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Next Left Notes

Next Left Notes (NLN) was a radical American weblog and news publication started in 2004 as a successor to New Left Notes, which had been the voice of the 1960s Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). In 2006, NLN became associated with the re-established SDS. Calling itself an independent New Left journal, NLN began publishing print versions in March 2008 to mark its 4th anniversary. The journal featured domestic reporting from a left-wing perspective. It ceased operations in 2015.

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Next Left Notes (NLN) was a radical American weblog and news publication started in 2004 as a successor to New Left Notes, which had been the voice of the 1960s Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). In 2006, NLN became associated with the re-established SDS. Calling itself an independent New Left journal, NLN began publishing print versions in March 2008 to mark its 4th anniversary. The journal featured domestic reporting from a left-wing perspective. It ceased operations in 2015.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2004 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2004". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341952737

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.