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Aug 29 2019
News
Immigration in America Is Increasingly Asian, Female, and Middle-Class. Why Don’t We Talk About It?
In the late 1980s, a young journalist named Jason DeParle moved in with a Filipino family in Manila to learn more about global poverty. Now a veteran New York Times reporter and author of the 2004 book American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation’s Drive to End Welfare, DeParle followed the family he met as they have grown to include more than four dozen people over three generations,
Mother JonesDec 29 2020
Opinion
Is it any wonder liberal states are shrinking?
For an entire human lifetime, the state of Illinois has been a laggard in population growth. It has lost eight congressional districts since the 1950s. But new census estimates released last week show that this decade, something very special has happened.
The state, affectionately referred to by many as either the “Deadbeat State” (for its practice of handing out IOUs in place of
Washington ExaminerMar 30 2019
News
U.S. judge scraps Trump order opening Arctic, Atlantic areas to oil leasing
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A federal judge in Alaska has overturned U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to open vast areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans to oil and gas leasing.
The decision issued late Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason leaves intact President Barack Obama’s policies putting the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea, part of the Arctic’s Beaufort Sea and a large
ReutersJul 04 2020
Analysis
What Frederick Douglass Had to Say About Monuments
Frederick Douglass, with typical historical foresight, outlined a solution to the current impasse over a statue he dedicated in Washington, D.C., in 1876. Erected a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol, in a square called Lincoln Park, the so-called Emancipation Memorial depicts Abraham Lincoln standing beside a formerly enslaved African-American man in broken shackles, down on one knee—rising or
Smithsonian MagazineAug 27 2020
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Frightening images emerge on social media of Hurricane Laura's landfall and aftermath
Hurricane Laura, one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the continental United States, made landfall early Thursday morning near Lake Charles, Louisiana, bringing winds of over 150 mph and up to 9 feet of storm surge, according to the Weather Channel.
On Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center called the storm "unsurvivable" and "catastrophic" and now we are getting a first
The BlazeJul 10 2016
News
With a hint of regret, Obama describes new kind of endless quasi-war
President Obama, who had pledged to end America’s wars, described the landscape he was leaving to his successor as a state of quasi-war that could extend for years to come.
Obama, who was speaking Saturday to reporters at the NATO summit here, noted with pride that he has cut the size of the U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan from 180,000 troops to fewer than 15,000.
Washington PostJan 06 2020
News
Revolutionary thinking? Colleges let students opt out of admissions exams.
By moving away from test requirements, colleges are contributing to a profound change in the way society measures merit. Instead of a single SAT or ACT result, they’re reinforcing the importance of a student’s talents and character.
After classes and 4-H Club meetings and homework, Esmeralda Hernandez spent a portion of her spring semester junior year engaged in a nightly routine
Christian Science MonitorJul 01 2020
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Law and Order: Seattle Police Finally Take Back Area Around East Precinct From Occupiers
The Seattle Police Department was finally allowed to return to the area around the East Precinct and push out the occupiers from the "Capitol Hill Occupied Protest," formerly known as the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" early Wednesday morning.
Mayor Jenny Durkan issued the executive order following multiple shootings inside and near the CHOP, which included the death of a 16-year-old.
TownhallDec 21 2021
Perspectives Blog
Check This Out: Coming Together Across Divides, Holiday Edition
If you’re looking for insights on navigating tough holiday conversations, or you want to hear balanced breakdowns of America’s two-party system and ongoing culture war, you won’t want to miss these podcast episodes. The AllSides team spends a lot of time curating content from across the internet. So why not make special recommendations for the best and most balanced work we see? Whether
Aidanne DePoyJan 13 2015
Opinion
OPINION: ObamaCare Opt-Out Act: Let all Americans make their own health care decisions
John McCain: In the coming weeks, Americans will embark on the painful process of filing their tax returns. While this annual ritual leaves most people confused, depressed and overwhelmed, many will be faced with the additional step this year of paying hundreds or thousands of dollars if they chose not to purchase health insurance under ObamaCare for 2014.
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