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The head of The U.S. government's executive branch has threatened to declare a "national emergency" for the purpose of taking over elections, if Congress does not pass a radical voter-suppression bill. Elections were held as usual in the U.S. during the War of 1812, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Elections were held as usual during the ...

Photo by César Badilla Miranda on Unsplash In this article, we take a look at some of the surgeries commonly used to remove or modify certain body parts. What is being done, and why? Circumcision Circumcision is a surgical procedure that removes the foreskin from a penis. Historically, circumcision has been practiced routinely in many different cultures, often as part of a...

Photo of Trump ignored by leaders at G7 in France, June 2026MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images For many years, rumors about Donald Trump's body odor and possible urinary and fecal incontinence have circulated on social media. The gossip is often accompanied by photos that may have been manipulated or generated with AI. In some cases, real, undoctored photos that seem to reveal...

This excerpt is republished, with permission, from "Let's Go Somewhere Else". Much of what we know about the WWII concentration camps comes from the Nazis' own documentation of events; they kept meticulous records and took many photos. They were intent on documenting everything they did, because at some point Hitler wanted to set up a museum about the extermination of the Jewis...

Photo by Mathyas Kurmann on Unsplash As you probably know, the war on voting includes a campaign to eliminate voting by mail. donald has now issued a proclamation instructing the Postal Service to deliver ballots only to people whose names appear on a list approved by the federal government. There are many obvious flaws in this plan. People who oppose it point out that t...