Politics
Given his life-long promotion of pseudoscience, what threat will Charles III pose to skepticism?
As head of state, will Charles realise his life-long lobbying for alternative medicine is over, or will he use his newfound power to evade transparency?
Defending Critical Race Theory is impossible without highlighting the moral panic around it
Defining Critical Race Theory will do nothing to deter culture war figures from stoking the CRT moral panic - we need to call out their tactics, rather than play into their hands
Abortion isn’t murder – despite their rhetoric, even the American religious right know it
It is abundantly clear that the so-called 'pro-life' movement in the US don't genuinely believe abortion is murder, they simply want power and control
The right to an abortion isn’t just about extreme, horrific cases – it’s about our bodily autonomy
Discussing abortion rights on the terms of the religious right is a damaging mistake - the right to an abortion isn't just about ‘morally acceptable’ reasons like assault or medical emergencies
The Dangerous Dogs Act, with its emphasis on how a dog looks, is wholly unscientific
The Dangerous Dogs Act was brought in to protect people from dangerous dog breeds, based on aesthetics rather than genetics - and it does more harm than good
The Russian Game: the conspiracy mongering propaganda techniques designed to stoke division
Many might assume Russian propaganda is a modern phenomenon, but conspiracy theories throughout history have found a helping hand in Moscow.
Q without Q: the devolution theory that sees QAnon believers double down in their delusion
By misinterpreting emergency powers designed for war scenarios, QAnon believers claim Trump is still in power, operating the government behind the scenes
The Catholic Fátima movement’s conspiracy theories over the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Pope Francis recently consecrated Russia and Ukraine in a misguided bid to end the war - to the dissatisfaction of the Fátima movement of Catholic priests
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