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As social media platforms fight Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism, online archives offer another possible approach: direct…
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An analysis of social media commentary about socialism versus capitalism shows that people are talking past each other,…
After becoming Peru's third president in six days, Francisco Sagasti must both lead the country into elections and build…
James Baker, the high-powered lawyer chosen by George W. Bush to lead his fight over the contested 2000 election, delivered…
Millions of supporters of Donald Trump have flocked to the far-right social media platform Parler, where heat speech thrives.
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State legislatures, which will draw congressional districts that last through 2030, are dominated by the GOP.
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The influential civil rights group got its start following a wave of brutal white-led violence against Black people in Springfield,…
For his first presidential Thanksgiving, George Washington aimed to pull his country together in the face of the many internal…
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A set of efforts that registered 800,000 new voters since 2018 may have been the key to Georgia turning blue in a presidential…