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Are Foreign-Influenced Social Media Campaigns Part of the New Political Playbook?

Foreign governments, taking a page from the Russian election playbook, have begun to realize the outsized impact subliminal social media campaigns can have on Americans. Have social media campaigns become the new lobbying de rigueur?

Michael Isaac Stein

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The Ramifications of Xi Jinping’s Removal of Presidential Term Limits

The Chinese president has cleared the way for a lifetime presidency, something his country has fought against since the reign of Mao Zedong.

Dylan Loh Ming Hui

A placard about gun rights hangs on the wall next to assault rifles for sale at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Virginia, on October 6th, 2017.

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Here’s More Evidence That an Assault Weapons Ban Would Decrease School-Shooting Deaths

Research suggests other forms of gun control constitute an ineffective response.

Tom Jacobs

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Here’s How a Responsible GOP Might Behave

For an alternate party response to an unsavory candidate's nomination, look to the actions taken by Colorado Republicans during the 2010 governor's race.

Seth Masket

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has announced what he's calling a transparency rule.

Environment

A Watchdog Group Highlights the EPA’s Delayed FOIA Responses

A report by Project on Government Oversight claims that the EPA's Office of the Administrator has significantly delayed the department's processing of Freedom of Information Act requests.

Candace Butera

Haleigh Grose, a ninth grader at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, at a memorial in front of the school where 17 people were killed in Parkland, Florida.

Education

Taking the Lead From Teens After the Parkland Shooting

Young people have been leading protests for decades. What makes Parkland different?

Hanif Abdurraqib

Social Justice

Inauguration Day Trials Continue to Threaten Activists Across the Country

The ongoing cases against the J20 defendants represent a dangerous precedent for future social justice movements: guilt by association.

Arvind Dilawar

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On Libertarians, Autism, and Empathy

Historian Nancy MacLean's off-the-cuff remarks earlier this month may have mischaracterized libertarianism, but they totally distorted autism.

James McWilliams

U.S. President Donald Trump gives the pen he used to sign an executive order supporting veterans as they transition from military to civilian life to Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin.

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Inside the Turmoil Within Trump’s Department of Veteran Affairs

In what has become a staple of this administration, infighting, backstabbing, and lack of leadership is plaguing potential legislative progress within the VA.

Isaac Arnsdorf

The United States House of Representatives chamber.

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Breaking Down the Democrats’ Prospects for 2018

The Democrats have a good chance of re-taking the House of Representatives.

Seth Masket