Misinformation has bedeviled social media companies for years, and the problem is especially consequential during elections. Are the companies up to the job as the 2022 midterm elections approach?
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Héritier Nosso: Immigrant community networks have positive benefits for communities
New arrivals do require Mainers to make a small investment. But the returns make this whole community stronger and better.
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Good faith and the honor of partisan election officials used to be enough to ensure trust in voting results – but not anymore
A partisan election system, attacks on election administration and widespread disinformation place the U.S. democracy in a precarious position.
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Our political loyalties are set in stone
The smallest changes can cause frequent shifts in control of government because voters remain rigidly partisan in roughly equal camps.
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Why scandals don’t seem to be blocking Herschel Walker from winning an election
In an era of ‘political calcification,’ ugly tabloid scandals like Walker’s matter less to election outcomes than ever more deeply entrenched polarization.
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Elliott Epstein: We need to stop people from rebuilding in areas that will be devastated again
I find it astonishing that so few Floridians have learned any lessons from having placed themselves in harm’s way.
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Paul Mills: How William Cohen walked into Maine political history
On the 50th Anniversary of ‘The Walk,’ an oral history offers a wide ranging discussion of historic and contemporary issues in Maine politics.
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How the false ‘Republicans are being hunted’ narrative took root
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed that Republicans were being hunted in a speech this weekend.
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White nationalism injects racist conspiracy theories into the mainstream
Conspiracy theories allow white nationalists to depict a world in which Black and brown people are endangering the livelihoods, social norms and morals of white people.
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Cruel or harmless? Pastors mixed on GOP migrant transports
As Republican governors ramp up their transports of migrants to Democratic-run jurisdictions, the practice is getting a mixed reaction from Christian faith leaders — many of whom, especially evangelicals, have supported GOP candidates by large numbers in recent elections