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Oct 15 2019
News
Behind Every Film Production Is a Mess of Environmental Wreckage
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom didn't make much of an impression with critics, but the $300 million blockbuster represented an immense undertaking. Preproduction started in 2015 and included the film’s writer taking a cross-country road trip to hash out story details and a four-week working trip in Barcelona, where director J.A. Bayona and production designer Andy Nicholson figured out visuals
ViceMay 29 2019
Opinion
The impeachment pipe dream
Nancy Pelosi has the hardest job in town, perhaps except for the president’s. She knows removing Donald Trump from office is probably impossible, but a growing number of Democrats in the House are itching to try. How can the speaker please both the grown-ups and the fantasists in her caucus, and at the same time?
There’s nothing sadder than a girl in trouble, and Mrs. Pelosi’s
Washington TimesMay 19 2020
Analysis
Renewables Have Outrun Coal. Appalachia Needs To Join The Green Brigade
Just after the news came out that renewable energy would start to outpace coal-fired electricity this year, it fell on deaf ears both at the White House and in the state capitols that make up the Appalachian region. But the same information had a resounding impact elsewhere in the country. The implications?
King Coal has been officially dethroned in the United States. And after nearly
ForbesMar 23 2021
News
Senate filibuster reform would produce 'nuclear winter', says Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell, who was accused of laying waste to bipartisan co-operation in the Senate when he blocked a supreme court pick by Barack Obama then changed the rules to hurry through three picks for Donald Trump, has said that if Democrats do away with the filibuster, they will “turn the Senate into a sort of nuclear winter”.
The Republican minority leader, who himself invoked the “
The GuardianJul 14 2020
Opinion
It’s Time to Tell a New Story About Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It
In the summer of 1832, a mysterious scourge that had come all the way from Asia loomed over the city of New York, having ravaged London, Paris, and Montreal. Medical officials collected data showing that the disease—cholera—was spreading along the newly opened Erie Canal and the Hudson River, heading straight to New York City. But New York’s leaders did not attempt to regulate traffic coming
The NationSep 13 2022
Perspectives Blog
AllSides Debate: The Queen is Dead. Should Americans Care?
Should Americans care about Queen Elizabeth II’s death?
The answer differs, depending on who you ask.
When the queen passed away at the age of 96 last week, it immediately became the biggest story in the world. But how much should it matter to people here in the U.S.? Do Americans actually care? How should they remember her? Why?
Those questions sparked a debate between
AllSides StaffMar 16 2021
News
Biden to join road show promoting relief plan with Pa. visit
President Joe Biden is joining top messengers already crisscrossing the country to highlight the benefits of his massive COVID-19 rescue plan, in his case by promoting aid for small businesses.
Biden is set to visit a small business in suburban Philadelphia on Tuesday, his initial trip outside Washington for the “Help is here” tour that got underway Monday. Vice President Kamala Harris
Associated Press Fact CheckFeb 25 2020
News
NIH releases footage of 'horrific' taxpayer-funded primate experiments after lawsuit
Never-before-seen video released by the National Institutes of Health over the weekend depicts the psychological primate experiments the federal health agency has been conducting as the result of taxpayer funding for decades.
Taxpayer watchdog White Coat Waste Project filed a lawsuit last month against the Department of Health and Human Services after the NIH failed to provide requested
Washington ExaminerJun 20 2022
Perspectives Blog
When We Ignore Warnings About Democracy’s Future
From the CenterWhen the schedule for the January 6 House committee hearings was announced, there were several bold-type witnesses who seemed guaranteed to drive television ratings and news coverage. Former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner, Attorney General William Barr, campaign manager Bill Stepien and a passel of advisors to Vice President Mike Pence
Dan SchnurJul 30 2015
Opinion
OPINION: The Case for Fetal-Cell Research
WE first acquired the stem cells from the red receptacles of a local hospital’s labor and delivery ward, delivered to our lab at the University of Southern California. I would reach into the large medical waste containers and pull out the tree-like branches of the placenta, discarded after a baby had been born. Squeezing the umbilical cord that had so recently been attached to new life, the
Guest Writer - Left