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We love us some fake news (in fact, over half the things we write on this site are fake…), and somehow it’s especially rewarding being in on a joke story when someone with supposedly more authority and credibility falls for it. Cracked chronicles some cases of just such a scenario with their listicle of 7 [...]

Though it’s still unclear how active a role Michelle Obama will take on as first lady, it’s not too early to look at the hitory of activism and political engagement of prominent African American women. Divine Caroline has a helpful listicle on the occasion of Black History Month detailing the crusades of 10 Influential African [...]

A few years back (we can’t say how many) we took an American Politics 101 class during our freshman year of college and learned all about the American tradition of Gerrymandering. Aside from the tactical partisan redistricting practice’s funny name, we didn’t think a whole lot of it, and the knowledge quickly sank into an [...]