Major social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are attempting to dilute the spread of fake news by implementing independent fact checkers on posts that promote false information about the coronavirus, vaccines, mail-in ballots, QAnon conspiracies or the Holocaust. According to Niko Poulakos, a communications professor at the University of Rhode Island, in a…
While there has been plenty of News You Should Know within our borders, there’s plenty more happening in the world around us. Anti-government protests in Thailand, according to the BBC, started on Aug. 3 and are growing currently. The primary targets of these protests are Thailand’s monarchs and their prime minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha. Chan-o-Cha, a…
President Donald Trump takes off his mask shortly after being released from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment. Photo from CNN. On Oct. 2, it was made public that President Donald Trump, as well as several members of his inner circle, had tested positive for COVID-19. With the election under a…
The upcoming election will be one of the most important in recent history of the United States. Voting occupies people’s minds across the country, regardless of party. Millennials and Gen Z make up a large portion of college students today and are a large demographic in the electorate. The Good Five-Cent Cigar is here to…
There has been no shortage of News You Should Know recently. Donald Trump’s case of COVID-19, subsequent hospitalization and release from Walter Reed Medical Center dominated news this week. Trump tweeted at 12:54 a.m. on Oct. 2 that he had tested positive. He was hospitalized the following day. Multiple doctors have theorized that the event…
The global pandemic is taking a toll on the American economy. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. The United States economy has taken a serious hit due to COVID-19, and professors from the University of Rhode Island’s economics department have been analyzing the recession intently. Prior to the start of pandemic, URI economics Professor Richard McIntyre saw…