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Jun 30 2020
Perspectives Blog
When the Virus Moves to Red States
For most of the spring, COVID-19 was primarily a blue-state pandemic. While conservative areas of the country were hit by the virus as well, the types of densely populated urban areas that tend to vote Democrat absorbed the overwhelming majority of cases, hospitalizations and deaths. For much of rural and small town America, COVID-19 was less of an immediate danger in their communities than
Dan Schnur
May 20 2021
News
As GOP-run states slash jobless aid, the Biden administration finds it has few options
The Biden administration has scrambled to devise a way to keep paying heightened unemployment benefits to an estimated 3.6 million Americans who stand to lose them soon in Republican-led states, but Labor Department officials have come to believe that the law does not allow them to do so.
With a federal intervention now unlikely, jobless Americans in at least 22 states including Arizona
Washington Post
May 11 2022
Headline Roundup
Abortion Rights Bill Fails to Pass Senate Ahead of Supreme Court Ruling
Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act in a 49-to-51 vote, which would've codified abortion rights into federal law.
The bill, which already failed to pass the Senate earlier this year, would have banned individual states to place restrictions on abortion as the Supreme Court prepares to strike down Roe v. Wade. Centrist Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin
Wall Street Journal (News)
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National Review (News) 
Apr 07 2022
Headline Roundup
Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
The Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Jackson, 51, will become the first black woman to serve on the highest court in the country.
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joined all 50 Democratic senators to vote in favor of confirmation, with every other Republican senator voting against. Jackson will be
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Washington Post
Reuters
Jul 25 2022
Perspectives Blog
When China Matters Even More Than Usual
From the CenterAs Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its sixth month, as our country’s domestic policy debates over inflation, immigration and abortion intensify, and as the multi-episode spellbinder that the January 6 hearings have become breaks for a summer intermission, even the most attentive American voter could be excused for not spending very much time thinking about China. But that’s
Dan Schnur
Jun 02 2022
Perspectives Blog
Country Considers New Gun Laws After Shootings
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In the wake of recent mass shootings in Texas, New York and other places throughout the country, politicians and activists are convening to discuss preventative measures and potential new gun laws. A bipartisan group of senators
AllSides Staff
Sep 24 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death Creates Supreme Court Opening
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death last Friday created an influential opening on the Supreme Court, setting a partisan power grab into motion and reframing the stakes of the 2020 presidential election. President Donald Trump and key Republican senators support voting on a new nominee before Election Day,
Henry A. Brechter
Jul 18 2022
Perspectives Blog
When Elections Are More Important Than a Ten Year Old Girl
From the CenterTwo important developments roiled the debate over reproductive rights last week: one that happened in the real world that you almost certainly heard about, and the other, which took place in Congress, that you might have missed. Both are critically important, albeit for very different reasons. One of the most unsettling incidents in recent memory was the horrifying story
Dan Schnur
Jun 14 2021
Headline Roundup
Marjorie Taylor Greene Apologizes for Comparing Mask Mandates, Vaccines to Holocaust
On Monday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) apologized for comparing COVID-19 mask mandates and vaccines to the Holocaust, saying "there is no comparison" between the mass genocide of 6 million people and pandemic health measures. Last month, Greene commented on a Tennessee grocery store's rule requiring employees to display their COVID-19 vaccination status, writing on Twitter that "
Washington Post
The Hill
National Review (News)
Jun 14 2012
News
The Republican family feud
It turns out Democrats are not the only ones with a surrogate problem. When Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels and Scott Walker all lobbed rhetorical explosive devices of varying sizes in Mitt Romneys direction, Democrats were gleeful that Republicans now had their own version of a Bain family feud.
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