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ExplainerHow SNAP works: who qualifies for food stamps and what they getA plain-language guide to SNAP eligibility, the income tests, how benefits are calculated, what you can buy and the most common myths.ExplainerCan the government take away your U.S. citizenship?What the Constitution and the Supreme Court say about losing citizenship, how denaturalization works, and what the proposed Enemy Expatriation Act would have changed.ExplainerSeparation of church and state, explainedWhat the First Amendment’s religion clauses say, where the phrase “wall of separation” comes from, and how the Supreme Court’s approach has changed.ExplainerHow to spot a hyperpartisan headline (using this domain’s own past as the example)Seven checks for a viral political headline, with a real case study: a 2016 headline from the former Addicting Info that BuzzFeed News flagged.ExplainerAstroturfing and paid commenters: how fake grassroots campaigns workWhat astroturfing is, documented examples from fake FCC comments to state troll farms, and the signs of a coordinated campaign.

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Elections & Congress

How votes, campaigns and laws actually work.

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Media literacy

Reading political news without getting played.

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Tech & AI

AI, platforms and the rules around them.

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Economy

Prices, jobs, benefits and who pays.

6 pieces

Civil rights

Citizenship, equal protection and policing.

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Church & state

Religion, government and the First Amendment.

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Women’s rights

Suffrage, equality and the law.

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LGBTQ rights

Marriage, equality and the courts.

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Guns & the law

The Second Amendment in the courts.

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