A Target on Democracy
Powerful forces in the US and abroad are spending a lot of money and effort on undermining democracy. In 2017, we tried to call them out on it when others were silent.
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On Boston Bombing, Right to Know is Zero
Fed stonewalling on routine records for Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev highlights overarching lack of government transparency.
Stories We Didn’t Allow to Slip Through the Cracks
It would be tough for us to pick our best stories of 2017, but here are a few that you might have missed. More than anything, they show the wide range of issues we covered this year.
Codebreakers and Killers: CIA Covert Ops and the JFK Assassination
Two JFK researchers break down a top-secret CIA assassination program known as ZR/RIFLE, and what connection it may have had to the murder of President John F. Kennedy.
Is NATO’s Middle Eastern Anchor in Doubt?
Amid tectonic changes in the region, the moment for Turkey to make its fateful choice between a full-fledged dictatorship and a democracy may have arrived.
Memo to CBS on George W. Bush: Dan Rather Got It (Mostly) Right
Dan Rather might have made some journalistic errors in pursuing the story of George W. Bush’s National Guard duty, but he got the underlying narrative right.
Plastic Ocean: From Thriving Ecosystem to Trash Dumpster
Newborn babies have never touched plastic, but studies of umbilical cords show its chemical residue can be found in them. Like a dangerously virulent virus, plastics have made their way into almost everything — into the oceans, into the fish, into us.
Pennsylvania Political Consultant Lied to FBI
Russiagate’s Media Problems ; Will Politics Ruin the #MeToo Movement? …and More Picks 12/11
Anatomy of a CIA Assassination: How it Went Down
Was President John F. Kennedy’s mistress killed in an intricate, CIA-conducted operation like something out of the old television series Mission Impossible?
A Rogue American Spy and Why North Korea Hates America
As the Korean War broke out, Donald Nichols was a major American player for the CIA. He helped launch the South Korean Air Force and picked bombing targets in the North. He ended up a non-person, discredited in the eyes of the US government. This is his story.
Laughs, Tears, the Deep State and Russ Baker at NY Comedy Festival
There is a lighter side even to serious topics, as WhoWhatWhy Founder Russ Baker demonstrates in a live podcast from the New York Comedy Festival.
If We Can Laugh at It, We Can Live With It
Laughing at the world today may not be a cure for anything, but it’s a damn good anesthetic to get us through the holidays.