Book banning is an illiberal idea that undermines a long and honorable tradition of making knowledge and ideas widely available, making people free to choose what to read for themselves.
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The largest-ever analysis of Google’s ad practices on non-English-language websites reveals how the tech giant makes disinformation profitable.
The Workers' Party candidate, who completed a remarkable political comeback less than three years removed from a prison cell, tweeted one word following his win: "Democracy."
With the midterm elections less than two weeks away, experts say it's important for working-age Americans to know whether they are voting for officials who support Republican policies that increase the risk of early death.
In what should be a lesson to conservatives in the US—but probably won't—Liz Truss resigns after a mere six weeks as Prime Minister, after attempting to invoke a Reaganesque tax-cut for the rich.
It appears Facebook is condoning the cloning of accounts and says they do not violate "community standards." This begs the question: of Facebook's reported 2.9 billion active users, how many of those are fake or cloned accounts?
The Lincoln Project has been a thorn in the side of MAGA Republicans and Trump for years. Now it has become much more so with its own documentary series on Showtime.
A Florida state senator has filed a lawsuit against Governor Ron DeSantis for his abuse of Florida state funds for his Martha's Vineyard scheme.
A 19th/Survey Monkey Survey finds the economy is a bigger deal for Republicans and preserving democracy is bigger for Democrats as a motivating factor in this year’s midterm elections.
Elizabeth II inherited a monarchy whose political power had been steadily ebbing away since the 18th century but whose role in the public life of the nation seemed, if anything, to have grown ever more important.
Facebook and Meta are actively helping mobilize an online army in Brazil that's peddling conspiracy theories about the integrity of the election and threatening a violent coup.
A U.S. District Court judge has ordered South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in Fulton County special grand jury investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump.
The information revealed in the affidavit indicates that our national security and the safety of intelligence agents were put at severe risk when national defense documents were apparently stored in a room at Mar-a-Lago.
When you hear “espionage,” you may think spies and international intrigue. More typically the Espionage Act applies to the unauthorized gathering, possessing or transmitting of other sensitive government information.
Have these officials, as some charge now, used their authority to interfere with America’s democratic process? Do local election officials abuse their power? The short answer is that they haven’t so far.
The first sign of trouble surfaced when a young man in Rockland County, New York sought medical treatment for weakness and paralysis in June. By the time tests confirmed he had polio, nearly a month had passed.