Historical Backstory to Those Fleeing Syrians, Part 2
If you want to know the who, what, why of how things got so bad in Syria — and, in some ways, the rest of the Middle East — read this excerpt from Syria Burning by Charles Glass.
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Exclusive: Oklahoma City Bombing Breakthrough, Part 2 of 2
Yesterday, we told you about new evidence of a likely undercover intelligence operative who associated with Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in the period prior to the bombing, and about a government cover-up that continues to the present. Today, the rest of the murky story behind one of America’s worst tragedies.
The Power of Technology to Bear Witness to War Crimes
In each of our pockets are devices with the power to bear witness. Suddenly violations of human rights are documented for the ages and may be more easily prosecuted.
Why Even a Pandemic Can’t Make Remote Learning Work
An in-depth look at why the push to get schools back open is in part about the unspoken limits and failure of remote learning.
Florida Found to Violate the Voting Rights Act – Again
A district judge has just delivered a stunning rebuke to the Florida Secretary of State, whose administration has continued to drag its heels in providing Spanish-language election information and ballots to displaced Puerto Ricans.
The Saga of Barrett Brown: Inside Anonymous and the War on Secrecy
A magazine-length, must-read story of hackers, leakers, democracy advocates, spies, cops, banks, lobbyists, WikiLeaks, the future of the Internet…and quite possibly of our democracy.
The Astonishing Security State Travails of Our New Podcaster Barrett Brown
Barrett Brown was almost put away for over 100 years. His crime: publicizing documents that reveal the shadowy world of intelligence contracting in the post-9/11 era.
Hiroshima Series, Part 2 — How They Hid the Worst Horrors of Hiroshima
The second installment in our series on how the worst of the devastation caused by the atomic bomb was deliberately concealed from Americans for decades.
How Bribes to Politicians From Arms Dealers Keep Wars Going
With the help of governments and their intelligence agencies, the global arms trade continues to be a controlling and corrupting force throughout the world.
Burying the “Lockerbie Bomber”—And the Truth
Everyone’s in a hurry to say goodbye to the “Lockerbie bomber,” the man convicted of bombing Pan Am 103. But a closer look is warranted—as usual—when the stakes are so high. Was Libya really behind the atrocity, or was some other country or element involved?
Classic/2012: Reconsidering the “Lockerbie Bomber”
In this piece, which originally appeared here in 2012, Russ Baker shares problems with the official explanation of who did what in the bombing of a Pan Am plane that crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland and made an international pariah of Libya.
Making Sense of Boston
It doesn’t take an expert on the Boston Marathon Bombing to see some major discrepancies in the overall case. There are just too many things that don’t make sense.