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Aug 03 2023
Headline Roundup
Obama Pledged to Support Biden's Re-Election in Private Meeting
Earlier this summer, former President Barack Obama pledged to President Joe Biden that he would do all he could to support Biden's re-election.
Key Details: In the private meeting, Obama reportedly also warned Biden that former President Donald Trump is a formidable political opponent with a loyal base of supporters.
Key Quote: Eric Schultz, a senior adviser to Obama, said that
Fox News Digital Washington Post The HillJun 11 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Talk of Police Reform, Defunding Takes Center Stage
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Calls to defund the police have rung out nationwide after George Floyd's death at the hands of law enforcement last month.
Prominent Democrats recently introduced a bill aimed at significant police reform. Many Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, are standing by law enforcement, while some
Henry A. BrechterJan 07 2019
Perspectives Blog
News Posts With Moral and Emotional Language Spread Quickly, But Deepen Polarization
Social media sites are chock full of political discussions, disagreements, and debates. That holds especially true for Twitter, the popularity of which stems from a user’s ability to distill news and opinion into 280-character digestible bites. A team at New York University found that those messages are all the more likely to spread when an individual employs “moral and emotional language.”
Billy BinionOct 02 2023
Headline Roundup
Gov. Newsom Selects Laphonza Butler to Fill Feinstein's Vacant Senate Seat
Laphonza Butler, a former adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris who is currently president of EMILY’s List, was chosen to fill Dianne Feinstein's vacant U.S. Senate seat in California.
The Details: Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced his selection of Butler on Sunday. After working with Harris's vice presidential campaign, Butler became the head of EMILY's List in 2021, a pro-choice
Politico The Hill Washington ExaminerOct 23 2017
Perspectives Blog
Updating Our Media Bias Ratings: Editorial Review
Media bias ratings at AllSides are not set in stone. We like to think of them as alive, constantly growing and changing -- often driven by you, the reader. They are updated on a regular basis, using blind bias quizzes, community ratings, independent research, and editorial reviews.
Recently, we conducted our first blind editorial review, where we examined five
Lucy PintoFeb 12 2015
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: War Powers Request
While the US has been running airstrikes against ISIS for many months, yesterday President Obama officially asked Congress for permission to use military force against ISIS. He asked for three years, and permission to send in Special Ops and other limited missions, as needed. Did he ask for too much or too little, and why? That is the question explored by our multi-perspective picks this week John Gable, AllSides Co-founderFeb 05 2015
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Vaccine Debate Gets Political
Spreading even faster than the measles outbreak is the controversy over vaccinations and people who choose to opt out of them. Is it a Left vs. Right issue? Conservative site Newsbusters says that left-leaning coverage of this issue labels conservatives anti-vaccination, while plenty of liberals have chosen not to vaccinate. The headlines on left-leaning Huffington Post today are pro-vaccine, but John Gable, AllSides Co-founderOct 12 2012
Perspectives Blog
15 Headlines from the VP Debate
One thing all sides seem to agree on: last night's debate between VP candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan was one of the liveliest we've seen in a while.
But from there the agreements in opinion start to break down.
We picked three very different opinions on the VP debate that we highlighted on the AllSides News page. As we did for the presidential debate, we also list 15 top
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderNov 29 2023
Headline Roundup
Will Hunter Biden Testify Publicly in Federal Probe?
Hunter Biden has offered to testify before Congress as long as the hearing is held in public. Will that happen?
Key Details: House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has rejected the idea, which was proposed in a letter from Biden's attorney, Abbe Lowell, to replace Biden's scheduled private deposition on Dec. 13. Comer has stated that, like any other congressional
The Hill RollingStone.com New York Post (Opinion)Aug 07 2022
Headline Roundup
News Outlets Highlight GOP Divide Ahead of Midterm Elections
As Republicans brace for November's midterm elections, reports across the spectrum have highlighted divisions between the pro-Trump and anti-Trump wings of the political party.
Earlier this year, the Republican National Committee voted to censure Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for participating in the bipartisan Jan. 6 congressional investigation on the Capitol
Axios Washington Post Washington Times