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2020 election

A segregated drinking fountain.

Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ about Black people jeopardizes democracy for all

By Angela R. Pashayan | Disruptive Technologies

Trump on One America News.

Uncanceled: Banned from Facebook, Trump reaches millions on TV

By Matt Field | Analysis

The A1 Verse: Grim exits and harm

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

Trump and violence in 2020: a timeline of incitement

By Matt Field, Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

A team of Howard University researchers wants to know how disinformation impacts Black people

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

Margarita Simonyan.

Here’s how Russia’s RT spread propaganda in the lead-up to the election

By Benjamin Dubow, Evanna Hu, Jacob N. Shapiro, Ulaş Erdoğdu, Kamya Yadav | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

The nuclear launch authorizer’s guide to staying calm on election night

By Matt Field | Nuclear Risk

Trump supporters gather for an indoor campaign event.

How Lara Trump and other presidential surrogates flout pandemic best practices—indoors

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

As election looms, Trump adds to the long story of conspiracy theory in US politics

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

The existential threat debate scorecard you’ve been waiting for

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Satire

I Voted stickers

The most decisive eco-voters in US history: Black voters

By Charles Ellison | Climate Change

2020 elections in South Korea

Interview: Duyeon Kim on South Korea’s elections in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic

By John Mecklin | Biosecurity, Interviews, Nuclear Weapons