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Our research has found that some of the people sharing conspiracies online don’t believe their own content. They are opportunists: the extremists, the disinformants, the trolls, and the profiteers.

The movement that fueled January 6 is revving up again.

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Anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins until Trump became president. Now they have molded not only the GOP but also Democrats in their image.

Presidential polls are no more reliable than they were a century ago. So why do they consume our political lives? "When we refer to “political junkies,” polls are pretty much the junk."

The right to criticize the powerful is a cornerstone of democracy. In Trump’s America, it’s cause for a prison sentence.

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Fear still fuels the bail reform debate, but new data from Illinois show that holding on to cash bail may make communities less safe.

As people move away from flooding and heat, new research suggests that those who remain will be older, poorer and more vulnerable.