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Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 26, 2020
A depiction — or two — of Jesus took on a political life in the summer of 2020.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 24, 2020
Not every project related to racial justice is automatically linked to the Black Lives Matter mo ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 24, 2020
Not all asteroids are created equal.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 21, 2020
U.S. Senate Bill 311 provoked widely shared social media posts that targeted Democratic and Inde ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 21, 2020
The phrase "under God" is still regularly recited by members of the Democratic party.
Written by: Jessica Lee
Aug. 20, 2020
Mailbox rumors swirled in 2020, as did real concern about the U.S. Postal Service's ability to m ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
Aug. 18, 2020
An "utterly deranged nutter with a mind unclouded by facts, evidence, or reason" may not be the ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
Aug. 6, 2020
Fear-mongering Facebook memes misrepresented the position articulated by the presumptive Democra ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
Aug. 4, 2020
A letter falsely attributed to the Ohio State Bar Association made some questionable claims.
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 28, 2020
In June 2020, Seattle City Council passed a law banning police from using "crowd control weapons."
Written by: David Mikkelson
July 23, 2020
Many Twitter users claimed in July 2020 that they were locked out of their accounts after postin ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 22, 2020
The U.S. secretary of education's actual statement came during a CNN interview that went a bit i ...
Written by: Dan MacGuill
July 21, 2020
"These babies have not even had their first birthday yet," Nueces County Public Health Director ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
July 20, 2020
Percentage rates of positive results got confused at some labs, but one thing remained clear: CO ...
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
July 20, 2020
Viral images showed school library books piled in a recycling dumpster.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
July 17, 2020
Another Biden quote was misrepresented by U.S. President Donald Trump and the internet.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 16, 2020
"Pretty sure there's a movie about this and everybody dies," one observer said dryly.
Written by: Jessica Lee
July 15, 2020
New technology tends to be scary for some, but new legislation about new technology? It's not fo ...
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
June 29, 2020
A gaffe took on new life in the hands of Republicans and right-wing media.
Written by: Nur Ibrahim
June 26, 2020
She has been keeping busy after eight years as first lady.
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