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What does it take to overcome one of the oldest disinformation campaigns in U.S. history? Listen to the
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Alice Robb
Alice Robb is a writer based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has appeared in the
New Statesman
,
The New Republic
, and
The Cut
. She is the author of
Why We Dream
.
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How a Public Suicide Harms the People Who See It
For unwitting bystanders, the experience can be traumatic.
Alice Robb
May 25, 2018