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Jul 18 2022
Perspectives Blog
Democrats aim to design a presidential nomination process that gives everyone a voice – and produces a winning candidate
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Barbara A. Trish, an Professor of Political Science at Grinnell College The writer's bias has not been rated.
For the past few election cycles, the quartet of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina has had a lock on the early spots in the Democratic Party’s
"The Conversation" ContributorJan 31 2020
News
Anti-Trump worship leader pens 'hymn' to rebuke evangelical supporters
A worship pastor in South Bend, Ind., is getting attention for a song he wrote "calling out" evangelical supporters of President Trump.
Daniel Deitrich, the pastor for arts and worship at South Bend City Church, wrote "Hymn for the 81%," a reference to white evangelical Christian voters who helped secure Trump's victory 2016, as "a plea...to come home to the way of Jesus."
The
Fox News (Online News)Aug 12 2021
News
School mask debate in Tennessee grows heated as local board requires masks in elementary schools
Heated arguments spilled out into the parking lot Tuesday night after a school board in a suburban Tennessee county approved a temporary requirement for masks in elementary schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
As debates over masks in US schools have reemerged as the academic year begins, the Board of Education in Williamson County, just south of Nashville, approved the mask
CNN (Online News)Nov 02 2021
News
Election 2021: Virginia's in the spotlight, but here are the other races to watch
Virginia's deadlocked gubernatorial battle between former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin is firmly in the national spotlight.
The commonwealth, a onetime general election battleground that’s still very competitive between the two major parties, is one of only two states that hold races for governor in the year after a presidential election,
Fox News (Online News)May 01 2021
Analysis
Georgia’s election law sparks ‘Jim Crow’ rhetoric, as well as pushback
In recent weeks, Democrats have repeatedly warned that Republican-backed election bills like the one enacted in Georgia amount to a resurgence of Jim Crow, the legal structures in the pre-1960s South that kept Blacks segregated and politically powerless.
The system included both segregationist laws and social norms that relegated Blacks to second-class status. Significant elements of
PolitiFactFeb 25 2020
Opinion
Will the Party of JFK Become Sanders'?
Sen. Bernie Sanders may be on the cusp of both capturing the Democratic nomination and transforming his party as dramatically as President Donald Trump captured and remade the Republican Party.
After his sweep of the Nevada caucuses, following popular vote victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sanders has the enthusiasm and the momentum, as the crucial battles loom in South Carolina on
Pat BuchananNov 01 2021
Analysis
'Let's go Brandon,' explained
On Friday night, a Southwest Airlines pilot allegedly said "Let's go Brandon" over the plane intercom, causing a stir on board and prompting an investigation by the airline.
As CNN wrote:
"The Associated Press, which had a reporter on board the flight, first reported that a pilot of a Friday flight from Houston to Albuquerque ended his typical greeting to passengers with the
CNN (Online News)Nov 01 2021
News
Will China’s energy crisis dampen its effort to cut emissions?
China will play a key role in whether the world can curb global warming. But it’s also an industrial powerhouse, and recent electricity shortages reveal challenges ahead in balancing economic and environmental goals.
Liu Rui, a university student in Tonghua, a city in Jilin province, felt anxious. A sudden, widespread power outage across northeastern China had left her family without
Christian Science MonitorJun 26 2021
News
Desperate for a deal, lawmakers announce police reform 'framework'
A small group of lawmakers issued a statement declaring “an agreement on a framework” for police reform, meeting a self-imposed deadline to accomplish something before the Senate adjourned for two weeks.
But the agreement announced Thursday by Rep. Karen Bass, a California Democrat; Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat; and Sen. Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican, appears far
Washington ExaminerAug 10 2021
Analysis
Florida’s Death Toll Now Exceeds DeSantis’ Margin of Victory
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made a big bet that keeping Florida open and fighting mask mandates would be political gold, and for a time it looked like he was winning that bet. No more, as the Delta variant has made Florida the epicenter of a new and more transmissible surge of COVID-19. And DeSantis is too dug in fighting mask mandates and peddling “Don’t Fauci My Florida” merchandise to
Daily Beast