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Dec 24 2020
Opinion
It’s time for Indigenous issues to get long-overdue mainstream coverage
If 2020 leaves us with any lesson, it’s that the narrative cannot be driven from a white male perspective. Every single journalist, each of our sources and the members of our audience embody numerous traits. Our continued reliance on shortcuts fails to account for the full lives of people we should be covering accurately and humanely.
And one area where U.S. journalism falls short time
Poynter
Nov 07 2019
Opinion
Facts and the Law Are Against Trump
Peggy Noonan, who wrote brilliant speeches for Ronald Reagan and now writes gifted columns for The Wall Street Journal, and whose friendship I have enjoyed for many years, recently put forth a hypothetical historical analogy that stopped me in my tracks.
Let's look at some background before getting to it.
Late last week, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted a resolution
Andrew Napolitano
Jan 05 2021
News
Why GOP is splitting over Electoral College results
Congress is heading for a showdown not seen in more than a century on Wednesday, as dozens of Republican lawmakers, under pressure from their constituents and their president, plan to object to the counting of Electoral College votes from up to six battleground states. GOP Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, who is spearheading the House objections, said that he knew of at least 50 members of Congress
Christian Science Monitor
Apr 30 2021
News
Cheney on fist bump with Biden: 'We're not sworn enemies. We're Americans'
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) responded to her critics who slammed her for giving President Biden a fist bump before his address to Congress on Wednesday.
“I disagree strongly w/@JoeBiden policies, but when the President reaches out to greet me in the chamber of the US House of Representatives, I will always respond in a civil, respectful & dignified way,” Cheney tweeted on Thursday.
The Hill
Mar 25 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Mass Shootings Revive Debates on Gun Control, Racism
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A series of shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 17 that left eight people dead was followed by another mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado on Monday in which 10 people were killed. The Atlanta shooting sparked widespread speculation among media and activists about a race-based motivation; police reportedly
AllSides Staff
Oct 06 2020
Opinion
Why Fox News Is Still in a Coronavirus Bubble
Humans will do figure eights to make facts suit their fictions. Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity help the faithful do that.
Back in the 1950s, the psychologist Leon Festinger came up with cognitive dissonance theory, which can essentially be described as the very human desire to reconcile the irreconcilable. Our brains, he realized, will go to baroque lengths — do magic tricks, even — to
New York Times (Opinion)
Apr 29 2021
News
Supreme Court lifts California ban on indoor church: Latest on all anti-Newsom shutdown suits
Among the beach-goers denied, the indignant gun shop owners and frustrated parents who want schools reopened, one set of plaintiffs against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic shutdown restrictions have scored a big win: churches.
A 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued late Friday sided with house-bound pastors and their congregants in their claim Newsom’s bans on worship services in an effort
CalMatters
Oct 02 2020
News
Americans are more positive about the long-term rise in U.S. racial and ethnic diversity than in 2016
The United States is more racially and ethnically diverse today than it ever has been, and it is projected to be even more diverse in the coming decades. In 2019, Americans who identify as a race or ethnicity other than non-Hispanic White made up 40% of the country’s population, and their combined share is predicted to increase to over 50% by 2044, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Pew Research Center
Mar 16 2021
News
Democrats' Sweeping Police Reform Bill Poses Blow to Officer Recruitment
A sweeping police reform bill passed by House Democrats along party lines could put police officers in dangerous situations, and have a negative impact on recruiting efforts, leaving communities that are riddled with crime even more vulnerable.
Key elements of the "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act" include a ban on chokeholds, and no-knock warrants in drug cases, as well as an
Newsmax (News)
Aug 30 2019
News
A Suburb Believed in Liberal Ideals. Then Came a New Busing Plan.
This suburb, with its high-performing schools, seems a haven of diversity and progressiveness. Signs that trumpet “Stigma-free Town” and “Hate Has No Home Here” hang from lampposts and, after a series of fatal police shootings across the country, “Black Lives Matter” placards popped up on lawns.
But now a strategy to tackle racial inequity in the school district is challenging the town’
New York Times (News)