• Environment
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  • Healthcare

EPA Says Higher Radiation Levels Pose ‘No Harmful Health Effect’

"In the event of a dirty bomb or a nuclear meltdown, emergency responders can safely tolerate radiation levels equivalent to…

  • Executive Branch
  • Extremism

A Brief Dictionary to Help Understand the U.S. Far Right

"The campaign and election of US President Donald Trump have emboldened the country's far-right movement, which celebrated his policies designed…

  • Executive Branch
  • Judicial Branch

McConnell Pulls Out the Stops to Help Trump’s Judicial Picks

"One of the big mysteries of 2017 has been whether Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley would stick to the…

  • Healthcare
  • Pharma

The Secretive Sackler Family Making Billions from the Opioid Crisis

"You’re aware America is under siege, fighting an opioid crisis that has exploded into a public-health emergency. You’ve heard of…

  • Elections
  • Russia

Did Jared Kushner’s Data Operation Help Select Facebook Targets for the Russians?

"The Russians used social media to rile the electorate. Investigators wonder if they had inside help."  More ...

  • Elections
  • Media
  • Russia

What Facebook Did to American Democracy

"And why it was so hard to see it coming."  More ...

  • Elections
  • Media
  • Russia

Here’s How Easy It Is for Anyone — Including Russian Operatives — to Target You with Ads on Facebook

"Three media agencies used tools that are available — legally — to marketers, politicians, and activists to show that even $100,000…

  • Elections
  • Media
  • Technology

Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing States

"The big tech companies worked closely with Secure America Now to target an audience the group felt could be swayed…

  • Elections
  • Russia

Trump Campaign Staffers Pushed Russian Propaganda Days Before the Election

"Kellyanne Conway and Donald Trump Jr. pushed messages from an account operated from Russia’s ‘troll farm’—including allegations of voter fraud…

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