Journalist Matt Taibbi was one of the individuals involved in publishing Twitter Files, which detailed information of Twitter’s involvement with government officials to censor news stories or public figures. For instance, these files revealed that Twitter employees had willfully censored the Hunter Biden laptop story because it would be inconvenient for voters to know about …
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During the 1940s and 50s in the US, Senator Joseph McCarthy led a campaign of political oppression against left-wing individuals, often politicians with socialist leanings and union leaders. These individuals were penalized simply for having political opinions that those in power disagreed with, and were labeled as threats to their country, co-conspirators with the USSR …
Two major times in US history when women’s movements fought to enact a significant change in women’s standing in society were the fights for suffrage and the battle over the Equal Rights Amendment. On both occasions, the passage of the constitutional amendment required a significant shift in the nation’s values. In addition, there were women’s …
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A hundred and five years ago, the last captive Carolina parakeet died at the Cincinnati Zoo. This species of parrot was the only one native to the eastern United States. At one time in American history, flocks of 200-300 of these parrots could be seen in forests from Florida to New York. The parrot has …
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More than 2 months ago, on 3 February, the town of East Palestine Ohio experienced a serious train derailment. Fifty cars derailed in this town, some of which contained the carcinogen vinyl chloride. A large area around the derailment was evacuated, and the toxic chemicals were burned off by railroad safety crews. Throughout the ordeal, …
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One of the most influential pieces in the field of public health is a paper called Sick Individuals and Sick Populations, written by Geoffrey Rose in 1985. Rose describes how the root cause of a disease within a population may be hidden if the cause is homogenously distributed throughout the population. Although the paper was …
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Construction on the Panama Canal began in 1881 as a project directed by France, and was completed in 1914 by the US. This 51-mile (82 km) waterway has served as a major facilitator of trans-oceanic trade since its existence. But before there was the Panama Canal, there was the Panama Canal Railway, a form of …
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In the US, about 20 million people live with some degree of age-related macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of vision loss in individuals 60 and older. The macula is an oval-shaped spot of pigmentation on the retina, and the degeneration of this part of the eye results in a loss of sharp vision. …
Recently, the drug Wegovy was approved for use in the UK. Similar to other brand-name semaglutide pharmaceuticals such as Ozempic, Wegovy can be used to treat diabetes. It involves a weekly injection in the stomach, thigh, or arm. It has recently made the news, however, for supposedly being a “game changer” for weight loss, and …
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Worldwide, one in eight people have a mental disorder such as depression, schizophrenia, and anxiety. In the US, major depressive disorder affects around 7.1% of the population, and around 18.1% of Americans have anxiety disorders. There is much money to be made from giving out medication for these mental health issues. Without insurance, a 30-day …
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