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An Embarrassing Failure for Election Pollsters

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Nov. 4, 2020

Election polling is facing yet another reckoning following its uneven-at-best performance in thi ...

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Who Invented the Electoral College?

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Nov. 4, 2020

The delegates in Philadelphia agreed, in the summer of 1787, that the new country they were crea ...

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A History of Contested Presidential Elections

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Nov. 3, 2020

No matter the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, it seems likely that Democrats and ...

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Death Rates Have Fallen for Hospitalized COVID–19 Patients as Treatments Improve

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Nov. 3, 2020

Two large recent studies show that people hospitalized for COVID-19 in March were more than thre ...

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19th-Century Political Parties Kidnapped Reluctant Voters and Printed Their Own Ballots

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Nov. 2, 2020

Election Day in 19th-century America was a loud, raucous, often dangerous event.

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What It's Like to Lose a Presidential Election

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Oct. 30, 2020

The pain associated with losing the presidential election remains for a long time.

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You Have Rights When You Go To Vote - And Many People Are There To Help

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Oct. 30, 2020

Here's an outline of your rights as a voter and an explanation of where to turn if you encounter ...

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America's First Vampire Was Black and Revolutionary

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Oct. 30, 2020

An anti-slavery narrative from the early 1800s also contains America’s first vampire, who is Black.

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'I See Dead People': Why So Many of Us Believe in Ghosts

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Oct. 30, 2020

Unlikely as it might seem in the cold light of day, ghosts and hauntings are a mainstream area o ...

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How Twitter's Trending Function Can Go Haywire

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Oct. 29, 2020

Twitter users were clamoring for Chris Pratt to be canceled because of his support of President ...

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Facebook Is Tilting the Political Playing Field More Than Ever, And It's No Accident

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Oct. 28, 2020

The platform is optimized for boosting politically conservative voices calling for fascism, sepa ...

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On Twitter, Bots Spread Conspiracy Theories and QAnon Talking Points

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Oct. 28, 2020

Americans who seek political insight and information on Twitter should know how much of what the ...

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Your Dog's Nose Knows No Bounds – And Neither Does Your Dog's Love for You

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Oct. 26, 2020

What is my dog thinking? Am I doing everything I can to ensure my pup is content?

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The Spooky and Dangerous Side of Black Licorice

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Oct. 26, 2020

Black licorice may look and taste like an innocent treat, but this candy has a dark side.

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What Is Originalism? Debunking the Myths

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Oct. 25, 2020

Originalism is the idea that we should interpret the Constitution with its original meaning.

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Sick of COVID-19? Here's Why You Might Have Pandemic Fatigue

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Oct. 23, 2020

With all kinds of health-related behavior changes, at least half of people relapse within six mo ...

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Why Lockdowns Had Little to No Effect on Global Temperatures

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Oct. 22, 2020

Lockdowns had a negligible effect on global temperatures. So what really happened?

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The President's Term Ends at Noon on Jan. 20

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Oct. 20, 2020

President Trump’s term will end at noon on Jan. 20, 2021. At that same instant, either he will b ...

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Political Bias in Media Doesn't Threaten Democracy — Other, Less Visible Biases Do

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Oct. 18, 2020

As long as we think of governance in terms of its entertainment value and media bias in terms of ...

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Who Really Defeated the Islamic State – Obama or Trump?

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Oct. 15, 2020

Objective history records that President Barack Obama launched and oversaw much of the victoriou ...

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