Latest Articles Tracking Biden's campaign promises, one year in By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2022 PolitiFact Mailbag: ‘You were spot on’ about the lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack By Amy Sherman • January 3, 2022 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021 By Amy Sherman • December 21, 2021 What’s known about claim that white supremacists shot at Ferguson, Mo., marchers By Tom Kertscher • November 19, 2021 Fact-checking claims about Kyle Rittenhouse, shooter in Kenosha, Wis., protests By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2021 In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige By Tom Kertscher • November 12, 2021 Why the Gabby Petito case, but not others, has drawn so much attention By Noah Y. Kim • September 22, 2021 As extremes shape voter ID debate, the rules keep getting stricter By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2021 Explaining the many sides of Chief Black Hawk’s story By Madison Black • June 28, 2021 Juneteenth’s 156-year path to becoming a federal holiday: Here’s the history By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2021 How GOP Senate resolution condemning critical race theory distorts the facts By Jon Greenberg • June 16, 2021 Donald Trump’s 'I was right about everything,' fact-checked By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 14, 2021 One year after George Floyd’s death, police reform talks linger By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2021 What is critical race theory, and why are conservatives blocking it? By Jon Greenberg • May 24, 2021 Evaluating President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2021 What the first police statement about George Floyd got wrong By Bill McCarthy • April 22, 2021 What Rep. Maxine Waters said about the Chauvin trial and why it matters By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2021 The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, explained By Bill McCarthy • April 20, 2021 Did George Floyd say he ‘ate too many drugs,’ as Derek Chauvin's defense claimed? By Bill McCarthy • April 8, 2021 Hate crimes against Asian Americans: What the numbers show, and don’t By Amy Sherman • March 19, 2021
Tracking Biden's campaign promises, one year in By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2022 PolitiFact Mailbag: ‘You were spot on’ about the lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack By Amy Sherman • January 3, 2022 PolitiFact’s top 10 fact-checks of 2021 By Amy Sherman • December 21, 2021 What’s known about claim that white supremacists shot at Ferguson, Mo., marchers By Tom Kertscher • November 19, 2021 Fact-checking claims about Kyle Rittenhouse, shooter in Kenosha, Wis., protests By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2021 In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige By Tom Kertscher • November 12, 2021 Why the Gabby Petito case, but not others, has drawn so much attention By Noah Y. Kim • September 22, 2021 As extremes shape voter ID debate, the rules keep getting stricter By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2021 Explaining the many sides of Chief Black Hawk’s story By Madison Black • June 28, 2021 Juneteenth’s 156-year path to becoming a federal holiday: Here’s the history By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2021 How GOP Senate resolution condemning critical race theory distorts the facts By Jon Greenberg • June 16, 2021 Donald Trump’s 'I was right about everything,' fact-checked By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 14, 2021 One year after George Floyd’s death, police reform talks linger By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2021 What is critical race theory, and why are conservatives blocking it? By Jon Greenberg • May 24, 2021 Evaluating President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2021 What the first police statement about George Floyd got wrong By Bill McCarthy • April 22, 2021 What Rep. Maxine Waters said about the Chauvin trial and why it matters By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2021 The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, explained By Bill McCarthy • April 20, 2021 Did George Floyd say he ‘ate too many drugs,’ as Derek Chauvin's defense claimed? By Bill McCarthy • April 8, 2021 Hate crimes against Asian Americans: What the numbers show, and don’t By Amy Sherman • March 19, 2021