But like many aspects of 21st-century American life, the vaccines became a partisan point of debate as often false anti-vaccine conspiracies spread to millions of people.
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Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
25 Aug. 2026
The result is a sprawling theory combining paranoid interpretations of current events with historical conspiracies.
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Matthew N. Hannah,
The Conversation,
25 Aug. 2026
And more than 90 organizations, including unions, Black fraternities and sororities and voting rights groups, have signed on as official partners.
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Tia Mitchell,
AJC.com,
25 Aug. 2026
In a previous statement, the fraternity — which is 115 years old and is part of the Divine Nine, a group of nine historically Black fraternities and sororities — said the three men accused were not active or financial members of the fraternity.
Increasingly, his mind was preoccupied with extremist views and conspiracy theories, including secret government cabals and false-flag operations.
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Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
24 July 2026
Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Shadow Ticket, set in 1932 Milwaukee, takes place in a landscape of industrial ghosts, strike-breakers, fascist sympathizers and absurdist cabals.
Bakewell’s donations weren’t the only ones to pose issues for Brotherhood Crusade, which provides an array of services aimed at keeping kids from joining gangs.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Sep. 2026
Two weeks earlier, gangs attacked Fort Dimanche in Cité Soleil, where several elderly residents who were unable to flee their homes were killed.
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