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DARE: A Battered New York Press and the Hope of The City

News DigestApril 30, 2019

Amid decline in local news coverage, emerging publications like The City seek to cover news that is not being reported in New York City. Prominently... More

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“It is Our Duty to be the Voice of the Voiceless”: An Interview with Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland

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By: Polina Kovaleva | February 20, 2019

"This is a moment when we cannot just lock ourselves in our comfort zone, in our bubble, and believe that we have to speak only on what concerns us." More

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DARE: Fake Editions of Washington Post Falsely Claim Trump Steps down

News DigestJanuary 17, 2019

Fake editions of the Washington Post, falsely claiming that President Trump had stepped down, distributed in D.C. on Wednesday. Franciscan University of... More

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DARE: CNN fires back at Trump: ‘CNN does not lie’

News DigestAugust 30, 2018

The Atlantic looks at how the president’s denigration of the press is changing the way teenagers view the news. More

DARE: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Will Retire

News DigestJune 28, 2018

Rights, precedents, and values at stake as Justice Anthony Kennedy resigns, opening way for contentious battle over new Trump nominee to U.S. Supreme Court. More

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DARE: Dizzying Twists, Turns, Contradictions in Trump’s Stormy Daniels Scandal

News DigestMay 7, 2018

Debate over presidential lying renews in wake of changed stories over pre-election payment to silence Stormy Daniels. Reports surface of firm, hired to find dirt on former Obama administration… More

DARE: Facebook Stock Plunges As Data Scandal Takes a Dark Turn

News DigestMarch 20, 2018

Facebook stock plunges as security chief reportedly departs the company amid disputes over handling of mushrooming revelations of weak data protections and extensive manipulation of opinion and voters in… More

DARE: Don’t forget how the movement that changed Hollywood started: With great reporting

News DigestMarch 5, 2018

With inclusion and absences, Oscar ceremony reflects #MeToo movement brought forward by investigative journalism and women speaking out. More

Polish PEN Center: Reckoning with History and Honoring Literature

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By: Polina Kovaleva | February 21, 2018

The deepest problem of Poland, Polish culture, is the Holocaust. This happened on Polish land and had a colossal, although very complicated, influence on the entire Polish society. Although… More

DARE: Parkland students to march on the Capitol this week to demand change to gun laws

News DigestFebruary 20, 2018

Students from Parkland head to Tallahassee in a convoy of busses to demand gun control, and plan mass March on Washington scheduled for March 24. Facebook roiled by allegations… More

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