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Mar 31 2020
News
With 2020 race all but halted over coronavirus, Biden quietly widens lead over Trump: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden has quietly expanded his lead over President Donald Trump among registered voters, even as the rapidly spreading coronavirus has all but sidelined the former vice president’s campaign, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.
The poll conducted on Monday and Tuesday of more than 1,100 American adults found that 46% of
ReutersApr 10 2017
Opinion
OPINION: Why exactly did we bomb Syria?
The elusive search for a "Trump Doctrine" in foreign affairs was made more pressing after the US president authorized the launch of a missile attack in Syria in response to President Bashar al-Assad's apparent use of chemical weapons against his people.
CNN DigitalApr 07 2015
News
What Rand Paul Would Need to Do to Win
Mr. Paul will try to put together a disparate coalition of voters: the libertarian faithful who supported his father, former Representative Ron Paul, in 2008 and 2012; Tea Party adherents drawn to his small-government fiscal conservatism; and some who are not even Republicans, like college students and blacks, groups he has been wooing for a year and a half. The question is whether the parts
New York Times (News)May 19 2016
News
Oklahoma legislature passes bill making it a felony to perform abortions
Lawmakers in Oklahoma approved a bill Thursday that would make performing abortions a felony and revoke the medical licenses of any physician who assists in such a procedure.
This sweeping measure, which opponents have described as unconstitutional and unprecedented, will now head to Gov. Mary Fallin (R). She will have five days to decide whether to sign the bill, and her office did not
Washington PostSep 05 2019
Perspectives Blog
Country Before Party - My Entry into the Democratic Reform Movement
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Bridge Alliance.
My name is Jeremy Garson and I am a recovering partisan. For years I had a reflexive need to defend anything and everything “my party” (the Democratic Party) said and did. I would forgo critical thinking when I saw a “D” or “R” attached to news and assume that “my side” was right and “the other side” was wrong. Even
Jeremy GarsonApr 09 2017
News
McFarland to Exit White House as McMaster Consolidates Power
K. T. McFarland has been asked to step down as deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump after less than three months and will become U.S. ambassador to Singapore, according to a person familiar with White House personnel moves.
Newsmax (News)Nov 30 2017
Perspectives Blog
Impact of the Proposed Tax Bill
The vote on the GOP's proposed tax bill could come as early as today. There is a whole lot of information out there about what the bill supposedly will and won't do for the American people. Take a look at our snippets to get a clearer picture of how the Right, Left and Center portray it. Other news from AllSides: Did you miss #GivingTuesday? You can still help us real our goal of teaching John Gable, AllSides Co-founderJun 16 2020
Opinion
Why America’s Institutions Are Failing
The country’s law-enforcement and public-health systems are flunking 2020’s test.
The pandemic and the police protests, the twin crises of this horrendous year, might initially seem to have nothing to do with each other. In some ways, they are totally opposite cataclysms.
The COVID-19 outbreak, which demanded a swift and efficient response, revealed a discombobulated country
The AtlanticOct 19 2020
Perspectives Blog
Trump vs. Biden Quick Links: Coronavirus Plan
In this article we’ll provide a brief overview of each candidate’s coronavirus plan and give quick links to articles covering the topic from different rated outlets.
Biden: Seven-Step PlanJoe Biden released his campaign’s plan to address the coronavirus on March 12. It promises to invoke the full authority of the Defense Production Act (DPA), a law that originated from
AllSides StaffMar 09 2021
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: “Voter Suppression” or “Election Integrity”?
Voting rights have become a hot issue in D.C. and around the country, with Republican state lawmakers seeking to pass at least 253 “election integrity” bills in 43 states while Democrats in Congress try to pass “voting rights” bills nationally. One particular hotspot is Georgia, where Republicans are pushing dozens of “election integrity” bills in a state where narrow victories in 2020 gave
Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Hill National Review (News)