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Viewfinder: Argentina Rejects a Bill to Legalize Abortion
Abortion rights activists comfort each other outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on August 9th, 2018, after senators rejected a bill that would have legalized abortion.
A FOIA Request Seeks Information on the Government’s Plan to House Immigrants at a Superfund Site
The request was filed as the Trump administration works to build detention centers at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo and Fort Bliss in El Paso.
Viewfinder: Celebrating Indigenous Communities in Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi child lights a candle to mark International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples in Dhaka on August 8th, 2018.
Music Reduces Pain—Even in Newborns
A two-day-old is apparently not too young to benefit from listening to the Moonlight Sonata.
How to Tackle Conspiracy Theories in Politics
Americans' beliefs about politics are as inaccurate and bizarre as ever. Is there a way to fix that?
Viewfinder: An Earthquake in Indonesia
An Indonesian search-and-rescue team looks for victims under a collapsed mosque following an earthquake on August 7th, 2018, in Lombok Island, Indonesia.
Internal Documents Reveal the Flawed Nature of Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission
Thousands of recently released documents make clear that the commission's work was driven by a small number of members who were convinced—without evidence—that voter fraud was widespread.
QAnon Reveals How Poorly Equipped We Are for the Era of Political Trolling
We spoke with a communications professor about the relationship between trolls and the media.
‘I Pledge to Vote’ Gets People to the Polls
Recent research identifies a promising way to get first-time voters to cast a ballot.