President Donald Trump’s challenge to certification of election results and the just ended blockade of transition support for President-elect Joe Biden has brought to mind a chapter in our own state’s history. It’s the “Count Out” of ‘79, an episode where two sets of governments each contending to be the legitimate authority sat in Augusta […]
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Trump’s military cuts in Afghanistan highlight divisions over 19-year-old conflict
On the political left and right, there are strong differences of opinion over what the nation should do about the longest war in U.S. history.
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How to read results from COVID vaccine trials like a pro
Asking these four questions can help us identify good news when we see it, be more critical of news reports, or delay our judgement until we have more information.
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How mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna work, why they’re a breakthrough and why they need to be kept so cold
Two pharma companies have announced early COVID-19 vaccine trial results with over 90 per cent effectiveness. What does that mean for getting back to normal?
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What does COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness mean?
Two vaccine makers have said that preliminary data from their late-stage studies suggest their experimental vaccines are more than 90% effective, raising hopes around the world that vaccines could help put an end to the pandemic sometime next year
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Who will be the first to get COVID-19 vaccines?
Health care workers are likely to receive the first coronavirus vaccines when supplies are limited, but a decision on who gets the first shots has not been made
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The ‘stolen election’ myth is powerful enough to keep Trump in power
We should never underestimate the power of a political myth, artfully contrived and relentlessly repeated, to alter the course of history. Donald Trump’s myth, that he lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden because it was “stolen” — like the myth that Germany lost World War I because it was “stabbed in the back” […]
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The 20 most important presidential norms Trump broke — and how Biden can restore them
The election was a referendum on Trump’s norm-breaking. We examine what’s been ignored and undermined and why preserving presidential norms is essential.
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History tells us that a contested election won’t destroy American democracy
Five of the six disputed presidential elections in US history were resolved and the country moved on — but one ended in civil war. What will happen if the 2020 election is contested?
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No matter who wins the election, disinformation will still poison our democracy
Treating disinformation as a partisan problem undersells its true dangers.