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Feb 01 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Is Canada’s Freedom Convoy Righteous or Dangerous?
Each week, AllSides Media Bias Alerts examine media bias in coverage of a major or important story using the AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ and our Media Bias Chart™. From the CenterA large protest of COVID-19 public health measures led by a group of truck drivers — known as the “Freedom Convoy” — overtook Canada’s capital city of Ottawa over the weekend. Opposite sides of the U.S. political
Henry A. BrechterJun 16 2022
Perspectives Blog
Bipartisan Gun Laws Take Shape
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Bipartisan action on new gun laws looks more likely by the day. A bipartisan group of senators announced Sunday that they struck a deal on a framework for new gun safety legislation. The proposal includes enhanced background
AllSides StaffJul 15 2021
News
James Carville warns Democratic Party letting ‘wokeness,’ ‘language police’ define it
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville said Tuesday that Democrats need to do a better job at not allowing the “noisy” left wing define the party if they want to continue winning elections.
Appearing on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time,” Mr. Carville repeated his past warnings that everyday Americans and voters are not interested in “wokeness.”
“Look, this whole noisy, identity
Washington TimesAug 03 2020
Opinion
Putting stock market reform at the center of reform conservatism
The FT reports that the “FBI has joined securities regulators to tackle the potential threat of market manipulation posed by sophisticated computer trading strategies that have taken markets beyond the scope of traditional policing.”
So more law enforcement and more regulation. But if this is indeed a problem, would not some sort of transaction tax be the more efficient and market
American Enterprise InstituteApr 06 2022
Perspectives Blog
How Media Bias Makes Polarization Appear Worse Than It Actually Is
From the Left
On March 23, The Washington Post (Lean Left bias) published an article titled, “Democrats want to teach kids sex education. Republicans want to teach them patriotism.”
Written by national correspondent Philip Bump, the article analyzes data from the Grinnell College National Poll about Americans’ priorities for classroom instruction. As promised, the
Joseph RatliffJul 27 2018
Economic Growth Ramped Up In 2nd Quarter But Economists Caution It Could Be a Blip
The US economy expanded at an annualized rate of 4.1 percent from April to June, a sharp jump from the first three months of 2018, when the economy grew at a tepid 2.2 percent rate, according to the federal government.
Washington PostDec 06 2021
News
Germany locks down unvaccinated people, as leaders plan to make shots compulsory
Germany on Thursday announced a nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated, as its leaders backed plans for mandatory vaccinations in the coming months.
Unvaccinated people will be banned from accessing all but the most essential businesses, such as supermarkets and pharmacies, to curb the spread of coronavirus, outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor, Olaf Scholz, announced
CNN (Online News)Jan 07 2022
News
BLS: Unemployment Drops (3.9%), Labor Force Participation Increases (61.9%)
The Labor Department's final employment report of 2021, released on Friday morning, shows steady improvement since January a year ago.
But labor force participation remains a concern, as does the number of Americans counted as not in the labor force -- not working and not looking for work, for whatever reason. Those are just two of the Labor Department measures of economic health that
CNSNews.comOct 05 2019
News
From the archives: How the Watergate crisis eroded public support for Richard Nixon
Forty years ago today, Richard Nixon announced his resignation from the nation’s highest office, making that decision in the face of almost certain impeachment by the House and plummeting public support, as a majority of Americans called for his removal from office. But it happened in stages.
Nixon had won reelection in 1972 by a landslide and began his second term with a lofty 68%
Pew Research Center