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Nextdoor Bans QAnon as Hordes of Supporters Have Flocked to the Network Let the game of whack-a-mole begin Let the game of whack-a-mole begin. I’ve been wondering what would happen to the QAnon …

Wayfair found itself at the center of a bizarre and unsubstantiated conspiracy theory this week. The online furniture and home goods retail giant has already denied the theory, which claims Wayfair is involved in an elaborate child trafficking ring just because it sells expensive cabinets, pillows, and shower curtains. The whole thing all started on […]

After an unprecedented year, Bill and Melinda Gates reflect on losses and lessons in their 2021 Annual Letter: The year global health went local.

This month in Uncovering the Past several new finds and research provide new details for understanding the practices of past cultures.

Last October, an international celebration occurred in the verdant coastal community of Bella Bella, BC. Members of the Heiltsuk Nation finally opened their Gvakva’aus Hailzaqv, their Big House, a red and yellow cedar structure that is the centre of their governance and ceremonial life. Christian missionaries destroyed the last Big House 120 years ago, the […]

“They’re paying with their lives,” a human rights activist says about indigenous groups trying to protect the rainforest from mining and agribusiness.

Apple’s Infowars ban altered an industry overnight — and dealt a significant blow to fake news.

In 1917, the telephone’s inventor gave a speech that foresaw our modern world, from commercial aviation to the finite supply of oil.

BBC News retraces the leaks by ex-CIA contractor Edward Snowden, which led to the revelation of America's extensive surveillance programme.

The most brilliant and creative amongst us are sometimes the most troubled, and nowhere is that clearer than in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Facebook Is Dead (It Just Doesn’t Know It Yet) The $750+ billion company still has options, but none end well Author’s update: This article is now available en Español and 日本! I had a …

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If you're part of the 20% of the population who finds it hard to be punctual, this is why.

For anybody else who feels burnt out and without a real sense of how to take the next step forward, I offer the following ideas. They are simple, actionable lessons that kept me moving forward when I decided it was time for a change.

The women killed as witches centuries ago are starting to receive justice. But let’s not glamorise the murder of innocents

Despite what you may hear during this year’s fiftieth anniversary commemorations, Stonewall was not the spark that ignited the gay rights movement. The story is well known: A routine police raid of a mafia-owned gay bar in New York City sparked three nights of riots and, with them, the global gay rights movement. In fact it is conventional to date LGBTQ history into “before Stonewall” and “after Stonewall” periods—not just in the United States, but in Europe as well. British activists can join Stonewall UK, for example, while pride parades in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are called “Christopher Street Day,” after the street in New York City on which the Stonewall Inn still sits. But there were gay activists before that early morning of June 28, 1969, previous rebellions of LGBTQ people against police, earlier calls for “gay power,” and earlier riots.

From Line of Duty to Mare of Easttown, a new generation of performers are breaking through. Meet the actors, models and presenters leading a revolution in representation

Substance use disorders and other problems cannot be addressed from a position of willful ignorance about our society’s inequalities

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