Shows of support for racial justice from social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube don’t address the way the platforms have been weaponized by racists and partisan provocateurs
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‘The Platform’ review: An accidentally timely political allegory
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How the coronavirus compares with 100 years of deadly events
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How to actually fix America’s police
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Used-car prices bounce back after giving US industry a scare
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Independent people - Iceland's approach to the coronavirus
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What an economic liberal and conservative learned from their friendship
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People drawn to conspiracy theories share a cluster of psychological features
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Half of newly diagnosed coronavirus cases in Washington State are in people under 40
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US President Donald Trump's executive order isn't only about Twitter; it's also attempting to ensure that Facebook won't change their own approach in the lead-up to the election
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President Donald Trump said he would end Hong Kong’s special relationship with the US and withdraw from the World Health Organization
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How conspiracy theories fueled the US civil war
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COVID underdogs: Mongolia
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Early warnings: How American journalists reported the rise of Adolf Hitler
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Hertz files for bankruptcy in the US after rental-car demand vanishes
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How lockdown is changing shopping for good
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There’s plenty of meat in America — for those who can afford it
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As coronavirus overruns Russia, doctors are dying on the front lines
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An Oxford professor, an evangelical collector, and a missing gospel of Mark: A scholar claimed that he discovered a first-century gospel fragment, now faces allegations of theft, cover-up, and fraud
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Wuhan to test whole city of eleven million as new cases emerge
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Why I’m learning more with distance learning than I do in school
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How scientists could stop the next pandemic before it starts
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