Classic Who: The Ferguson Report, Part 1: Breathing While Black
Stories from the DOJ report on the Ferguson Police’s grinding daily abuse of African-Americans — the kind of abuse that probably happens all over America.
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What People Won’t Do To Stop Trump — Vote for Clinton
People from across the country descended on Cleveland to protest and “Stop Trump.” But they still don’t want to vote for his opponent.
A Top Cop Says We Need To Reinvent Policing
Norm Stamper talks about cop culture, how contagious and deeply institutionalized it is and how “awful but lawful” has become an internal standard that real community policing has to root out.
That One Time an Online Petition Worked
If you are like a lot of activist-minded people, you probably get a lot of emails asking you to sign petitions. The more you sign the more you get, and before you know it you can’t even keep up. Eventually a fatigue sets in where saving the wolves, or the latest environmental protection effort in […]
Cleveland Is A Tinderbox, and Everyone Is Avoiding Matches
The Republican National Convention comes to Cleveland next week, and with demostrators coming from across the country to both protest and support Donald Trump, things could get ugly.
Our First Report from Istanbul as Coup Unfolds
Our first report from Istanbul
What the 28 Pages Released on Saudi 9/11 Ties Missed
Congress finally released the so-called “28 pages” on Saudi ties to the hijackers that were withheld from the congressional 9/11 report. But there’s other, even more damning evidence, and it is directly linked to the Saudi leadership. We published it back in 2011. Here it is again.
A Look Back at a Great Journalist Covering a War that Still Haunts
When we speak of the ‘60s, talk invariably centers on Vietnam. No one understood that conflict better than Sydney Schanberg, who died the other day. His insightful and honest coverage of the war set a new standard for the truth. In this 1999 conversation, Schanberg reminds us why he will be missed.
28 Pages Deadline Passes
Well, June came and went with no official word on the notorious “28 Pages” and whether or not the redacted, 2002 Joint Inquiry chapter into the attacks of 9/11 should ever see the light of day. Two months ago, White House spokesman Josh Earnest (yeah, that’s his name) assured the press the Office of the Director of National Intelligence would […]
Congress Kneecaps Vermont GMO Labeling Law
Congress again does the bidding of the GMO industry as it tries to nix a Vermont food labeling law.
Political Dirty Tricks for the Digital Age
New ultra-precise mapping software is taking the practice of gerrymandering to levels never before imagined and, in so doing, is making elections irrelevant.
Unsafe at Any Level? Dangerous Chemicals Everywhere, Part 2
Part 1 of this series revealed the technical difficulties in assessing the potential harm from chemical additives like BPA. Part 2 focuses on the contamination of scientific review by money and politics, and why chemical regulatory systems are not only broken — they are unfixable.