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Mar 20 2019
Perspectives Blog
“Offense Archaeology:” How Digging Up Past Sins Became a Political Weapon for the Left and the Right
Last week, nonprofit Media Matters for America, which AllSides gives a media bias rating of Far Left, unearthed statements Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Far Right media bias) made on a shock jock radio show between 2006 and 2011. The reveal was designed to put pressure on advertisers to drop Carlson’s show, and many of them have.
Unearthing old comments made by public figures with the
Julie Mastrine
Feb 05 2013
News
Critics Question Witness List Ahead Of Immigration Hearing
The new Congress will hold its first hearing on overhauling immigration laws on Tuesday, and some pro-immigrant groups and Democrats already are grumbling that the makeup of witnesses scheduled to testify before a House panel is weighted toward conservatives who oppose citizenship for illegal immigrants and support a limited flow of newcomers.
Critics are concerned that the witness list
NPR (Online News)
Dec 09 2013
News
Tech companies seek limits on government surveillance
Some U.S. technology giants are asking the Obama administration and Congress to rein in government surveillance.
Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Google and Microsoft are among the companies signing an open letter arguing that surveillance has gone too far. The companies say they're improving encryption and fighting to limit surveillance requests, but they're also asking for new legal changes
CNN (Online News)
Jan 19 2022
Headline Roundup
Biden Reflects on First Year at Press Conference
President Joe Biden gave a speech and answered questions from the press for nearly two hours on Wednesday, one day before the anniversary of his inauguration.
Biden addressed a wide range of topics and answered questions from outlets across the political spectrum. On his first year as president, Biden said he “didn’t overpromise” but instead made “enormous progress.” On the possibility
Wall Street Journal (News)
NBC News (Online)
Fox News (Online News) 
Jun 18 2012
News
Romney campaigns with Walker, predicts Wisconsin win in November
Two weeks after the Republican Party's most controversial governor survived a high-stakes recall in Wisconsin, Mitt Romney descended on the state to claim it would fall in the GOP column come November. "President Obama just assumed from the very beginning that Wisconsin was going to be his. But you know what? We're going to win Wisconsin and we're going to get in the White House," Romney
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 11 2024
Headline Roundup
Haiti Faces Escalating Crisis as Gangs Threaten to Topple Government
Haiti faces escalating gang violence and political instability after Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned Monday.
The Details: The violence worsened last week with a massive jailbreak, threatening to push the nation into civil war. Henry, who secured international support to tackle the crisis, had been forced to stay in Puerto Rico because of the threat of violence. An emergency summit
Al Jazeera
The Hill
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 04 2024
Headline Roundup
Migrant Backlog to Reach 8 Million by October
According to government data, the population of migrants living in the United States will reach 8 million by October.
Key Details: The backlog includes migrants who don't have final decisions from U.S. officials on their asylum, or are facing deportation, but aren't being held in the limited detention spaces. The estimate would represent a 167% increase over the last five years.
New York Post (News)
The Hill
Axios
Oct 13 2014
News
Army Shifts Strategy to Face New Threats
The Army is unveiling a new global strategy for reshaping the largest American military force for a world where the U.S. faces many small and indirect threats, rather than just a few large ones.
The policy shift draws on the lessons the Army has learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, and is meant to help prepare for a future of disparate threats, such as those involving extremists in Iraq,
Wall Street Journal (News)
News Media
Duke Chronicle
The Chronicle is a daily student newspaper at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The Chronicle was first published as The Trinity Chronicle on December 19, 1905. The paper's name was changed to The Chronicle when Trinity College was renamed Duke University following a donation by James Buchanan Duke. One of the most highly honored college newspapers in the United States,[1] The Chronicle commands a budget of more than $1 million and employs a staff of 120.
Feb 08 2023
Headline Roundup
Is Medicare and Social Security Funding in Jeopardy?
In his second State of the Union address, President Joe Biden accused “some Republicans” of seeking to cut funding to Medicare and Social Security programs. Is that true?
Key Quotes: Biden stated, “instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset. I am not saying that is a majority. Anybody who doubts it, contact my office
ABC News (Online)
Fox News (Online News)
Newsweek