by ProPublica | Nov 1, 2022 | Quick Facts
Google is funneling revenue to some of the web’s most prolific purveyors of false information in Europe, Latin America and Africa, a ProPublica investigation has found. The company has publicly committed to fighting disinformation around the world, but a ProPublica...
by Common Dreams | Oct 31, 2022 | Quick Facts
“A huge blow against fascistic politics and a huge victory for decency and sanity.” That’s how RootsAction director Norman Solomon described Brazilian President-Elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s Sunday presidential runoff victory against...
by Common Dreams | Oct 27, 2022 | Quick Facts
The Republican Party’s regressive policies are not just unpopular, but a new study out Wednesday suggests they are also deadly to those who live under them. Working-age mortality rates have been rising for decades across the United States, but premature deaths...
by The Conversation | Oct 20, 2022 | Quick Facts
The U.K. government is in tatters after Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Oct. 20, 2022—the second leader to be forced out in mere months. It follows an economic mess largely of her own making that resulted in U-turns, a high-profile firing, curious absences and...
by Marty Kassowitz | Oct 18, 2022 | Quick Facts
Like many Facebook users I’ve gotten friend requests from people who were already in my friends list. When I check the account trying to “friend” me I see the picture of the person I know and bits of a profile. It looks like the person just started a...
by Marty Kassowitz | Oct 8, 2022 | Quick Facts
The Lincoln Project is a political action committee (PAC) formed in late 2019 by former and current Republicans. Some of the founders are pretty familiar names and now quite notorious in Republican circles for their vehement opposition to the former guy. Here’s...