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Shirley Chisholm Lives On

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In the midst of the upheaval of 1968—a tumultuous year marked by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., intense opposition to the Vietnam War, and the election of President Nixon—a black public school teacher from Brooklyn, Shirley Chisholm, offered the nation a way forward. She was the first black woman elected…

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Pinterest Is Trying to Curb Anti-Vaxxer Misinformation

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Pinterest—the social media site of choice for DIY crafters, home decor enthusiasts, and my Aunt Melanie—has banned search terms related to “vaccines” in order to curb anti-vaccination propaganda from spreading on the platform. According to the Guardian, anti-vaxxer rhetoric has been an ongoing issue on Pinterest: In…

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House Dems Accuse Trump Admin of Trying to Export Nuclear Secrets to Saudi Arabia

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Donald Trump’s administration rushed to reach a deal to provide Saudi Arabia and its despotic government with protected U.S. nuclear technology, despite numerous legal and ethical warnings that such a deal was ill-advised and possibly in violation of the law, Democrats in the House of Representatives alleged in a…

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