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Vice President Harris speaks to student volunteers during a stop at the Community College of Philadelphia during a voter registration training session, in Philadelphia.

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  • Politics

A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump

The poll from the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics shows Harris well ahead among likely voters 18 to 29. It’s a promising sign for Harris, who is banking on high levels of youth support.

September 24, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Then-Minnesota Democratic Rep. Tim Walz and his son Gus Walz celebrate while entering his election night party in August 2018 in St. Paul, Minn. Walz won the night's primary and went on to be elected governor.

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  • National

'Midwestern Nice' and 'Fun Dad' posts abound after Tim Walz is named VP pick

Walz's Midwestern-dad humor has endeared Harris supporters to the Minnesota governor and father of two, whose national visibility has been on the rise since Harris took over the Democratic ticket.

August 07, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
1,000 "Dark Brandon" signs were placed around Miami ahead of the third Republican Debate in Miami last November.

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  • Elections

Meme-ifying 2024: how some young organizers are working to get their peers engaged

Democrats are counting on young voters to come out in big numbers in 2024. And strategists say a strong online presence is a key way to keep them engaged. Which in part means, here come the memes.

January 22, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Imran Khan, Pakistan's former prime minister, during an interview in Lahore, Pakistan, on June 2.

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  • World

When Pakistan's politics get tough, Pakistanis respond with memes and humor

Political humor in Pakistan has evolved over the years to evade censorship and other restrictions. After ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's arrest in May, the internet exploded with memes and jokes.

June 16, 2023
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By:
  • Betsy Joles
A helicopter drops water to stop fire on Crimean Bridge connecting the Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait on Saturday.

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  • World

First, a bridge strategic to Russia was attacked — then came the Ukrainian memes

Ukrainians celebrated the Saturday attack on a key bridge connecting the Crimean peninsula to mainland Russia by flooding social media with memes, which have become a staple of the conflict.

October 09, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
An image of babies doing parkour generated by DALL-E mini.

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  • Technology

When machine learning meets surrealist art meets Reddit, you get DALL-E mini

DALL-E is the AI image generator social media users are employing to crank out bizarre art memes that range from beautiful to horrifying.

July 05, 2022
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By:
  • Kai McNamee
Artist Jonas Never (@never1959) applies finishing touches to his mural of Sen. Bernie Sanders in Culver City, Calif., on Jan. 24. Standing out in a crowd of glamorously dressed guests, Sanders showed up for the presidential inauguration in a heavy winter jacket and patterned mittens — with an AFP photo of the veteran leftist spawning the first viral meme of the Biden era.

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  • Health

Memes about COVID-19 helped us cope with life in a pandemic, a new study finds

Memes could be a valuable way to help people deal with stressful situations.

October 21, 2021
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By:
  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
A nonfungible token, or NFT, is an increasingly lucrative niche in the fine art market.

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  • Technology

'Disaster Girl,' The Stuff Of Memes, Sells For Nearly $500,000 As NFT

Zoë Roth was just 4 when her dad took a picture of her standing in front a burning house. That photo launched uncounted memes, and now the original copy has sold at auction as a nonfungible token.

April 30, 2021
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By:
  • Avie Schneider

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  • Arts & Life

Will Posting Memes Or Pro Wedding Pics Land You In Copyright Small Claims Court?

Jeff Sedlik's Miles Davis portrait shows up all over the Internet, rarely with his permission, and there's not much he can do to protect himself. Enter the CASE Act, which sounds dull ... but isn't.

March 15, 2021
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
The online community is connecting in what may be an unprecedented way with the collision of two viral phenomena: coronavirus and meme culture.

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  • News

Coronavirus Goes Viral: How Online Meme Culture Reflects Our Shared Experience Of A Global Pandemic

Social distancing has become the new normal. With borders closing, shelter-in-place orders in California, lockdowns in Europe, and the Trump...

March 20, 2020
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By:
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
  • and 1 more
Macon native Miles Mashburn sits at a computer, ready to work on his popular Macon Memes Facebook page.

Miles Mashburn Is In On The Joke In Macon

Macon native Miles Mashburn likes to poke fun at his hometown. In fact, he’s made a hobby out of it with his Macon Memes Facebook page. “I’ve always...

July 24, 2017
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By:
  • Katie Atkinson

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