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Since the start of the pandemic, more and more people are acting like armchair experts on Twitter.
Social media has democratized our access to information.
But the prevalence of fake experts and educated guesses can spread harm when those guesses are wrong.
Chris Stokel-Walker is a freelance journalist and the author of the upcoming book TikTok Boom: China, the US and the Superpower Race for Social Media.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
The twists and turns of the coronavirus pandemic have been a frantic enough ride as it is, but trying to imagine what it would have been like in a pre-social media era seems mind-boggling.
The lawn outside the US Capitol is covered with 7,000 pairs of empty shoes to memorialize the 7,000 children killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook school shooting, in a display organized by the global advocacy group Avaaz, in Washington, DC, March 13, 2018. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
Four months after my sister was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I watched the US Senate fall a handful of votes shy of passing landmark background checks for gun sales legislation.
93% of Americans support background checks on all gun sales including 89% of Republicans and 89% of gun owners.
After the mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, the Senate must take up life-saving background checks legislation once again.
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After the Capitol attack, many corporations pulled funding from politicians who supported Trump.
Some of the companies are already changing course, showing that it was likely a PR stunt.
Americans cannot rely on corporations to speak for them. Congress needs to pass the For the People Act to amplify Americans voices.
Eric Lutz writes for Vanity Fair and the Guardian, among other publications.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
After a MAGA mob stormed the United States Capitol in January in an effort to overturn the 2020 election results, the corporate world quickly worked to distance itself from Donald Trump and other Republicans who had helped instigate the riot.
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Business investment is picking up since the bottom of the COVID pandemic crash.
This increased investment should continue for the next year and help the US economy recover.
Policy support, financial conditions, and rising GDP expectations should all support capital expenditures.
Neil Dutta is head of economics at Renaissance Macro Research.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.