2019
Perspectives Blog
Teaching Children to Resolve Conflict: Q&A with "Two Tribes "Author Tyler Storlie
Earlier this summer, we wrote about a new children's book, Two Tribes, that exposes the dangers of political polarization and shows that solutions and compromises are both possible and necessary for humans to thrive and get along in peace.
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, Two Tribes is now available to purchase. $1 for every copy sold will benefit our nonprofit, AllSides for
Julie Mastrine