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Jul 02 2020
News
‘I’m all for masks’
TRUMP MASKS UP — One of the relatively clear findings of political science is that when members of a party are confronted with a new policy question, they will look to trusted ideological leaders for cues about what the “right” position is.
Consider the politics of masks.
When the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic was understood in March, it was mostly people on the left
PoliticoJun 30 2020
News
The hidden downside in the Supreme Court’s ruling to protect abortion rights
In a 5-4 ruling announced on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that required abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital in a win for reproductive rights. And surprisingly, Chief Justice John Roberts voted with the liberal justices to preserve the court's precedents and protect abortion access.
Social conservatives are furious with
SalonAuthor
Saagar Enjeti
Saagar Enjeti is the Chief Washington Correspondent and Host at The Hill TV (Note: AllSides rates the bias of online content online, not broadcast or TV content). After an independent review in Nov. 2019, AllSides gives Enjeti an initial media bias rating of Center with low confidence.
Jul 31 2014
Opinion
Why the Death Penalty Needs to Die
Another week, another botched killing under the legal euphemism of capital punishment. After macabre screw-ups in Oklahoma and Ohio, it was Arizona's turn last week, when double-murderer Joseph Rudolph Wood III took about two hours to die. The specific problem this time around was an apparently unreliable “cocktail” of the drugs used in the lethal injection process.
But let’s face it:
Daily BeastNov 08 2012
News
Reeling conservatives face ‘recalibration’ at their core
Republicans found themselves facing agonizing day-after questions Wednesday that they admit are nearly impossible to answer while trying to hold together their diverse electoral coalition and ensure their survival as Americas conservative party. In the wake of Mitt Romneys narrow but decisive loss Tuesday to President Obama, top conservative strategists said the party will have to find leaders
Washington TimesJan 22 2020
Opinion
On the Dangers of Democracy
The rising authoritarianism of our time is not an aberration.
‘Living in a democracy is no longer protection from authoritarianism,” Joshua Keating argues in Slate. One quibble: Living in a democracy never offered protection from authoritarianism — democracy has as often been the handmaiden of authoritarianism.
For more than a century, we have used “democracy” as a shorthand for
National Review (News)Aug 27 2012
News
Obama, Romney in dead heat as voter bases stick
Heading into their nominating conventions, President Obama and Mitt Romney are dead even  down to a tenth of a percent  in the latest The Washington Times/JZ Analytics Poll, which also shows independents, the critical swing group, beginning to pick sides. Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney both stood at 45.7 percent support, and Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson
Washington TimesAuthor
Beth Ballentine
Beth Ballentine, an editorial contributor to AllSides, is a freelance political writer and "equal opportunity political critic." In the early 2000’s Beth was a vocal opponent of George W. Bush, and has been no less troubled by the current administration of President Obama.
Sep 05 2019
Perspectives Blog
Country Before Party - My Entry into the Democratic Reform Movement
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Bridge Alliance.
My name is Jeremy Garson and I am a recovering partisan. For years I had a reflexive need to defend anything and everything “my party” (the Democratic Party) said and did. I would forgo critical thinking when I saw a “D” or “R” attached to news and assume that “my side” was right and “the other side” was wrong. Even
Jeremy GarsonJun 24 2022
Perspectives Blog
Thinking of Switching Parties? Here’s Why Some People Do It
From the LeftOn June 18, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) posted some messages she had received about why people stopped identifying as Republicans. Responses included the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the murder of George Floyd, coming out as gay, and moving to a more diverse place, along with listening to left-wing personalities like Hasan Piker and Bernie Sanders.
Joseph Ratliff