GOP Senators unveiling health care bill, includes major cuts to Medicaid
On Thursday Republican Senators sat down to listen to a presentation of a “discussion draft” on the long awaited, GOP senate healthcare bill. The details…
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Most expensive race in House history turns out nearly 58 percent of Georgia district’s voters
Republican candidate for Georgia’s 6th District Congressional seat Keran Handel declares victory with her husband Steve. AP Photo/John Bazemore Jeffrey Lazarus, Georgia State University I’m…
Gerrymandering issue to go to the Supreme court
The titanic issue of electoral district manipulation, otherwise known as Gerrymandering is set to be taken up by the Supreme Court in what will surely…
How US gun control compares to the rest of the world
Handgun in a holster, baby in a stroller at the 2016 NRA convention in Louisville, Kentucky.AP Photo/Mark Humphrey John Donohue, Stanford University Editor’s note: This…
Fact Check: Is Trump’s approval rating higher than Obama’s?
President Trump today decided to give himself a metaphorical pat on the back by taking to twitter to tout his most recent approval ratings. The…
Special Report: Cancer agency left in the dark over glyphosate evidence
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – When Aaron Blair sat down to chair a week-long meeting of 17 specialists at the International Agency for Research…
Media Bias Fact Check adds its 1,500th source!
Moments ago we added our 1,500th source. That is 1,500 sources that have been read, researched and reviewed by actual human beings. While some/many may…
How a journalism class is teaching middle schoolers to fight fake news
Ed Madison, University of Oregon Research last year out of Stanford University revealed that students – from middle schoolers to undergraduates – are easily duped…
President Trump grants Pentagon authority to manage troop levels in Afghanistan
By The U.S. Army (Afghanistan patrol) [CC BY 2.0 or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Donald Trump has granted the Pentagon the authority to manage…
When politicians cherry-pick data and disregard facts, what should we academics do?
Advocating for facts and evidence at the March for Science in California earlier this year. Matthew Roth/flickr, CC BY-NC Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan…