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YouTuber Natalie Wynn—better known as ContraPoints—spent a year diving into the online rabbit holes that fuel QAnon and MAGA ...

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Leonard Peltier, a Lakota, Dakota and Anishinaabe activist, is a controversial figure depending on whom you ask. To Native activists, he was the longest-serving political prisoner in the United States ...

Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music ...

Political comedies are the perfect way to deal with topical issues under the guise of absurdist comedy, and movies like Duck ...

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Naked bicyclists, craftivists, roller skaters and at least one wedding showcased Portland's offbeat culture and challenged ...