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A new study found that pliant local media in Ukraine and Georgia was manipulated by Moscow to present anti-Western narratives.
US news outlets perceived as politically centrist could inch rightward or leftward to attract a larger, more partisan readership…
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America and Iran are now just as much a part of the decadeslong conflict as Arab states. Is it time to start referring to…
Trump aggressively supported fossil fuels. The Biden-Harris administration focused on replacing them with clean energy.…
The FDA’s rule change requires that all women in the US be informed about breast density and options for supplemental…
A scholar explains why some people see their vinyl records as a sacred collection.
Praying in school is protected by the Constitution but only under certain conditions.
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