GOP candidate Leon Benjamin declares ‘God’s about to send people like me’ to Congress

By Kyle Mantyla

Anti-vaccine ideology gains ground as state lawmakers target existing rules for kids’ shots

By Sandy West

Movement has gained momentum amid the coronavirus pandemic, boosting the reach of high-profile anti-vaccine activists

Embracing uncertainty may be a better way to cure conspiracist thinking

By Ivan Oransky

If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us, labels can make the truth that much harder to find

Alex Jones keeps losing defamation lawsuits, but the underlying issues behind them remain unresolved

By Enrique Armijo

The question of whether private figures who become temporarily famous should face stricter defamation claim standards has yet to be resolved in court

Ghost stories tell us more about ourselves than the supernatural creatures they describe

By Melanie Trecek-King

Resorting to the supernatural to explain the unexplainable is a failure of imagination

Analysis: Russian state-owned media outlets published thousands of articles promoting QAnon talking points

By Kristen Doerer

Media outlets directly owned or operated by Russian agencies have been spreading QAnon themes to gullible Americans

Heeding Steve Bannon’s call, election conspiracy theorists are taking over the GOP to continue Trump’s lies

By Arnsdorf and Clark

After being forced out of the Trump White House, the ousted former Breitbart editor sees election delusion as a path to return to power

Ivermectin isn’t being ‘suppressed’ as a Covid-19 treatment, it’s being investigated, because that’s how science works

By Mark Sumner

Desperate for a cheap Covid-19 cure, many people have prematurely latched onto a drug that’s only been proven as a treatment for tapeworms and other parasites

On vaccines, deliberate ignorance shouldn’t be treated the same as hesitance

By Eric Boehlert

Coddling delusions doesn’t make them go away, it makes them stronger

White House press secretary Jen Psaki is handling right-wing media trolls perfectly

By Walter Einenkel

Courtesy and an unwillingness to countenance conspiracies are the key to the Biden administration’s strategy for handling far-right media