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Sep 02 2020
Analysis
Can anything change Americans’ minds about Donald Trump?
The eerie stability of Trump’s approval rating, explained.
On August 27, 2019, President Donald Trump held a 41.3 percent approval rating and a 54.2 percent disapproval rating, according to FiveThirtyEight’s poll tracker. During the 365 days that followed, Trump became the third president impeached by the House of Representatives; America assassinated Iranian general Qassem Soleimani;
VoxNews Media
Journalist's Resource
Journalist's Research is Harvard's news outlets that looks at different topics and examines them from a research perspective. They invite "all those interested in policy and public affairs to use the site’s materials." The American Library named Journalist's Research one of the best free reference sites in 2013. The AllSides Bias Rating™ for Journalist's Research is center.
Dec 31 2019
Background
How does measuring poverty and welfare affect American Indian children?
For one group of children in particular, American Indians and Alaska Natives, exceedingly high poverty rates have had profound impacts on community wellbeing and long-term cohesiveness. Given the best available data, from the U.S. Census data, child poverty rates among American Indians and Alaska Natives have consistently exceeded 40% for almost the past 30 years.
However, a recent
Brookings InstitutionDec 22 2021
News
Americans are tired of Covid — and the official response to omicron has only created more frustration
American corporations, government officials and other institutions are once again weighing the risks of Covid-19 as they plot a path forward during the holiday season.
But this time around, instead of facing a scared public, they’re dealing with a largely vaccinated population increasingly exhausted by the virus and its variants.
The result is a jumbled, contradictory response to
CNBCDec 22 2021
News
Harvard professor found guilty of lying about Chinese government ties
A Harvard University professor was convicted by a federal jury on Tuesday of lying to the US about his involvement with China's government, the Justice Department announced.
Dr. Charles Lieber, 62, the former chair of Harvard's Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, was found guilty of two counts of making false statements to federal authorities, two counts of making and subscribing
CNN (Online News)Jan 26 2022
News
Vaccination Gap Could Let Another Dangerous Variant Emerge, Experts Say
A coronavirus wave driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant wave may be cresting in parts of North America and Europe, but new cases are still climbing in less-vaccinated regions, and World Health Organization leaders warn that the global surge and the world’s wide vaccine gap could set the stage for another dangerous variant.
Maria Van Kerkhove, the agency’s Covid-19 technical
New York Times (News)Jul 21 2022
News
Of Course Biden Has COVID
And there it is: President Joe Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House announced Thursday morning, and is dosing up with Paxlovid to keep his so-far “very mild symptoms” from turning severe.
In some ways, this is one of the cases the entire world has been waiting for—not sadistically, necessarily, but simply because, like so many other infections as of late, it
The AtlanticAug 20 2020
Analysis
Barack Obama Is Scared
His warning to America during the Democratic convention’s third night was existential.
Barack Obama didn’t try to inspire Americans tonight: He wanted to scare them.
The former president offered no thousand-watt smiles or soaring rhetoric as he exhorted voters to elect Joe Biden and warned them about the perils of giving Donald Trump another four years in the White House. In a
The AtlanticNov 01 2021
Fact Check
Canceling student loan debt would cost the federal government billions
Since President Joe Biden took office, his administration has canceled billions of dollars in student loan debt. Most recently, in early October, the Education Department announced sweeping changes to its Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, immediately erasing the debt of 22,000 borrowers.
Now some social media users say it's in the federal government's best financial interest to
USA TODAYJun 10 2022
Perspectives Blog
“Gender-Affirming Care” or “Medical Procedures”? Both Sides of Transgender Terminology
Updated May 10, 2023
Treatments for gender dysphoria/gender-affirming care for transgender youth have been a hot topic of discussion lately, with some states moving to limit or ban such treatments for youth. This led to an internal discussion at AllSides as to whether or not we should use the phrase “gender-affirming care” or another term when writing about transgender treatments and
Julie Mastrine