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An April 6 Facebook video features a man speaking into a microphone about the public school system. "Why does the public education system not teach the Declaration of Independence?" the man asks. The ...

Fourteen-year-old Isabel Catalan stares intently at her laptop as she walks me through a recent assignment one sunny morning a few weeks before summer vacation. The studious eighth grader and I are ...

Media literacy programs should be offered where misinformation flourishes. That’s why fact-checkers from Mafindo, in Indonesia, developed a verification workshop focused on women who stay at home.

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this article misstated the affiliation between the Widener University Delaware Law School and the University of Delaware. The claim: Joe Biden said ...

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...