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Aug 20 2012
News
Akin flub puts abortion at center of campaign debate
A campaign flub by a Republican Senate candidate shifted the political focus Monday to abortion and women's rights, as certain GOP nominee Mitt Romney and his conservative running mate faced a town hall-style meeting in New Hampshire. U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri, said Sunday he misspoke when he said in an earlier interview that "legitimate rape" rarely resulted in pregnancy. Akin also
CNN (Online News)
Aug 16 2012
News
Marriage advocate pleads for civility
Yesterdays shooting at the conservative Family Research Council in downtown Washington, D.C., is symptomatic of a broader lack of civility in political discourse, the head of an organization promoting traditional marriage said Thursday. “[The] responsibility is on the shooter but we need to have a civil debate over issues like redefining marriage, said Brian Brown, the president of the
Politico
Jul 05 2012
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Obama begins Rust Belt tour, assisted by popular senators
Less than 20 months after Republicans swept almost every key gubernatorial and Senate race in the Rust Belt, three Senate Democrats head into the final four-month sprint of this years campaign as clear favorites, having weathered the worst of the tea party storm in that region.
Their good standing is good news for President Obama in states that are key building blocks to a Democratic
Washington Post
Dec 06 2012
News
Obama Approval Rating Reaches Three-Year High In Poll
A month after the election, President Barack Obama's approval ratings are at a level he hasn't seen for years, with contentious negotiations over the upcoming "fiscal cliff" so far not dampening his support.
Obama has an approval rating of 53 percent among registered voters, according to a poll released Thursday by Quinnipiac University -- the strongest approval level the university has
HuffPost
Aug 20 2012
News
Rep. Akin 'rape' comment draws widespread GOP criticism, call to exit Senate race
Fellow Republican Senate candidates buffeted Rep. Todd Akin with condemnation Monday over his controversial comments on rape, with GOP Sen. Scott Brown going so far as to call on Akin to bow out of the race for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Akin, a six-term GOP congressman challenging Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill for her seat, found himself quickly isolated by Republicans after telling
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 06 2013
News
Leaked email adds fuel to claims White House playing politics over impact of cuts
lant Health Inspection Service office in Raleigh, N.C. He appears to tell his regional team about a response to his recent question on the amount of latitude he has in making cuts. According to the partially redacted email, the response came from the Agriculture Departments budget office and in part states: “However you manage that reduction, you need to make sure you are not contradicting
Fox News (Online News)
Jun 06 2012
News
Nation's unions lost big in the Wisconsin showdown
WASHINGTON – Gov. Scott Walker's definitive victory in Wisconsin's recall election is already reverberating in other state capitals. It exposed the shrunken political muscle of the unions that tried to oust him, underscoring their vulnerability to attacks from the right and inability to retaliate. Republicans in some nearby states where anti-union measures failed this year say they now plan
Fox News (Online News)
Apr 08 2022
Perspectives Blog
How Media Bias is a Business: HuffPost and Daily Wire
From the CenterOn the surface, the media bias displayed by Huffington Post (Left bias) and the Daily Wire (Right bias) couldn’t be more different. But a closer look reveals how corporate interests drive both media outlets toward bias and sensationalism, even as they appeal to different ends of the political spectrum.
How Corporatization Fuels Media Bias and Drowns Out Good Journalism Henry A. Brechter
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
Divided We Fall (author)
Mar 31 2022
Perspectives Blog
Russia's Pledge to Pull Back Met With Skepticism
Missile strikes continued this week around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, despite claims from Russia that its objectives there were complete after Russian and Ukrainian officials held peace talks in Turkey. Though Russia said it was scaling back operations near Kyiv and focusing on separatist-backed regions in eastern Ukraine, attacks on the capital reportedly persist. U.S.
AllSides Staff