A pop-up newsroom debunking facts and proposing real time fact-checking can change how media publish stories during specific events such as elections.
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Monitoring the spread of mis-information and dis-information during the Swedish national elections by a group of scholars and journalist could set a precedent elsewhere.
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A critical review of research into inequality shows the formula for reducing it is surprisingly simple.
Politics are creating divides in the office.
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The midterm elections have put America’s political divide front and center, increasingly invading the work space and stressing out employees.
Incumbent presidential candidate Joko Widodo (left) and his running mate, K.H. Ma'ruf Amin, wave after registering for Indonesia’s 2019 presidential election at the General Election Commission (KPU) office in Jakarta.
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This article aims to name the elephant in the room – the negative impacts of Ma'ruf’s nomination on minority groups.
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Young people raised their voices in the streets and online – but a government crackdown seeks to silence them.
Sharing their views, regardless.
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Research suggests people with a high degree of rejection sensitivity are 40% less likely to take part in political debates online.
Mexico, Canada and the United States are struggling to agree on new NAFTA terms.
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A political scientist explains why corporate lobbyists and other interest groups will thwart Trump’s efforts to strong-arm or ignore Canada.
President Donald Trump, August 30, 2018.
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Revelations about the president’s behavior in a new book and an unsigned op-ed, writes a Yale psychiatrist, support what she and mental health specialists have warned: Trump is dangerously unstable.
A person browses a Facebook page of #2019GantiPresiden (#2019ChangePresident), a social media campaign opposing Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s bid for re-election next year.
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Understanding the significance of #2019ChangePresident as a game-changer in the next presidential election is crucial.
To some Liberals, Turnbull is the person who plucked the mantle of prime minister from its champion of the conservative movement – Tony Abbott.
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Collective psychology says that people behave not as individuals, but as members of a collective.
Andrew Gillum with wife R. Jai Gillum addresses supporters after winning the Democrat primary for governor.
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The mayor of Tallahassee underspent three rivals to win the state’s Democratic primary. But what awaits in the general election?
It’s hard to read the recent felling of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as anything other than an act of revenge by Tony Abbott and his closest supporters.
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The psychology of revenge and how shame and humiliation can cause chaos in Australian politics.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was a major financier of Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega, seen here at a 2016 commemoration on the third anniversary of the socialist leader’s death.
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Cheap Venezuelan oil boosted Nicaragua’s economy and funded President Daniel Ortega’s many anti-poverty programs. With Venezuela in crisis, the oil has dried up – as has support for Ortega’s regime.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has blinked in the face of a backbench revolt over the National Energy Guarantee (NEG).
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has back away from a plan to enshrine a target to reduce carbon emission in the National Energy Guarantee.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (centre left) shakes hands with his vice-presidential running mate, Ma'ruf Amin (centre right), during a meeting with supporters before registering their bid for the 2019 election in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Ma’ruf Amin’s selection as Joko Widodo’s running mate in his re-election bid means that politicians continue to accommodate the conservative turn among Indonesian Islamic groups to win votes.
One of the voting booths in Makassar, South Sulawesi, during the June 27 regional elections.
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More women have been elected in the latest regional elections in Indonesia.
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You can be a better tourist this summer. Here’s how.
Tariffs may help certain industries, but their broader impact on middle- and lower-income consumers is generally harmful.
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The president says he’s fighting his trade war because a generation of free trade has failed working-class Americans. An economist explains why tariffs will only make things worse.
Vice-presidential candidates could make or break presidential candidates’ chances of winning the 2019 election.
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With two weeks to go to the formal announcement deadline, people are still clueless about the running mates for incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and challenger Prabowo Subiantoro.
Trump and Merkel: Friends, foes or frenemies?
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The president, who called the European Union a ‘foe’ following a series of meetings in Europe, may not realize just how much Americans have gained from their relationship with Europe.