Do You Need to Remove Barcodes from Donated Toys Because People Exchange Them for Cigarettes and Beer? A yearly social media moral panic involves the purported return of toys donated to needy children so their parents can buy beer and cigarettes — based on stories that have already been debunked by retailers.
Northeast Police Department ‘Shopping Cart’ Arrest Controversy A Facebook post by Northeast Police Department in Denton County, Texas about their arrest of an individual for "stealing" a shopping cart faced backlash from outraged readers.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ‘School Lunch Debt’ Controversy The issue of “school lunch debt” prompted heated debates in July 2019, thanks in part to an ongoing controversy in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The topic of incurring debt for school lunches in the Pennsylvania county came to national attention around July 20 2019, when multiple news organizations reported on letters received by families in the […]
Did an Arkansas Republican Propose Cutting Free Lunches to Punish Students? On February 26 2019, the Facebook page “Occupy Democrats” shared the following meme (archived here), alleging that state legislator from Arkansas Alan Clark proposed cuts to school lunch programs for disadvantaged children: Text around a photograph of Clark read: Idiot Politician of the Day – February 26, 2019 America, meet Arkansas Republican State Representative Alan Clark. […]
House Bill 610 to Defund Public Education-Truth! & Fiction! H.R. 610 would have a major impact on federal education funding, but claims that H.R. 610 would defund public education aren't entirely true.
