RKF Jr.’s Plot to Kill America
In addition to Covid prevention, medical researchers are discovering ways mRNAs could treat various cancers, HIV, and sickle cell anemia. But RFK Jr. and the Trump administration are threatening their efforts.
Disinformation
This Is How to Debunk the Onslaught of Disinformation
The last Trump administration might not have introduced the concept of disinformation, but 2.0 has taken propaganda to a new dangerous level. Are we better equipped to combat it this time around?
The Revisionist History of January 6
GOP lawmakers said on record they wanted Trump held accountable. Now they're trying to rewrite history and absolve the incoming president and the insurrectionists, even as an entire nation witnessed the unprecedented mayhem.
America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal
Our media landscape has been overrun with clickbait and disinformation, which is largely responsible for Trump’s return to the Oval Office. And when lies replace real news, this authoritarian administration might be able to hold onto power for a very long time.
America’s Propaganda Apocalypse Was Decades in the Making
Years of policy failures built our modern media reality long before Elon Musk shared his first meme. Reformers need all the help they can get to reverse the tide.
This Is How Media Shapes the Narrative
When a paper of record makes unsubstantiated claims, other media outlets see them and spin them out in a subversive game of telephone. Is this how we really want the first draft of history to be written?
Media’s Lust for Conflict Is Failing the Public
In their depiction of Trump’s and Biden’s “markedly different” classified document situations, journalists are muddying the waters and confusing readers.
The GOP’s Dangerous Lies About “Grooming”
On the heels of their disinformation campaign around CRT, Republicans have found their next target, straight off the QAnon message boards, aimed right at the LGBTQ community.
Reimagining Borders Could Help Contain Disinformation
Disinformation around immigration has become pervasive over the last decade. With increasing numbers of refugees displaced by war and climate emergencies, resilience demands that we reevaluate the value of lines on a map.
How Disinformation Powers Vigilantism
Citizen militias at the U.S.-Mexico border rely on social media to spread lies about immigrants and validate their belief—and desire—that violent policing equates justice.