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Apr 28 2023
News
N. Carolina justices sweep away district, voter ID rulings
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In massive victories for Republicans, North Carolina’s state Supreme Court on Friday threw out previous rulings that had declared illegal both redistricting maps for excessive partisanship and a photo voter identification law for being infected with racial bias. The new edition of the court, which became a Republican majority this year following the election of two GOP
KTLAMar 01 2023
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Criticism grows louder, Mexico’s president accuses protesters of narco links - Mexico Daily Post
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed concerns about his plan to shrink the country’s electoral watchdog on Monday, accusing protesters of links to drug traffickers. Images of a mass protest in Mexico City on Sunday showed tens of thousands of people wearing pink – the color of the National Electoral Institute (INE), which oversees elections and has been accused of
Mexico Daily PostApr 04 2023
News
The Trump Indictment Reveals More About Our Politics Than It Does About the Ex-President
Donald Trump has been indicted. And everyone wants to know: What does it really mean for America?
The politics of Trumpism have long combined norm violations and convention-breaking behavior with the standard politics of the day: hyper-partisanship, and a political establishment that responds to the incentives of the environment around them. The narratives that are emerging around Trump
PoliticoSep 11 2023
Perspectives Blog
When Biden’s Friends Become a Problem For Him
From the CenterLike most presidents, Joe Biden has no shortage of enemies. On any given day, you can find a collection of MAGA Republicans, social conservatives, and anti-woke activists arrayed across the media landscape explaining why Biden should be a one-term president. That’s not so unusual; heading into an election year, the political landscape is predictable in its intensifying
Dan SchnurMar 29 2023
News
Why Glenn Youngkin Would Be Crazy Not to Run for President
People, please, implored the Republican governor of Virginia: Let us “set aside acrimony” and finger-pointing and all the “mental gymnastics of partisanship” that combine to make people so tired and cynical about “politics as usual.”
Before setting all that aside, however, Glenn Youngkin had some work to do: In the very same speech to the General Assembly in which he urged bipartisan
PoliticoSep 07 2023
Perspectives Blog
Can Mitch McConnell Still Lead Senate Republicans?
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is facing calls to step down from his leadership position over concerns about his health.
For Context: During a press conference last week, McConnell froze while speaking with reporters, appearing unresponsive for roughly twenty
AllSides StaffJul 18 2023
Perspectives Blog
A prejudice we can’t ignore
This piece was originally published on The Fulcrum, which AllSides rates as Center. It was written by Chris Gates and Mark Gerzon. Gates and Gerzon are co-founders of Philanthropy Bridging Divides, a transpartisan conversation with philanthropic leaders about how they can bridge ideological divides in America.
It is good that we are having important conversations about prejudices and
"The Fulcrum" ContributorOct 06 2022
News
Sasse expected to resign Senate seat, likely to be next University of Florida president
Sen. Ben Sasse is expected to resign his Senate seat, Fox News has confirmed, and is likely to accept a new job as president of the University of Florida.
The University of Florida announced Thursday that Sasse, R-Neb., is the lone finalist being considered by its presidential search committee.
"UF is the most important institution in the nation's most economically dynamic state
Fox News (Online News)Oct 03 2022
Analysis
After vaccines became available, a partisan gap in deaths emerged
There are times when correlation really seems as though it is obviously representative of correlation. Some set of data lines up so neatly that it’s hard to escape reaching an obvious conclusion. This can be dangerous, certainly, but usually it’s simply because the data are causally related. A plus B seems to equal C because it does.
An example of this is the overlap of covid-19 deaths
Washington PostJan 03 2023
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Citizen problem-solvers: Advice to the new Congress on gridlock
Gridlock slows Congress, but in their own work, everyday citizens have to keep solving problems or face the consequences. We asked for their practical advice for the new Congress.
As the national capital, Washington is the place aspiring and veteran navel-gazers converge, endlessly analyzing wrinkles in American politics that average Americans don’t even see.
It’s an art and an
Christian Science Monitor