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On Monday April 15th, two blasts sent ripples of fear, panic and confusion across the faces and minds of thousands of people as the first group of runners [...]

On the internet, exposure to people unlike us often makes us hate them, and that hatred...

On social media, exposure to those unlike us often makes us hate them.

Exposure to people who have differing opinions from us is actually making us hate them.

The big lie. The Covid misinformation. It all comes back to Russia. Updated 6:29 PM ET, Wed May 5, 2021 US President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a meeting in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018. A version of this story appeared in CNNs What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free (CNN)We cant really ever know all the truth, but we are still learning new facts about how former President Donald Trumps campaigns and administration warp...

Subscriber Exclusive Life after COVID: Is there a path back to ‘normal,’ or has the pandemic changed politics? Will political division heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic last into future elections, even once the pandemic is over? Arpan Lobo, The Holland Sentinel Published 11:10 am UTC Apr. 7, 2021 HOLLAND — Political polarization has deepened in Michigan and nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is stretching into its second year. Since the first states entered lockdowns o...

Feb. 17, 2021 Credit...Damon Winter/The New York Times A decade ago, the consensus was that the digital revolution would give effective voice to millions of previously unheard citizens. Now, in the aftermath of the Trump presidency, the consensus has shifted to anxiety that onlinebehemoths like Twitter, Google, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook have created a crisis of knowledge — confounding what is true and what is untrue — eroding the foundations of democracy. These worries have intensifie...