With “truth” up for grabs, one year responded with hoaxes, clever and convincing.
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Despite three jobs — professor, New Yorker writer, mother — Jill Lepore solved the mystery. “Who Killed Truth?”
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When America used “science” to back white supremacy, Franz Boas and his students battled the B.S.
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Divided America? Second Civil War? Braver Angels (and other groups) are building bridges.
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“Facts” are flying fast and footloose, but America’s fact-checkers are standing up for Truth.
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Believers shout “True!” Cynics cry “B.S.!” But the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry says, “prove it.”
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Americans ate anything on the table — formaldehyde, borax, chalk — until a crusading chemist went to work.
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Reeling from the news, David Byrne began compiling “reasons to be cheerful.” His website now shines a light on innovation, progress, and what works.
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Neo-Nazis targeted Billings, Montana in 1993. The city fought back, saying “Not in Our Town!” The fight continues nationwide.
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