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Mar 31 2022
Perspectives Blog
Equity vs. Equality: A Political Rorschach Test
This blog is written by multiple authors of different perspectives, and published on DividedWeFall.org (Mixed media bias rating).
America Cannot Fulfill the Promise of Equal Opportunity Without Equal AccessBy Carlon Howard – Chief Impact Officer, Equity Institute
In recent years, the debate concerning the difference between equity and equality has grown
Divided We Fall (author)Aug 21 2013
News
McAuliffe Up by 6% Due to ‘Empathy Factor’
“Voters care more about empathy than experience, which helps explain (Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry) McAuliffe’s lead,” Peter A. Brown of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute stated in a press release issued Wednesday about polling results showing McAuliffe with a six-point (48-42 percent) lead in his race against Republican Ken Cuccinelli for governor of Virginia.
Falls Church News - PressSep 15 2020
News
'I was floored': Coronavirus test prices charged by some hospitals and labs stun consumers, spur questions
When Lisa Robertson sought coronavirus testing for her college athlete daughter, a pediatrician recommended a small, independent pharmacy in Arlington, Virginia.
Preston’s Pharmacy charged $35 to take a nasal swab specimen and sent it off to a lab, Principle Diagnostics, for quick results. The lab billed her insurance company $864 – more than eight times than what the federal Centers
USA TODAYJun 17 2012
News
Post-Watergate campaign finance limits undercut by changes
The money poured into Richard M. Nixons reelection campaign from all corners: Six-figure checks flown by corporate jet from Texas; bundles of payments handed over at an Illinois game preserve; a battered brown attaché case stuffed with $200,000 in cash from a New Jersey investor hoping to fend off a fraud investigation.
Washington PostOct 02 2014
News
Grand Jury In Ferguson Shooting Investigated For Misconduct
Officials in St. Louis County, Missouri, said they are “looking into” allegations of misconduct on the grand jury hearing the case against Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.
The county prosecutor's office received information Wednesday morning suggesting that a juror may have discussed evidence in the case with a friend, office
HuffPostSep 08 2021
Perspectives Blog
Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Neta C. Crawford, a Professor of Political Science and Department Chair at Boston University. The writer's bias has not been rated.
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S.
"The Conversation" ContributorMar 06 2019
News
Mainstream media figures adopt Trump’s narrative that House Judiciary Committee investigation into him is a “fishing expedition”
Mainstream media figures are discussing the House Judiciary Committee document requests -- which the committee sent to 81 figures and entities connected to President Donald Trump and his administration -- within the framework of the White House’s narrative that the move is a “fishing expedition.”
On March 4, the Judiciary Committee issued a press release announcing an investigation “
Media MattersMay 12 2021
Perspectives Blog
More than Memorization: A New Civics Education Vision May Reduce Polarization
In the United States today, politics seems to be less about governing and more about finding the best way to demean the other side. The result: a partisan divide and an epidemic of affective polarization. Affective polarization is defined as “the extent to which citizens feel more negatively toward other political parties than toward their own.” Increasingly, Americans harbor more negative
Max KarlinNov 25 2014
Opinion
OPINION: Ferguson message: Justice system unfair to minorities
A little over two days. That's how long the grand jury deliberated before deciding not to bring an indictment against Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9. St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced the grand jury had heard more than 70 hours of testimony from 60 witnesses before reaching its decision, which he said
CNN (Online News)Nov 26 2019
News
White House says it will appeal ruling on McGahn testimony
Top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday that a judge’s ruling to force former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify in the House impeachment inquiry “may not be sustainable.”
Mrs. Conway told reporters at the White House that “nobody was surprised” by the ruling Monday from U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and that the Justice Department will appeal.
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Washington Times