AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
Jul 22 2019
News
Liar, Liar: Georgia House Minority Leader Caught In A Hate Hoax
Georgia State Rep. and Minority Leader Erica Thomas (D) took to Twitter on Saturday, saying a white man called her "a lazy SOB" and that she needed to go back to where she came from because she had too many items in the express lane at the local Publix.
Thomas explained her experiences further in a Facebook live video.
"People are getting really out of control with this white
TownhallSep 02 2021
News
Supreme Court votes 5-4 to leave Texas abortion law in place
A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state.
The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought to block enforcement of the law that went into effect Wednesday. But the justices also suggested
Fox News (Online News)Nov 08 2021
News
US-Canada border: After 19 months, families to reunite
On 8 November, the US-Canadian border will open both ways to non-essential travel for the first time in 19 months. The closure has kept thousands of bi-national families split throughout the pandemic.
In March 2020, Jaslyn Declercq and her partner, Thomas Musgraves, began to plan their wedding.
The relationship had been a long-distance whirlwind after the pair met in an online
BBC NewsJan 22 2021
News
‘I Can Breathe Again’: Affected Families Celebrate The End Of The Muslim Ban
Mina Mahdavi, a 39-year-old solutions and cybersecurity engineer in California who has not been able to bring her mother from Iran to the U.S. because of the Trump administration’s anti-Muslim travel ban, tried everything she could think of.
She applied for a waiver, called the consulate and her representatives in Congress, all without avail. Her applications were always rejected.
HuffPostDec 03 2013
News
ACLU Suing Catholic Bishops Over Their Pro-Life Views
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), claiming that their pro-life views have negatively affected the health of pregnant women. The case cites the example of a woman who went into early labor at a Catholic hospital, and was not offered an abortion. Her child eventually died due to complications.
TownhallJun 01 2012
News
Edwards Not Guilty on One Count, Mistrial on Five Others
GREENSBORO, N.C.  When former Senator John Edwards, a man who reached for the presidency while scrambling to hide a pregnant mistress, heard on Thursday that a federal jury would not convict him on the six corruption charges he faced, he fell back in his chair and closed his eyes.
New York Times (News)Oct 01 2019
News
The Trump Administration Would Like to Talk to You for a Second About Your Cervical Mucus
Ladies, have you ever wanted to learn the fertile secrets hidden in your cervical mucus? If so, the Trump administration is here to help!
The US Department of Health and Human Services has created a webinar entitled “Focusing on Fertility,” to introduce you to the world of “fertility awareness,” a method of natural family planning that involves charting your menstrual cycles, your daily
Mother JonesJan 07 2020
Analysis
Women Voting in Their 'Self-Interest' Got Us Trump
Michelle Williams did something pretty courageous Sunday night. The pregnant actress stood in front of live TV cameras and used her Golden Globes acceptance speech for her performance in Fosse/Verdon to explain how having an abortion helped her decide when and with whom to have children and urged women to use their voting power to help reshape our government. It came just days after 207
ViceMay 15 2019
News
Texas cop fatally shoots woman after Taser struggle
A Houston-area police officer fatally shot a woman who he said grabbed his Taser and used it against him, according to The Associated Press.
Baytown Police Lt. Steve Dorris said the officer, an 11-year veteran of the department, encountered the 45-year-old woman on Monday and attempted to arrest her on outstanding warrants while patrolling an apartment complex.
Dorris said the
The HillAug 21 2020
News
Lawsuits Show the High Cost of NYPD Abuse in the Bronx
SHAKEIMA GONZALEZ was tired. Tired of being a victim, tired of being harassed, tired of fearing for her life. She’d had enough. And so, in the fall of 2019, the 33-year-old Bronx resident sued her neighborhood bullies — who happened to be New York City police officers.
A year and a half earlier, on a spring afternoon, she was walking along Morris Avenue in the Fordham area on her way to
The Intercept