A new study from the University of Utah finds up to three-quarters of us overestimate our ability to spot fake news stories — and the worse we are, the more likely we are to share misinformation. The study has been getting a lot of attention at a time when polls show millions of Americans convinced of conspiracies about everything from vaccine safety to the results of the last election. It’s a conundrum for those of us in the real news, but also for people like Trudi Jacobson of the University at Albany. The distinguished librarian is head of UAlbany’s information literacy department.
In New York’s 19th Congressional district, second-term Democrat Antonio Delgado just got a high-profile challenger: Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, the 2018 GOP nominee...
A documentary that focuses on the ever-present question of immigration and refugee resettlement in upstate New York is beginning a weeklong run in Albany...
We speak with Richard Rifkin of the Government Law Center at Albany Law School about the status of the redistricting process in New York...