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DARE: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of ‘Extortion and Blackmail’

News DigestFebruary 8, 2019

Jeff Bezos accuses American Media Inc., the company behind The National Enquirer, of extortion and blackmail, setting off speculation of ties between... More

DARE: New Report on Russian Disinformation Shows the Operation’s Scale and Sweep

News DigestDecember 17, 2018

Advance copies of report prepared for the Senate finds that Russia’s disinformation campaign used every social media platform to deliver content of all... More

DARE: How a Trump Tariff is Strangling American Newspapers

News DigestAugust 24, 2018

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DARE: Trump Reverses Course, Signs Order Ending His Policy of Separating Families at the Border

News DigestJune 21, 2018

Protests spanning Congress, civil society, Hollywood, the tech industry, airlines, and others prod Trump to reverse stance on separating migrant families and issue new Executive Order halting future separations.… More

DARE: Cohen Drops Libel Suits Against BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS

News DigestApril 19, 2018

Amid other legal travails, Trump lawyer Michael Cohen drops defamation suit against Buzzfeed over publication of Steele Dossier. Harper's editor accuses magazine of firing him over a dispute about… More

DARE: How a Trump ‘love child’ rumor roiled the media

News DigestApril 13, 2018

More emerges on National Enquirer's owner buying and spiking potentially damaging stories about Donald Trump. The odd spectacle of news organizations acknowledging their restraint in reporting a story, but… More

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DARE: U.S. Officials Say Yassmin Abdel-Magied Deported for Not Having Correct Visa

News DigestApril 12, 2018

PEN World Voices Festival participant Yassmin Abdel-Magied is turned back from the U.S. by Customs and Border Protection, preventing her from participating in the upcoming Festival (see PEN America… More

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Literary royalty at @MilesCollege tonight with Birmingham native and National Book Award winner @imaniperry and @ALPoetLaureate Ashley M. Jones with support from @thankyou_bham. Inspiring evening. https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1618636171751342081

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Not enough words for the eloquence and generosity of @imaniperry in person. (And her laugh, her laughter, her smile—luminous.) ✨Do so wish I’d captured the image of @ALPoetLaureate’s purple sequins glimmering in the drizzle near a street lamp at @MilesCollege tonight.

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NEW today: lawmakers in at least 8 states have recently introduced bills targeting #DragShows

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This comes as all- age drag shows have become a flashpoint in America’s culture wars:

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