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Worse Than a Slaughterhouse: 250,000 Trapped in East Aleppo Amid Devastating Bombing Campaign

The Obama administration is threatening to cut off diplomatic talks with Russia on Syria in the wake of a devastating bombing campaign by the Syrian government and Russia in the city

September 29, 2016
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Tired of Political Status Quo, Two-Party Duopoly Fuels Voter Apathy

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The 2016 Presidential election has been dubbed by many as a choice between “the lesser of two evils” and . In response to discontent with the available choices, disgust with political corruption, and a feeling that their vote doesn’t matter, many Americans question why they should bother to register to vote in the first place.

September 27, 2016
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Category: Politics

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2016 US Elections

Debate moderator Lester Holt, asking a question that did not involve immigration, healthcare or student debt.

Lester Holt Asks Zero Questions About Poverty, Abortion, Climate Change

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Presidential debates do as much to illustrate corporate media priorities as they do to showcase the candidates. They provide a snapshot into what the media, in this case represented by NBC’s Lester Holt, prioritizes as issues worthy of discussion.

September 27, 2016
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Category: Media

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2016 Presidential Candidate Positions in a Side-by-Side Comparison

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Compare 2016 presidential candidate positions with a side-by-side comparison between candidates on key issues.

September 27, 2016
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Category: Politics

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Fact Checking the First Debate

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LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — The first presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump certainly kept fact-checkers busy. The less-than-accurate claims included: Clinton wrongly said that the only tax returns that anyone has seen from Trump “showed he didn’t pay any federal income tax.” Trump paid federal taxes in three out of five years in the 1970s.

September 27, 2016
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Video: Fact Checking the First Debate

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Several claims from the first presidential debate are highlighted in this video from FlackCheck.org, our sister site for political literacy. For more information on these false and misleading statements, and

September 27, 2016
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Category: Media