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Disaster Debate: Pro-Russian voices spread toxic propaganda on social media after Ohio train crash

Soon after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in Ohio last month, anonymous pro-Russian accounts started spreading misleading claims and anti-American propaganda about it on Twitter, using...
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Jordan Stolz: A Milwaukee high school student’s rise to the youngest world champion speedskater

Coming off an unprecedented performance at the world championships, 18-year-old Jordan Stolz is already facing the inevitable comparisons to the greatest speedskater of them all. Eric Heiden. Stolz...
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Deep concern for impact on startups by people of color emerges after Silicon Valley Bank collapse

In the hours after some of Silicon Valley Bank’s biggest customers started pulling out their money, a WhatsApp group of startup founders who are immigrants of color ballooned to more than...
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Shock and Awe: Why the United States military remains in Iraq after 20 years

Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, in blinding explosions of shock and awe, American forces remain in the country in what has become a small but consistent presence to ensure an ongoing...
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World Health Organization’s chief says COVID still an emergency but nearing inflection point

The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said recently, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an “inflection point”...
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The new Acorn Way: Street that honored KKK leader finally renamed after students press for change

A street that honored a leader of the Ku Klux Klan in New York has a new name after a yearslong campaign led by high school students. The village board of Malverne, on Long Island, voted last year...
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Why accepting DeSantis’s version of history would be a perversion of our past and our principles

It is commonly understood that Republican Rutherford B. Hayes won the electoral votes from three contested southern states in 1876 and thus took the presidency by promising to remove from the South...
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The threat of domestic terrorism: Why the “lone wolf” extremist myth is dangerous to society

By Alexander Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University – Newark On February 15, 2023, a judge informed...
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Airport security across United States intercepted an alarming number of passenger guns in 2022

The woman flying out of Philadelphia’s airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag. But what was more important was what she forgot to...
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Milwaukee Independent recognized as finalist for 11 journalism awards including War in Ukraine coverage

The Milwaukee Press Club announced the list of finalists for its 93rd Annual Gridiron Awards for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism, covering an unusual news year of the pandemic, social unrest, and...
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Without a budget plan of their own to offer House Republicans try to steal the president’s thunder

“Show me your budget,” President Joe Biden is fond of saying, “[and] I’ll tell you what you value.” Biden introduced his 2024 budget on March 9 at the Finishing Trades Institute in Philadelphia,...
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Showcase of extremism at CPAC: Trump embraces grievances that echo surge of fascist movements

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) met in Washington DC, over the March 4 weekend, sparking speculation over the 2024 Republican presidential field. Hard-right figures like Donald...
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