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City subjected to false rumors from Trump loses residents integral to community over mass deportation fears

Trump repeatedly tried to distance himself from the Heritage Foundation's plan during the campaign.

Nikolay Patrushev agreed that Trump, when he was still a candidate, "made many statements critical of the destructive foreign and domestic policies pursued by the current administration"

The use of misogynistic and abusive phrases targeting women, like “your body, my choice” and “get back to the kitchen,” has spiked across social media in the days since Donald Trump’s reelection, according to an analysis from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.

The chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp. on Tuesday discouraged President-elect Donald Trump from withdrawing the US from the landmark Paris climate pact, arguing that would mean forfeiting a chance to push for “common sense” carbon-cutting policy on the world stage.

One-page explanation (PDF) The National Popular Vote law will guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It will

On Monday night, President-­elect Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to the proposed $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel Co., vowing to block the deal when he takes office. Some steelworkers in Pittsburgh’s Mon Valley who support the deal — and Trump — weren’t happy. “I am

A roundup of progress worldwide from the past year

Seventy-five years ago today, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). At a time when the world was still reeling from the death and destruction of World War II, the Soviet Union was blockading Berlin, Italy and France were convulsed with communist-backed labor agitation, Arabs opposed the new state of Israel, communists and nationalists battled in China, and segregationists in the U.S. were forming their own political party to stop the government from protecting civil rights for Black Americans, the member countries of the United Nations nonetheless came together to adopt a landmark document: a common standard of fundamental rights for all human beings.

Ron DeSantis is a fascist. Period.

How to break the negative feedback loop that can make us act mean

The bad news: When you're no longer in the minority, you might not be as creative?

The results were not pretty, but very funny.

"And I know that prayer changes our hearts as we pray,  it tethers us to one another, and it increases hope in otherwise hopeless situations—but I’m not sure it actually works to save sick people from death, and that might not be a good thing if it did. To contend that God heals when we pray for those who are terribly sick or physically damaged, is to imagine a creator who needs to be convinced. It is to paint an image of a God who, though already fully aware of the gravity of the situation and the worry of loved ones and reality of the injury—refuses to move until we ask “Him” to."

If you are thinking “got what?” you’ve already proved my point.

I’ve been teaching English for 12 years, and I’m astounded by what ChatGPT can produce.

"This post originally appeared on Quartz and was published September 11, 2016. This article is republished here with permission. "

As Georgia endures its second high-profile Senate runoff cycle in two years, there’s a movement afoot to get rid of them.

Currently leading

John Adams worried that “a division of the republic into two great parties … is to be dreaded as the great political evil.” And that’s exactly what has come to pass.

"By owning up to our errors, others see us as friendlier and more agreeable."

According to a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center, only 37% of Americans think life is better now than it was 50 years ago, and that

News is bad for you. It leads to fear and aggression. It hinders your creativity and makes you sick. We should stop consuming it, says Rolf Dobelli, who's abstained for years

Feeling pain helps us to avoid experiences or stimuli that harm us. So, why do so many people pursue things that will bring them pain?

Yes, the world is going through a bad phase right now because of unavoidable circumstances and uncontrollable events, but should we please…

Today’s culture combatants show no mercy, make no apologies—and have no decency.

When Gilda Radner dated Martin Short. And was in a show with him. And Eugene Levy. And Andrea Martin. And Paul Shaffer. And other people who've gone on to great careers. Unreal.

Spelling Bee, too, and Words With Friends. Who knew online word games would get us talking to each other again?

Food scientists, futurists, and sci-fi authors weigh in on what dinner might look like in the next 100 years.

This year, two groups of astronomers plan to send messages containing information about humans and the location of Earth toward parts of space they think may be home to intelligent life.