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Americans’ inability to agree on what is true and what is false is a problem for democracy.
But some say the settlement is a slap on the wrist.
There’s fairness, and then there’s craziness.
A new survey suggests that free money isn’t as popular as you’d suppose.
It could be the largest data leak of a Russian intelligence agency.
At 18 percent of the population, Hispanics account for 67.2 percent of U.S. net homeownership gains.
It’s the first major insurance company with operations in the U.S. to move away from coal.
The Evergreen National Education Prize offers monetary and promotional support to organizations helping low-income youths access education.
Harvard psychologists discover why we dislike the people who deliver bad news.
How do you do justice to the truth in a headline-driven world?
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YouTube’s constantly changing hate speech and harassment policies beg the question: Where exactly is the line?
A 2019 ranking of all 50 states’ education systems shows the Sunshine State serves its college students well.
Study finds that readers are still the best judge of fake news and misinformation.
Opinion is more compelling than fact. That’s tearing society apart.
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Who were the most divisive Americans?
Why do people buy into stories that are clearly lies? Hannah Arendt can help us understand.
Former NYTimes executive editor Jill Abramson dissects the big problem with internet news.
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News doesn’t sell. That’s lethal to journalism – and democracy.
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Consider the decline and fall of the South China Morning Post.
Opinion ruined journalism and Facebook killed truth—but there’s a way to make it right.
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Extravagant plans to build Titanic II, a replica of the original White Star Line ship, are back in circulation.
142 more stores to close, but that might be just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Take one long stroll, four times a week.
Wray said the investigation was “limited in scope” and “followed standard procedures,” though he seemed to sidestep repeated questions about the involvement of the White House in determining the scope of the investigation.
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We’re more dependent on them than we realize.
Did decentralizing top-down media control bring us any closer to the truth-topia we were hoping for?
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Recent research in psychology reveals insights into how the stories we are exposed to affect our identities and ideas. What implications does this hold for the influence of the news and the ethics of journalism?