Recommended Reading / May 13th, 2024 / By Dan Schnur
We are now just under six months from the 2024 election, which seems like a good time to take a step back and look at the presidential campaign from a broader perspective.
Recommended Reading / May 6th, 2024 / By Dan Schnur
A party that’s at war with itself is almost always at a disadvantage, and internal Democratic discord over climate change, voting reform, immigration and now Gaza has created fundamental problems between Biden and the party’s progressive base.
As Israel continues striking targets in Gaza, pro-Palestinian protests have cropped up on college campuses across the nation. Some of these protests have led to the arrest of student activists, sparking conversation about whether students have the right to protest on campus.
Recommended Reading / April 29th, 2024 / By Dan Schnur
No matter what Trump says or does, abortion will be his greatest political weakness in this campaign. But the former president is making clear efforts to mitigate that weakness, which is considerably more than Biden has done to reach out to the political center on immigration.
Recommended Reading / April 22nd, 2024 / By Dan Schnur
We often say that true leaders are those who are willing to give up their position in order to achieve important victories, and here we are actually seeing such leadership in action.
Recommended Reading / April 19th, 2024 / By Clare Ashcraft
Over a three year period (2020-2023), Braver Angels—the largest grassroots group working to bridge the political divide—convened a group of Democrats and Republicans in equal numbers to create a report of bipartisan solutions for elections.
Recommended Reading / April 15th, 2024 / By Dan Schnur
If Biden is re-elected, how ironic it will be that he will have Trump’s three Supreme Court appointees to thank. Without them, Roe vs. Wade would still be in place, and the 2024 election would be decided on immigration, inflation and Gaza.
No other organization worth less than a billion dollars has had a greater positive impact and the ability to radically increase the balance and trustworthiness of news and information than AllSides.
Recommended Reading / April 8th, 2024 / By Dan Schnur
Voters like to complain, especially when they are asked if they are content with the existing candidates and parties. But most of us are creatures of habit and tend to revert to the familiar. It’s one thing to gripe about the existing options, but it’s a much different thing to abandon the...
Recommended Reading / April 3rd, 2024 / By Andy Gorel
When AllSides hired me in January 2023, I had a basic level of interest in “politics” and “the news,” but that was it. I didn’t realize that keeping up with the news and seeing a full picture of what’s actually happening in the world was nearly a full-time job.
Recommended Reading / April 1st, 2024 / By Dan Schnur
For most of this country’s post-Civil War history, the most reliable indicator of partisan voting behavior was financial status. That is no longer the case.
Recommended Reading / March 23rd, 2024 / By Karissa Raskin
Throughout the week of April 15-21, 2024, as part of the seventh annual National Week of Conversation - community spaces across the country can invite local audiences to participate in the Better Together Film Festival. The festival aims to shift the culture of the country away from divisi...
Here are the thoughts of key national leaders speaking to the importance of the Building Civic Bridges Act as part of the solution to threats impacting national security, business and the economy, education and academia, faith and family, interpersonal relationships, and the institution of...