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Anna Merlan

Anna Merlan is a journalist and the author of the 2019 book Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power.

Politics

The Solar Eclipse Conspiracy Theories Taking Over the Internet

The April 8 eclipse is being called conspiracy theorists’ Super Bowl.
Voices

The Transphobic Online Investigators Trying to Prove that Every Celebrity is Secretly Trans

A hateful conspiracy theory that also tells us something about the nature of participatory online “detective” work.