Jane Mayer on a meticulous analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign that makes a powerful case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers and trolls were decisive.
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AP fact check: Trump is living in an alternate reality
September 20, 2018There you go. It’s not that the man tends to lie: it’s that the man tends to lie about everything, in every speech. He is incapable of either comprehending or…
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Never-reported details reveal how the social network and presidential campaigns stumbled in real time in 2016. Will Twitter learn from the past to do better in the elections ahead?
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4 Happy Thoughts about the Trump Solar Tariffs
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Trump’s latest attempt to fund his stupid wall could actually make the border less secure
December 14, 2017Considering the U.S./Mexico border is the most militarized it has ever been, a proposal to slash border surveillance technology would normally be welcome news, but this is the Trump Admnistration…
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While Donald Trump is pitching his tax plan as something that benefits the middle class, even a cursory glance at the ill-defined plan shows that in truth it’s a windfall for…
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‘People Are Getting Desperate’ in Puerto Rico as Federal Response Not Equal to the Crisis
September 29, 2017Will the U.S. and other wealthier nations start to step up to help the poorer, more vulnerable communities as the impacts of climate change become increasingly more severe?
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Crowdfunding Platform GridShare Focuses on Climate-Friendly Investments
September 5, 2017A new crowdfunding platform called GridShare is the first, and so far only, Regulation Crowdfunding portal to focus on clean-tech and renewable-energy projects.
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The Resistance Wins First Round on Healthcare
May 18, 2017Yesterday, the Center for Popular Democracy brought over a thousand people together in Washington D.C. to protest the Republican plan to take healthcare from an estimated 24 million Americans. This…
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On Monday, March 27, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions reiterated Trump’s threats to cut funding to sanctuary cities, local elected officials from across the country gathered to plan how we…