RFK Jr wants to get into the television debates, but so far, it’s not looking likely.
Former NBA player Royce White addresses a crowd after the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in April 2021.
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New Age beliefs, alternative wellness practices and political conspiracies all fall under the umbrella of stigmatized knowledge, which can be attractive to anyone, no matter their political leanings.
A person holds an Impossible brand meatless burger in California in 2021.
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As vegan meat companies lose revenue, one company is trying a new packaging approach to bring in new consumers. But this step is unlikely to help end the ‘Meat Culture War.’
Most social media PR blurb is designed to convince the public these tech companies are a benign force for good. What the public really needs is a public service internet.
Conspiracy theories can muddle people’s thinking.
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Conspiracy theories abound. What should you believe − and how can you tell?
A favorite class focuses on the tendency to see meaningful patterns where there aren’t any, such as constellations of stars.
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A professor shows science students how humanities classes are the real stem that other disciplines sprout from. They learn that critical thinking and skepticism don’t stop when they leave the lab.
George III, Queen Charlotte and their Six Eldest Children by Johan Zoffany (1770).
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Rural white people have long held disproportionate power in US politics. But polls suggest their commitments to the American political system are eroding.
A scholar of history of education and American politics explains what is behind his course on conspiracy theories and how students learn to debunk fake ideas.
Members of a white supremacist group demonstrate near the National Archives in Washington on Jan. 21, 2022.
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False ideas about the extinction of the white race, spread around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, gave rise to xenophobic and anti-immigration conspiracy theories.
The Russian president’s embrace of conspiracy theories has moved them from the fringe to the mainstream.
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Russian disinformation expert Ilya Yablokov tells The Conversation Weekly podcast about the president’s shifting relationship with conspiracy theories.
When Liz Truss blames shadowy elitists for her failings as prime minister, she is leaning into a tried-and-tested formula.
Signs proclaiming that the former president supposedly won the 2020 election are legion his rallies, as here in January 2022 in Arizona.
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Nearly a third of Americans say they believe that Donald Trump was the real winner of the last election, and the ratio is twice as high among Republican voters.
A new study has found no evidence that people’s beliefs in conspiracy theories increase over time. They can even change their minds – just not that often.
‘Cause she’s a mastermind…
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