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Sep 17 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Israel, Arab Nations Reach Historic Peace Agreements
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On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain signed a series of peace deals with Israel, likely paving the way for full normalization of relations between the countries. The deals, known as the Abraham Accords, were brokered by the Unites States. The UAE and Bahrain are the third and fourth Arab
Micaela RicaforteAug 10 2023
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At Least 36 Dead From Wildfires in Hawaii
Local officials in Maui, Hawaii have reported that at least 36 people have died amid wildfires in Lahaina, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved Hawaii's request for public assistance.
Key Details: Maui fire officials warned that the fires are a result of steep slopes, erratic winds, and dropping humidity. The direction of the fires and difficult terrain have
NPR (Online News) Washington Examiner ReutersFeb 02 2022
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Whoopi Goldberg Suspended from ABC's 'The View' for Remarks About Holocaust and Race
On Tuesday, ABC News suspended "The View" host Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks after she said the Holocaust was "not about race," but about "man's inhumanity to other man" and that it involved "two white groups of people."
Goldberg later apologized on Twitter for the comments, saying she "stands corrected" and that "she should have said [the Holocaust] is about both" race and inhumanity.
CNBC New York Post (News) HuffPostNov 18 2020
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Lawmakers Question Big Tech CEOs About Content Moderation Policies
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey about their companies' content moderation practices during the 2020 presidential election. Republican senators questioned the tech giants about content moderation and the purported censorship of President Donald Trump and conservative voices; Democratic lawmakers focused their
New York Post (News) Reuters New York Times (News)Sep 01 2021
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At Least 15.1 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Wasted Since March
At least 15.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been thrown away in the United States since March 1, according to government data received by NBC News through a public records request. According to the CDC, the national pharmacy chains that have self-reported the highest amount of wasted doses are Walgreens (2.6 million), CVS (2.3 million), Walmart (1.6 million) and Rite Aid (1.1 million
NBC News (Online) Newsmax (News) The HillJun 03 2021
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White House Says Biden Will Not Create Presidential Commission to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
The White House said Thursday that President Joe Biden does not have plans to create a presidential commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told Axios that "Congress was attacked on that day, and President Biden firmly agrees with Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi that Congress itself has a unique role and ability to carry out that investigation. Because
The Daily Caller Axios CNN (Online News)Nov 01 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: ISIS Leader Killed In U.S. Raid
Tracking impeachment: Two diplomats testified before impeachment investigators Wednesday about President Donald Trump's attitude toward the Ukraine, while the House of Representatives voted 232-196 Thursday morning to move forward with the impeachment inquiry.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State and one of the top targets in the international fight against terrorism, was
Henry A. BrechterAug 06 2020
Perspectives Blog
Perspectives: Newsrooms Capitalizing Black and White
Updated May 25, 2022
Numerous media outlets released statements in 2020 about their decisions to start capitalizing racial signifiers. Some newsrooms now capitalize the word black when referencing race, though not white. Others capitalize all racial signifiers: the words black, white, and brown. Some capitalize none of these signifiers.
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AllSides StaffMar 26 2021
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Perspectives: Biden’s First Press Conference
President Joe Biden held his first press conference as president on Thursday, answering 31 questions from 10 of 25 attending journalists for a little over an hour. Biden called on journalists from the Associated Press (Center, Lean Left for AP Politics), PBS NewsHour (Center), The Washington Post (Lean Left), ABC News (Lean Left), The Wall Street Journal (Center), NBC News (Lean Left), CBS
Axios CNN (Online News) Washington ExaminerOct 16 2020
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Scientists Craft Herd Immunity Plan to Reopen Society; Others Say It's Too Risky
A proposal from Dr. Martin Kulldorff of Harvard, Dr. Sunetra Gupta of Oxford, and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford — titled the Great Barrington Declaration — seeks to end COVID-19 coronavirus lockdowns and reopen society. The plan focuses on "herd immunity," in which people would purportedly build immunity to the coronavirus without a vaccine; the authors argue lockdowns "are producing
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