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Mar 17 2022
Perspectives Blog
World Plans Next Steps in Russia-Ukraine Conflict
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, so do questions about how the U.S. and other world powers may get involved. The U.S. has been hesitant to offer Ukraine direct military support over fear of provoking an armed conflict with Russia. A plan for the U.S. and Poland to help provide more fighter jets to Ukraine's air force fell through, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
AllSides StaffSep 08 2020
News
AstraZeneca pauses coronavirus vaccine trial after unexplained illness in volunteer
Drug giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it had paused global trials of its coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers.
It's a standard precaution in vaccine trials that is meant to ensure experimental vaccines don't cause serious reactions among participants.
"As part of the ongoing randomized, controlled global trials of the Oxford coronavirus
CNN DigitalMay 31 2020
News
Mass protests and mayhem continue into a sixth night as police become more aggressive
A sixth night of mass demonstrations has put government officials, law enforcement officers and protesters at odds in cities across the United States after George Floyd, a black man, was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.
Peaceful protests began in the Twin Cities and rapidly spread to metropolitan areas across rural and urban America, escalating in numbers and
Washington PostSep 07 2020
Analysis
This Labor Day, Police and Teachers Unions Are Making a Bad Year Worse
Labor Day is a celebration of the labor movement and its representation of the interests of workers in American society. Unions have historically been a force for good as workers fought for better conditions. But 2020 has brought us a reality check about just how toxic organized labor—in the form of police and teachers unions—can be. These organizations aren't solely responsible for the
ReasonDec 10 2019
News
Here's the Pentagon's Terrifying Plan for Cyborg Supersoldiers
Cybernetic enhancements that fuse humans and machines are coming, and the U.S. Military wants to be prepared.
A new report from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center—a scientific research division of the Army with a focus on biological and chemical weapons—detailed what the field of cybernetics might look in 2050. The report, titled Cyborg
ViceApr 30 2020
News
For Native Americans, coronavirus looks heartbreakingly familiar
Perhaps no community in North America has been more shaped by infectious disease than Native tribes. Overcoming today’s crisis means turning to deep wells of resilience.
For the first North Americans, memories of pandemics are long.
Lela Oman was an infant in Nome, Alaska, during the 1918 flu epidemic. Nome, on the far northwestern tip of the continent, had just gotten a
Christian Science MonitorOct 06 2016
Opinion
OPINION: Liberal Attempts To Silent Dissenters Will Not End Well
So, that man in “Freedom of Speech,” the famous Norman Rockwell painting of an America exercising one of the liberals’ least favorite rights, stands up in 2016 to say his peace and … it will not end well. You see, to liberals, what our guy has to say isn’t important – what’s important to liberals is to shut him up. It’s to punch down upon him with cheap mockery so he’s beaten into submission.
Guest Writer - RightSep 28 2021
Analysis
After Afghanistan, what kind of wars does Pentagon want to fight?
As the last of the U.S. forces withdrew from Afghanistan and closed the books on the longest war in American history, the general consensus seemed to be that politicians won’t be asking the Pentagon to do that again anytime soon.
The “that” includes sending hundreds of thousands of troops, as was the case at the height of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, to win hearts and minds in
Christian Science MonitorJun 19 2019
News
Only black GOP senator Tim Scott calls reparations a 'non-starter'
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the only African American Republican in the Senate, says reparations for slavery are a “non-starter.”
Scott said Wednesday that it would be too difficult to calculate who deserves compensation and who must pay for the institution of slavery and the years of discriminatory laws that followed its abolition.
“There’s no question that slavery is a scourge on
The HillSep 06 2020
Analysis
Democrats are running on the most progressive police reform agenda in modern American history
If you’re confused about where Democrats stand on policing reform, you have good reason to be.
On the one hand, protesters, activists, and professional athletes are demanding that Democrats at both a local and national level do more to address police brutality against Black Americans. On the other, several speakers at the Republican National Convention claimed that Joe Biden and
Vox