Fact Checks on COVID-19 Misperceptions Need Boosters
Study finds fact checks debunking false claims on COVID-19 do not stick over time.
[more]Study finds fact checks debunking false claims on COVID-19 do not stick over time.
[more]With Russia massing troops on its border with Ukraine and apparently readying for an invasion, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has faced persistent questions about its redlines in that conflict. Senior U.S. officials have avoided spelling out exactly how much Russian aggression is too much, but they have stated clearly that a military invasion would trigger "massive" economic consequences for Moscow. Read Prof. Powers's full Foreign Affairs aritcle here.
[more]1st Annual Report - Published Jan. 27th, 2022 The Department of Government's Vow to Act requires that we hold ourselves accountable and publicly report on our progress annually for the next five years. The Vow was published online in July of 2020 and it was implemented beginning in the fall term 2020. This is the first of five annual reports that audit the Department's progress on the items in the Vow to Act. This report summarizes how the Department enacted or failed to enact the items in the Vow to Act between September 2020 and January 2022.
[more]Government professor and New Hampshire state representative Russell Muirhead, D-Hanover, has conducted extensive research on conspiracy theories, political partisanship and democracy. He is also a co-director of the Political Economy Project, an interdisciplinary initiative that aims to answer questions located at the intersection of politics, economics and ethics. The Dartmouth sat down with Muirhead to reflect on the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
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