After Propaganda, Conservative News Was the Most Popular Content Pushed by Russian Trolls
Arriens/NurPhoto/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Russian internet trolls helped expand the reach of conservative media outlets as part of a Kremlin campaign to influence US politics and sow social discord, according to a new report commissioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Conservative content resonated heavily with the trolls’ Facebook…
Russians Have Been Supporting Republicans Since 2013
Metzel Mikhail/TASS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A detailed network analysis based on datasets provided by Facebook, Twitter, and Google outlines the scope of Russian interference in American elections: “What is clear is that all of the messaging clearly sought to benefit the Republican Party — and specifically…
Floridians Voted to Restore Ex-Felons’ Voting Rights. But the Legislature Has a History of Ignoring Voters.
Margaret Butler sets up voting booths ahead of Election Day at the First United Methodist Church on August 27, 2018. Octavio Jones/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In November, more than 64 percent of Florida voters chose to amend the state constitution to restore voting rights to ex-felons…
40 Million Americans Depend on the Colorado River. It’s Drying Up.
Patrick Gorski, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Prompted by years of drought and mismanagement, a series of urgent multi-state meetings are currently underway in Las Vegas to renegotiate the use of the Colorado River. Seven states and…
How One Company Is Making Millions Off Trump’s War on the Poor
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Renaud VigourtOne night last March, Sue Fredericks ran into trouble. She had been watching snow accumulate for hours from her post at a 24-hour gas station. Busy stretches on her overnight shift were rare, on account of the size of the town in which she…
Are You at Risk of Losing Your Medicaid Due to Work Requirements?
SARINYAPINNGAM/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In January, the Trump administration announced huge changes to Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income Americans: It said it would support states imposing work or other “community engagement” requirements for those using the program. This would be the first time in the program’s history…