Our Most Important Stories in 2014
Here’s a hand-picked collection of our best journalism this year. We hope it arms you with the power of information, and inspires you into the new year.
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Boston After-Action Report Raises Still More Questions–Inadvertently
The ‘After Action Report for the Response to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings’ was supposed to shine a light on how authorities reacted to one of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil in the past decade. Though it provides some new details, it is notable mostly for its omissions–and how it inadvertently raises still more questions about this baffling saga.
Private Equity’s Dirty Dozen: The 12 US Firms Funding Dirty Energy Projects
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Crucial Background to New Redford Movie on Bush and Rather, Part 2
In 2004, CBS News was offered documents confirming that George W. Bush had dodged the draft during the Vietnam War. Dan Rather aired a report based on these documents and within a suspiciously short time, they were alleged to be false. The story “blew up” in Rather’s face, forcing his early retirement. Russ Baker, who was in Texas at the time, found telling indications that the documents were likely a clever ruse to trap CBS and convince others that investigating Bush’s past was hazardous.
Part 2: How They Hid the Worst Horrors of Hiroshima
The second installment of our series on how the worst devastation caused by the Atomic bomb was deliberately concealed from Americans for decades.
Classic Who: Hiroshima Series, Part II
We revisit past coverage in ‘Hiroshima Series, Part II,’ as Greg Mitchell documents how film crews capturing the devastation had their work classified from public consumption.
Classic Who: Hiroshima Series, Part III
We revisit past coverage in ‘Hiroshima Series, Part III,’ as Greg Mitchell documents how activists tracked down the shocking archived footage.
RussRant: Ben Carson Gets Boston Bombing Wrong
Should we be concerned that, after all this time, would-be presidents of the United States, like the majority of the media and the population at large, are still unaware of the full story behind the Marathon Bombing?
Home Alone, a Pair of Scissors, and a Mirror
“Give me a head with hair / long beautiful hair / Shining, gleaming, streaming / flaxen, waxen.” — Broadway hit musical Hair (1967).
Prospective Energy Sources, Part 3: Cold Fusion’s Threat and Promise
Does a mix of justified concerns and unwholesome paranoias stand in the way of a planet-saving advance?
Disinformation Part 3: COINTELPRO Up Close and Personal
Part 3 of our three-part series on the techniques of trolls. The first two parts were concerned mostly with sabotage and disinformation on the Internet, but Part 3 goes back in time to the days when activists unwittingly came face-to-face with government infiltrators.
Todashev’s Killer: No Wonder His Identity Was Secret
The FBI agent who fatally shot a friend of one of the accused Boston marathon bombers has a record tarnished by accusations of police brutality and misleading statements. It’s just another bombing-related secret the federal government doesn’t want the public to know.