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Misleading, Myth-Based Reporting Risks Giving Cover to Slash Vital Programs
Rebecca Vallas discusses The Washington Post's series on disability insurance.
A Behavioral Science Solution to Lies in Politics
Tilting the scale toward truth requires a two-pronged approach, one targeting both private citizens and public figures.
Red Alert: The First Amendment Is in Danger
If anyone believes that under the First Amendment gagging the media can't happen here, the answer is that it already has.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Wants to Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules: Here’s What You Need to Know
FCC Chairman Pai officially announced a process intended to undo the 2015 Open Internet Order.
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The Biggest Story Ever … for a Day
In these perilous times, flavor-of-the-month journalism will never save us.
Teaching the Roots of Trumpism, One Semester In
Students and educators must resist Trumpism or risk ceding ground to anti-intellectualism, troll culture and xenophobia.
Journalist Desmond Cole on How the Toronto Star Tried to Silence His Activism for Black Liberation
Cole has long criticized the controversial police practice of carding — stopping, interrogating and collecting data on individuals without probable cause.
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Comcast Threatens Legal Action Against Net Neutrality Proponents
If FCC chairman Ajit Pai's plan is enacted, there would be nothing preventing Comcast from simply blocking sites that are critical of their corporate policies.
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The Hidden Bombshell in the Comey-Trump Story
The president didn't just want the FBI to stop investigating his friend Mike Flynn. He wanted it to arrest journalists.
Saying “No to Silence”: Hear Murdered Mexican Journalist Javier Valdez in His Own Words
“Let them kill us all, if that is the death sentence for reporting this hell. No to silence.”