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VIDEO: How Russia Used Social Media to Meddle in the 2016 Election and...
In a way it was the perfect crime: using American-made social media tools to subvert American democracy. Prior to testifying before congressional committees last month, legal representatives from...
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WATCH: A High School Activist from Richmond, on Stepping Up for Her Community
This video is part of “Stepping Up,” a short video series featuring four impressive young people working for change in their communities and explaining what sparked them to action. Watch all four...
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What Is Net Neutrality and What Will the Internet Look Like Without It?
Whether you’re heading to Amazon or your grandma’s cat grooming blog, every website and application on the internet is supposed to be delivered at the same speed. Teach with the Lowdown Suggestions...
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Profiled: A Brief History of Being Identified
Smile! ‘Cause we can all see you. Once the stuff of science fiction, facial recognition technology is increasingly creeping into our everyday lives. Facebook and Google use it for auto-tagging photos....
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TIMELINE: A Short History of the Long Struggle Against Sexual Harassment
In October, the dam finally broke. That’s when multiple women, including female employees and actresses, began to accuse the powerful film producer and studio executive Harvey Weinstein of explicit...
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Reefer Madness! The Twisted History of America’s Marijuana Laws
Teach with the Lowdown Suggestions for nonfiction analysis, writing/discussion prompts and multimedia projects. Browse our lesson plan collection here. Lesson Plan: Weed Laws (PDF) Talk about a buzz...
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TIMELINE: Inside the Epic, Ongoing, Battle over DACA
Welcome to yet another episode of DACA drama. On Tuesday, a federal judge in San Francisco temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s decision announced in September to end the Deferred Action for...
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How Plastic Took Over The World (and Created A Big Mess): A Brief, Disposable...
Try to go an hour without touching something plastic. Come on, I dare you. Using The Lowdown and Above the Noise in the Classroom Ideas for analysis, discussion and multimedia projects. Browse our...
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Six Big Issues Trump Will Likely Address in His First State of the Union
a.specialhover:hover img { background-color: #37B1A9; } a.entry-content img { border: #000000 3px solid; } Marking his first year in office, President Trump is scheduled to deliver his premiere State...
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No Comment! Why More News Sites Are Dumping Their Comment Sections
Letters to the editor have always been a key part of American newspapers, the main channel for readers to respond to the content they consume and publicly debate major political and social issues....
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MAP: Making Sense of America’s Devastating Opioid Epidemic
The United States is dealing with the deadliest drug epidemic it has ever experienced. Teach with the Lowdown Suggestions for nonfiction analysis, writing/discussion prompts and multimedia projects....
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Why Are American Public Schools Still So Segregated?
As of 2014, white students no longer made up the majority of America’s public elementary and secondary school students. Using The Lowdown and Above the Noise in the Classroom Ideas for analysis,...
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Gun Violence, Gun Control and Gun Rights: Where We Go from Here (with Lesson...
On Wednesday, a heavily armed young man barged into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. and opened fire, killing at least 17 people. Just seven weeks into 2018, this is already the...
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When Rivers Caught Fire: A Brief History of Earth Day (with Lesson Plan)
Teach with the Lowdown Suggestions for nonfiction analysis, writing/discussion prompts and multimedia projects. Browse our lesson plan collection here. Lesson Plan: Earth Day History (PDF) To start, a...
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