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How many people have been saved from poverty by unemployment insurance?

How many people have been saved from poverty by unemployment insurance?

By Louis Jacobson • January 14, 2014
The year in social media claims, from True to Pants on Fire

The year in social media claims, from True to Pants on Fire

By Louis Jacobson • December 26, 2013
Mailbag: Christmas-New Year's Edition

Mailbag: Christmas-New Year's Edition

By Louis Jacobson • December 24, 2013
The president gets asked about winning PolitiFact's Lie of the Year

The president gets asked about winning PolitiFact's Lie of the Year

By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2013
PunditFact fact-checks Bill O'Reilly on Nelson Mandela

PunditFact fact-checks Bill O'Reilly on Nelson Mandela

By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2013
Fact checking claims about low-income workers

Fact checking claims about low-income workers

By Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2013
Mailbag: The non-Obamacare edition

Mailbag: The non-Obamacare edition

By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2013
Mailbag: 'You guys are a bunch of morons'

Mailbag: 'You guys are a bunch of morons'

By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2013
Fact-checking claims about how trade deals become law

Fact-checking claims about how trade deals become law

By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2013
Did Obama team announce Iran deal to avoid bad publicity on health care?

Did Obama team announce Iran deal to avoid bad publicity on health care?

By Louis Jacobson • November 25, 2013
Flip-flopping on the filibuster

Flip-flopping on the filibuster

By Becky Bowers • November 22, 2013
Is Ayotte's hot-stove league analogy correct?

Is Ayotte's hot-stove league analogy correct?

By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2013
When online satire gets presented as the facts

When online satire gets presented as the facts

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2013
Fact-checking 'PoliticsNation'

Fact-checking 'PoliticsNation'

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2013
When Internet satire gets passed off as "truth"

When Internet satire gets passed off as "truth"

By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2013
When Internet satire gets passed off as "truth"

When Internet satire gets passed off as "truth"

By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2013
‘If you like your health insurance, you can keep it’

‘If you like your health insurance, you can keep it’

By Steve Contorno • October 30, 2013
‘If you like your health insurance, you can keep it’

‘If you like your health insurance, you can keep it’

By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2013
Does emergency care account for just 2 percent of health care spending?

Does emergency care account for just 2 percent of health care spending?

By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2013
Was Rubio 'never ... in favor of shutting down the government'?

Was Rubio 'never ... in favor of shutting down the government'?

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013