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After a tone-deaf video from Georgia’s Secretary of State, originally released in 2016, was ridiculed online, it was suddenly removed this week. But don’t worry, we saved a copy before it was pulled. So see for yourself whether the outrage is deserved.
Election transparency advocates have long asserted that ES&S digital scanner voting machines connect to the internet to send results to election department central computers. That connectivity raises security concerns, but state officials say the machines are islands. Now, one advocate has proof they’re wrong.
Police Often Refuse to Share Video Footage ; Capitalist Freedom Is a Farce ; and More Picks 3/15
Pipeline Protests Shut Down Canadian Train Service ; These Jellyfish Don’t Need Tentacles to Deliver a Toxic Sting ; and More Picks 2/17
After thousands of votes mysteriously vanished from touchscreen voting machines in Shelby County, TN, a battle rages over how to replace the machines.
Posting about sensitive topics on social media is a risky business.
EPA Grants Oklahoma Control Over Tribal Lands ; ‘Murder Hornets’ Invading US Are About to Enter ‘Slaughter Phase’ ; and More Picks 10/6
Nuclear tech startups promise a climate change solution in exchange for heavy government subsidies. Whether they’ll deliver in time is a gamble some are not willing to take.
Brutal slave labor in China is responsible for many of our daily consumer products. And global corporations collaborating with the Chinese government know all about it — and profit from it.
One of the original JFK assassination investigators breaks down the 58-year-old case into its basic parts.
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Wildfire mitigation used to mean managing forests, but many now argue that it means managing people — convincing them to adhere to building codes that will save lives and maybe even whole towns.