The Slants, an Asian-American dance-rock group, were initially denied a trademark by the US government. The grounds for the decision? The band name was deemed racially offensive.

Last Thursday, Senate Republicans revealed the much-anticipated Better Care Reconciliation Act, the new healthcare bill designed to replace Obamacare. Since its release, there have been a multitude of articles either praising or condemning the bill, with a minority actually going into deep analysis.

I recently stumbled upon Megan Phelps-Roper’s TED Talk about her contentious exit from the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC). Never one to turn down a good TED Talk, I opened it up and let it play in the background while I continued to sift through my emails. However, it didn’t take long for me to completely shift my attention after I heard the gist: her conviction to leave the WBC stemmed from Twitter, because people were reaching across the aisle and engaging her in honest debate.

If you’ve tuned into the news within the last 24 hours, even if just for a cursory glance, you’ve most likely heard about the tragic shooting in Alexandria, VA – where a gunman opened fire on the GOP’s Congressional Baseball Game practice.

Last week, we asked the AllSides community to tell us what they thought about the Paris Climate Accord and President Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the deal through a survey on social media. (There was also a heated debate on Facebook.)

Here are the results of the survey:

Yesterday, I opened the Twitter app on my phone and noticed a message at the top of the screen encouraging me to check out Twitter’s new “safety tools.” When I clicked on the link, it took me to a page headlined, “You’re in control with our new safety tools,” outlining new ways for users to manage what they see.