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Nov 21 2017
News
U.S. threatens to sue Harvard over admissions policy probe
The U.S. Justice Department has threatened to sue Harvard University to force it to turn over documents as it investigates whether the Ivy League school’s admission policies violate civil rights laws.
ReutersFeb 14 2013
News
Sigh, President Obama is simply our recycler-in-chief
President Obama's approach to so-called "climate change" appears to include recycling old ideas. In his State of the Union address, the president recycled the idea of spending more on education, though we are still getting unsatisfactory results. A fact he inadvertently acknowledged by saying we're not keeping up with other countries in science and math. He maintained there are tens of
Fox News DigitalOct 14 2019
News
Buttigieg Slams Beto’s Plan To Punish Churches That Oppose Same-Sex Marriage
South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg (D.) said Sunday on CNN's State of the Union that former congressman Beto O'Rourke (D., Texas) does not understand the implications of stripping tax-exempt status from churches that oppose LGBTQ rights.
"That means going to war not only with churches, but I would think with mosques and a lot of organizations that may not have the same view of
Washington Free BeaconApr 15 2021
Analysis
Why This Keeps Happening in Minneapolis
Even as it reels from the continuing trial of Derek Chauvin, Minneapolis is again mourning the death of a Black man killed by the police. On Sunday, a 20-year-old father, Daunte Wright, was pulled over in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of the city. When police reportedly tried to arrest him for an outstanding warrant, he sought to reenter his vehicle. One of the officers, Kim Potter, shouted “Taser
SlateNov 13 2020
Analysis
What will the press do without Trump?
IN NOVEMBER 1962, the not-yet-infamous Richard Nixon famously gave what he claimed would be his last press conference, right after losing a gubernatorial race in California (and two years after losing a presidential bid to John Kennedy). This is what he told reporters:
“As I leave you, I want you to know—just think how much you’re going to be missing. You won’t have Nixon to kick
Columbia Journalism ReviewNov 02 2020
News
Joe Biden’s Effort to Make This Election a Moral Referendum
Early last Thursday, after a day spent close to home, in Delaware, Joe Biden flew to Broward County, Florida, to begin the campaign’s final swing. Two hundred and one cars arrived for a rally in a parking lot on the Broward College campus, where police checked attendees’ invitations and performed a security screen under bright-white tents. Shortly before the event was to begin, about fifty
The New YorkerAug 26 2021
News
GOP faces hurdles in push to make Afghanistan matter in the midterms
House Republicans hope to ride Joe Biden’s messy Afghanistan withdrawal to victory in the midterms. It won't be that easy.
With the GOP already in a strong position to retake the House next year, the president's first major foreign-policy crisis could give the party an additional boost as it tries to chip away at his popularity. But several factors threaten to undermine Republican
PoliticoSep 06 2018
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Update: Drudge Report
AllSides Media Bias Ratings are fluid and subject to change as media outlets change over time, or we acquire new information.
AllSides previously rated The Drudge Report, an American news aggregation website, as having a Right media bias, but in August 2018, we conducted an editorial review and changed the Drudge Report to a Lean Right media bias.
An editorial review is a key
Julie MastrineJun 17 2020
News
Trump Signs Executive Order
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at encouraging police reform. (White House)
“Tuesday’s order encourages police departments to employ the latest standards for use of force, improve information sharing so that officers with poor records are not hired without their backgrounds being known, and add social workers to law enforcement responses to non-violent
The Flip SideNov 12 2020
News
Facebook removes election misinformation pages tied to Steve Bannon
Facebook has removed a series of pages linked to former Trump advisor Steve Bannon. The pages were removed after nonprofit organization Avaaz flagged them as spreading — and artificially amplifying — election-related misinformation under the “Stop The Steal” tag.
Facebook confirmed to The New York Times that it removed “several clusters of activity” late last week “for using inauthentic
The Verge