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TikTok may be the platform of choice for catchy videos, but anyone using it to learn about COVID-19, climate change or Russia s invasion of Ukraine is likely to encounter misleading information, according to a research report published Wednesday.Researchers at NewsGuard searched for content about prominent news topics on TikTok and say they found that nearly 1
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CHELSEA, Mass. 鈥?A fresh blanket of snow coats the streets and sidewalks of Chelsea, Massachusetts. This working-class community of 40,000 sits on the waters of Boston Harbor, which has given residents here a front-row seat to the impacts of climate change. Even in the middle of winter though, the work goes on for Roseann Bongiovanni. She serves as the executive director for Gre
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stanley becher effects that racism has placed on communities of color, Bongiovanni said. From rising sea levels to extreme urban heating. Residents of this community are more susceptible to the impacts of climate change and also have fewer resources to help mitigate the impacts. Its not a mistake that theres a disproportionate burden placed on communities of color. Our communities are shouldering a disproportionate burden of climate impacts, she added. Cutler Cleveland, a professor at Boston University, has spent years studying how climate change is dispro
