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Banning QAnon accounts on Facebook is a step, but it may be too late

Matt VeneziaOp-edsOctober 16, 2020

#OPINION On October 6, Facebook announced its plan to ban accounts that promote QAnon conspiracies, citing the tangible harm they can and have done in the world.

Analyzing the Democratic candidate overload for the 2020 presidential election

Anya MarquardtFeatured OpinionsNovember 3, 2019November 5, 2019

In a mere year, the next presidential election will be upon us. While this may seem like a long time for some Americans, candidates have already kicked into campaigning mode; for registered Democrats, primaries start in Feb. 2020.

Michael Mann discusses climate change in the age of Trump

Maya BrownFeatured NewsApril 24, 2019April 24, 2019

Dr. Michael E. Mann, a prominent climate scientist, geophysicist and professor of atmospheric science at Pennsylvania State University, came to Stony Brook University’s Earthstock celebration on Friday, April 19, where he was the university’s keynote speaker.

I hope the future is NOT female

Genie RuzickaFeatured OpinionsFebruary 18, 2018

“The Future is Female.” This phrase is purported to be a feminist rallying cry and if you question its merit, you are seen as anti-feminist. But what if you are a feminist who does question the merits of this phrase?

Look what you made Taylor Swift do

Nick ZararisArtsSeptember 17, 2017

If “Look What You Made Me Do” is any indicator of what is to come, Swift is likely to keep breaking Billboard records and the haters are likely to keep hating.

Professor plans to resist federal income taxes in protest of Trump administration

Jill RyanFeatured News Top StoryMarch 23, 2017March 24, 2017

To protest the Trump administration, English professor Andrew Newman plans to resist paying his 2017 federal income taxes.

Washington Post fact checker discusses truthfulness in politics

Mike AdamsFeatured News Top StoryMarch 13, 2017

Ultimately, Kessler’s message for the evening was directed at those in the audience who have lost hope that the truth holds any consequence in politics.

News literacy matters

Andrew GoldsteinFeatured OpinionsFebruary 26, 2017

The Center for News Literacy, and other organizations like it, are teaching essential skills for our age of information and misinformation.

New York Times executive editor talks Trump, fake news and the future

Mike AdamsFeatured News Top StoryFebruary 26, 2017

The conversation began with a discussion of Donald Trump, mainly the Times’ coverage of the 2016 presidential election and subsequent coverage of the newly minted president.

Understanding ideological ‘others’

Todd L. PittinskyFeatured OpinionsDecember 1, 2016December 4, 2016

What exactly is healing? It is common to talk about empathizing, but I think there’s a more basic step that has to come first: understanding.