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Fact Check Claim: "Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich, not the poor. The richest 1% evade 3 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has a yacht tax deduction.
Fact Check Claim: “In Matthew 25, Jesus describes true converts as being marked by a peculiar empathy toward the poor, marginalized, and incarcerated. But he describes false coverts as being outwardly ...
On June 7 2023, amid right-wing book-banning attempts sweeping the United States, poet and author Amanda Gorman addressed the banning of her own book The Hill We Climb at a Florida elementary school.
On May 23 2023, several social media posts popped up with the jarring claim that a majority of book removal or book ban requests in American schools were an effort by the same eleven individuals: ...
What sounded like an eerily prescient quote by a Chinese military philosopher about a wish to "rule over the ashes" spread virally in March 2023.
Derided for years as a comedic (at best) example of a frivolous lawsuit, the story of Stella Liebeck’s legal battle with the McDonald’s fast food chain has been the subject of a critical reappraisal.
In November 2022, controversy over "Established Titles" and its purported conference of the titles "Lord" and "Lady" emerged on social media.
On October 25 2022, Daily Beast columnist and Russian media watcher Julia Davis tweeted that Russia’s security council “called for … the desatanization” of Ukraine: Davis referenced Russia’s previous ...
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, popular posts claimed that the United States had the highest rate of maternal mortality among developed nations.
In June 2022, a Supreme Court ruling purportedly ruled that "Border Patrol can enter any home without a warrant and assault you, within 100 miles of the border." ...
Narratives about a purported string of food factory fires in 2022 had long-tail staying power, but rarely did debunkings address the "whys" of the conspiracy theory.
A nationwide formula shortage worsened in May 2022, and experts provided scant applicable advice for parents of infants reliant on formula.
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