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Nov 23 2013
News
New Study: Americans Disturbingly Ignorant About Fracking
Advances in hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, have revolutionized America's energy landscape. However, most Americans are so uninformed about the practice that they don't have an opinion on it according to a new study.
The study, titled "American perceptions of hydraulic fracturing" and produced by scholars at George Mason University, Orego
TownhallSep 03 2014
News
HUFFPOLLSTER: Poll Gives The GOP A National Edge
In a bipartisan Battleground poll released Wednesday morning, 46 percent of Americans said they'd vote for a Republican congressional candidate, while 42 percent preferred a Democrat. President Obama's approval rating remained mired at 44 percent. One in 10 Americans said their feelings about him would determine their vote, while another 13 percent said they were voting mostly on Obamacare; a
HuffPostJan 20 2020
News
Hunter Biden’s Firms Scored Reportedly Hundreds of Millions from Russians, Chinese, and Kazakhs
Hunter Biden, son of 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden, has come under scrutiny for his business links to Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma while his father was vice president.
Now, a new book by author Peter Schweizer reveals Hunter Biden forged other business deals with individuals and entities tied with the governments of Russia, China, and Kazakhstan, that reportedly scored him
Breitbart NewsOct 06 2017
Headline Roundup
September 2017 Jobs Report
The U.S. lost 33,000 jobs in September after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit Texas, Florida and other Southeastern states. The unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent from 4.4 percent.
Washington Times Wall Street Journal (News) HuffPostJan 13 2022
Perspectives Blog
AllSides Live: Evolving COVID-19 Mandates
How should Americans make sense of changing COVID-19 guidelines? What's the story on hospitalization counts and distinguishing severe COVID-19 patients from asymptomatic cases? And two years into the pandemic, how are Americans feeling about COVID-19 and its impact on their daily lives?
AllSides Managing Editor Henry A. Brechter (Center Bias) joins AllSides Live host Yasmin Tavakoli (
AllSides StaffFeb 26 2015
News
Net Neutrality Prevails In Historic FCC Vote
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to approve strong net neutrality rules in a stunning decision, defying vocal, months-long opposition by telecom and cable companies and Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Democratic Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Mignon Clyburn joined Chairman Tom Wheeler to approve a rule that reclassifies consumer broadband as a utility under Title
HuffPostOct 20 2021
Perspectives Blog
The Partisan Divide on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
On September 9th, President Biden announced new vaccine requirements for both federal and private employees. All employers with over 100 employees were told to mandate vaccination or test employees weekly for COVID-19.
The mandate has become severely controversial, leading to debates over public health, personal freedom, the U.S. Constitution, safety of the vaccines, and much else. As
Andrew WeinzierlMay 27 2021
Perspectives Blog
Trust & the Election: Left, Right & Center | Wilfred Reilly, Shouvik Banerjee & Chris Paul with John Wood, Jr.
America is more than half a year removed from the 2020 election. Most Trump voters still suspect voter fraud determined the outcome. The vast majority of Biden voters think such ideas are off the wall. Many Americans, meanwhile, believe that media bias and the practices of Big Tech are the real corruptors of American elections.
Can left, right and center reason together about the 2020
John R. Wood Jr.Apr 02 2020
News
Housing crisis or health crisis? On the streets of California it’s both.
Housing the most vulnerable of California’s homeless people is a humane response to a public health crisis. It could also uncork solutions to a chronic housing shortage after the pandemic is over.
Propelled by the novel coronavirus, California is rushing to shelter thousands of its most vulnerable residents – homeless people who live outdoors and can’t “stay at home” to protect
Christian Science MonitorAug 26 2020
Opinion
No, It’s Not New for a Cabinet Secretary to Address a Political Convention
Over at Slate, Fred Kaplan fumes about Mike Pompeo’s speech from last night and writes, “no secretary of state has ever spoken at a party convention. The Hatch Act forbids federal employees from taking part in political campaigns. Pompeo also violated his own guidance, sent to his underlings on Feb. 18 of this year. A bold-faced sentence in that memo read: ‘Senate-confirmed Presidential
National Review (News)