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Ballot drop boxes were popular in 2020. Then they became a GOP target By Amy Sherman • May 19, 2021 Debating the origins of the COVID-19 virus: What we know, what we don’t know By Tom Kertscher • May 17, 2021 No, it isn’t clear that unemployment checks are the main reason jobs go unfilled By Jon Greenberg • May 17, 2021 United Facts of America: Christiane Amanpour on truth, objectivity and the assault on democracy By Amaris Castillo • May 13, 2021 Filter bubbles be gone! SmartNews and PolitiFact team up to get news consumers the facts By Josie Hollingsworth • May 12, 2021 United Facts of America: Fauci reflects on the pandemic's misinformation By Angela Fu • May 12, 2021 United Facts of America: Fact-checkers seen as blunting threat of disinformation By Tom Kertscher • May 11, 2021 Join us LIVE May 10-13 for a virtual festival of fact-checking with Dr. Anthony Fauci By PolitiFact Staff • May 10, 2021 What the Oversight Board’s action on Trump’s ban means for fact-checking on Facebook By Samantha Putterman • May 6, 2021 Debunking the anti-vaccine hoax about ‘vaccine shedding’ By Bill McCarthy • May 6, 2021 Ask PolitiFact: Why are Arizona Republicans auditing election results? By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2021 Federal VAERS database is a critical tool for researchers, but a breeding ground for misinformation By Gabrielle Settles • May 3, 2021 What the first police statement about George Floyd got wrong By Bill McCarthy • April 22, 2021 What the numbers tell us about Biden’s promise of high-paying green jobs By Jon Greenberg • April 22, 2021 What Rep. Maxine Waters said about the Chauvin trial and why it matters By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2021 What Joe Biden, Stacey Abrams and Georgia senators said about a MLB boycott By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2021 The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, explained By Bill McCarthy • April 20, 2021 Update: Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes By Jon Greenberg • April 20, 2021 The Trial of the Chicago 7: What the movie gets right, and wrong By Samantha Putterman • April 18, 2021 What we know about the traffic stop that left Daunte Wright dead By Ciara O'Rourke • April 15, 2021
