PolitiFact botched a fact-check of a fact-check in a story exposing the group’s absence of a fact-check. On Friday, PolitiFact Editor-in-Chief Angie Holan twice demanded The Federalist issue a correction …
“Mark Changed The Rules”: How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures
In April 2019, Facebook was preparing to ban one of the internet’s most notorious spreaders of misinformation and hate, Infowars founder Alex Jones. Then CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally intervened. Jones …
Teachers union head 'debunks' rumor that it doesn't want reopening, dodges on whether kids back this year
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said on Sunday that she needed to “debunk” the myth that teachers unions don’t want to reopen schools and took a …
Already hit hard by pandemic, Black and Hispanic communities suffer the blows of an unforgiving winter storm
Neighborhoods across the state — some lined with million dollar homes, others by more modest dwellings — went cold and dark for days as Texas struggled to keep the power …
Is Only 9% of Joe Biden's COVID Stimulus Plan Going to Public Health?
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act, his answer to COVID-19 recovery, has divided Congress along party lines as lawmakers work toward drafting a budget reconciliation package. It’s predicted …
Joe Biden Offers Bold Talk, Timid Action on Immigration
During the final presidential debate last fall, Donald Trump touted what he considered his biggest immigration accomplishment. “We got rid of catch and release,” he boasted. Joe Biden could have …
After initial praise, Governors Cuomo and Newsom face political heat over COVID-19 response
Two Democratic governors initially praised for their response to COVID-19 are now facing a backlash over their handling of the disease nearly a year after it began. Californians were outraged …
America's vaccine rollout has been among the best in the world
America’s much-maligned vaccine rollout is actually going relatively well, at least compared to other wealthy countries. The big picture: The U.S. has carried out more vaccinations than any country in …
Jake Sullivan criticizes China’s transparency on COVID-19 origin but declines to stand by US intelligence on it
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan criticized China for blocking data on the origins of COVID-19, but declined to stand by declassified U.S. intelligence released at the end of …
EXPLAINER: How will we know we’ve reached herd immunity?
Health officials around the world are racing to vaccinate enough people to stop the spread of COVID-19, but what qualifies as “enough” is still an open question. The goal is …
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