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Oct 18 2022
Analysis
How Democrats can defend against Republicans’ soft-on-crime attacks
In their closing arguments to midterm voters, Republican candidates have sought to connect their Democratic opponents to increases in crime and continued to misleadingly hammer Democrats of all stripes as supporters of the “defund the police” movement. It’s the latest rendition of age-old “soft-on-crime” attacks, and it appears to be effective.
Republicans have escalated their attacks
Vox
Dec 28 2022
Analysis
Five signs Biden is definitely running for another term
President Biden is expected to announce another bid for the presidency sometime in the early months of the new year.
Officially, Biden is still considering whether to run for a second term, and the president’s age and approval ratings — he is 80 and more people in polls generally hold a negative than positive view of his presidency — have led some to privately doubt whether he’ll go
The Hill
Feb 16 2023
Opinion
Bring Back Objective Journalism
Beyond objectivity or back to objectivity? That seems to be an essential question for American journalism.
Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication recently released a survey of some 75 journalists titled “Beyond Objectivity.” Many of them argued that objectivity should no longer be the standard in news reporting.
“I never understood
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)
Jun 02 2023
Perspectives Blog
Opposing Viewpoints on a Parents Bill of Rights
This piece was originally published on Divided We Fall, which AllSides rates as mixed. It was written by Sen. Graig Meyer, State Senator, North Carolina, and Ethan Demme, Board of Supervisors, East Lampeter Township, PA.
The Bond of Trust Between Student and Teacher Must Not Be BrokenBy Sen. Graig Meyer – State Senator, North Carolina
When parents already have broad rights
Divided We Fall (author)
Nov 02 2022
News
How Disney and CEO Bob Chapek are preparing for a possible Republican House majority
Disney is preparing for Republicans to take control of the House, as polls suggest the party has an edge over Democrats in the days before the midterm elections.
Disney CEO Bob Chapek has been having private phone calls this year with House Republican leaders including Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., according to people briefed on the matter. Scalise is in line to become House
CNBC
Feb 08 2023
News
Joe Biden Pushes Economic Gains, Jousts With GOP in State of the Union Speech
President Biden used his State of the Union address to try to sell Americans on his economic agenda and called for renewed bipartisanship, but his appeals for unity were punctuated by Republican lawmakers’ loud objections to his remarks.
The annual speech—delivered in the House chamber before a joint session of the newly divided Congress on Tuesday—gave Mr. Biden, 80, a chance to test
Wall Street Journal (News)
Dec 18 2022
News
‘I’m Not Endorsing Anybody’: Tucker Carlson Says He’s ‘Impressed’ By DeSantis And ‘Grateful’ For Trump
Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson said Saturday he’s “not endorsing anybody” for the 2024 presidential race at this time, adding that former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are two “forces.”
“I’m not endorsing anybody. I have no idea what’s going to happen in the Republican primary,” Carlson said while answering an audience member’s question
The Daily Caller
Oct 21 2022
Analysis
No Truss
After Kwasi Kwarteng, Liz Truss’s chancellor of the Exchequer, had been shoved onto his sword in the wake of financial markets’ reaction to a “mini-budget” saturated supposedly with “free-market fundamentalism,” there was always a high probability that Truss would be looking at an early departure from 10 Downing Street. Once it became clear that not only had Truss lost her chancellor but also
National Review (News)
Oct 18 2022
News
Midterms Update
“Republicans enter the final weeks of the contest for control of Congress with a narrow but distinct advantage as the economy and inflation have surged as the dominant concerns, giving the party momentum to take back power from Democrats in next month’s midterm elections, a New York Times/Siena College poll has found.” New York Times
Both sides agree that the state of the economy is
The Flip Side
May 18 2023
Perspectives Blog
How Should We Regulate AI?
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s call for regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) before the Senate this week raised questions about how to mitigate the risks of new generative AI platforms like ChatGPT. For Context: There is currently no comprehensive federal legislation on AI in the
AllSides Staff