The Recent History of Presidential Proclamations for Pride Month
President Obama issued a proclamation declaring June 2016 LGBT Pride month.
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The Heavy Price of Publishing Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theories
The authors of ‘Nobody Died at Sandy Hook’ were ordered to pay $450,000 to one bereaved father.
‘NASA Confirms 15 Days of Darkness Ahead’
The doomsday “predictions” around 2012 may have spawned a weirdly resilient planetary hoax.
Mississippi Police Delete Post About ‘Ecstasy’ Candy Halloween Plot
Parents have been warned to be on the lookout for the drug “ecstasy” being disguised to look like Halloween candy.
‘NASA Confirms 15 Days of Darkness in November 2015’
NASA has confirmed that the earth will experience 15 days of total darkness in a “black out” event that will span from November 15-30.
The Whitewashing of ‘The Black Dilemma’
Social media users spread a white nationalist op-ed presented as an actual newspaper piece.
The Long History of Using Margaret Sanger to Attack Planned Parenthood
Sanger’s support of eugenics has been mischaracterized as an effort to attack Black communities.
A Warning From New Zealand on Climate Change Resurfaces Online
The article predicted that the effects of coal burning “may be considerable in a few centuries.”
The Disinformation Furor Around ‘Jade Helm 15’
A military training exercise roiled the far right and gave rise to familiar dog whistles about “martial law.”
‘The Elevator Incident’
How various Black male celebrities got used to spread a “somewhat racist” bit of folklore.