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Nov 16 2020
Perspectives Blog
Reopening Schools During COVID-19: Democrats, Republicans Both Care About Their Children's Well-Being
With the 2020 election process winding down, focus should increase on issues facing communities such as managing school reopening and virtual learning during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
In this time of hyper-partisanship and limitless access to information, it’s easy to find positions on school reopening with which we strongly disagree. But as we wrestle with political
Rolf Hendriks
Mar 05 2024
Headline Roundup
United Nations Confirms Evidence of Sexual Violence by Hamas
A United Nations investigation has found “clear and convincing information” suggesting Hamas committed rape and sexualized torture against hostages taken on October 7.
The Details: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, conducted an investigation involving 33 meetings with Israeli national institutions and security forces,
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BBC News
Washington Free Beacon 
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Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro is a conservative political columnist and commentator, author, talk show host, syndicated columnist, and attorney. He as born in 1984 and went to UCLA at just 16 years old. Shapiro graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Political Science in 2004, and then graduated from Harvard Law School cum laude in 2007.
Jan 27 2022
Headline Roundup
Who Will Replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer?
With longtime Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer reportedly set to retire this year, who will President Joe Biden choose to replace him — and how?
Reports across the spectrum have highlighted two names: federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger. Jackson, 51, was recently confirmed to D.C.'s federal
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Vox 
Wall Street Journal (Opinion) 
Nov 18 2020
Analysis
Under Biden, State Department needs to be rebuilt. But better.
Over recent years, “build back better” has become the mantra of reconstruction teams looking to rebuild communities devastated by natural disasters, from earthquakes to hurricanes, but in smarter, more sustainable ways.
Now the transition team for President-elect Joe Biden is applying the guiding slogan of disaster recovery, which he employed during his campaign in reference to the
Christian Science Monitor
Jan 29 2024
Headline Roundup
X Blocks Searches for 'Taylor Swift' After Surge of Graphic AI Deepfakes
Searches for “Taylor Swift” and “Taylor Swift AI” on X yielded no results on Monday after the social media platform was hit with a surge of fake AI-generated graphic images of the singer.
Key Quote: In a statement, X head of business operations Joe Benarroch said, “This is a temporary action and done with an abundance of caution as we prioritize safety on this issue.”
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Fox News (Online News)
Reuters
The Verge
May 16 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Multiple States Pass Near-Bans on Abortion
Alabama, Missouri, and Georgia, among another states, have moved to effectively ban abortion, passing legislation that would prohibit in the practice in nearly every circumstance. Some have decried the bills as oppressively anti-woman, while others dispute the idea that terminating a pregnancy is a constitutional right. Many see the bills as evidence the two sides are drifting farther toward AllSides Staff
Feb 24 2021
Headline Roundup
US House Passes The Equality Act
The House of Representatives voted 224-206 on Thursday to pass the Equality Act, a bill which would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The act expands protections from discrimination based on sex to protections from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; it also expands on a 2020 Supreme Court ruling
New York Times (News)
National Review (News)
BBC News
Jan 07 2013
News
Obama’s Cabinet diversity in danger with new picks
The White House is poised this week to announce a handful of Cabinet nominees, most of whom have a few things in common: they all seem like perfectly qualified, distinguished folks. . . and theyre all white men.
President Obamas picks, including Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) for secretary of state, former senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) for secretary of defense and John Brennan
Washington Post