Social Media Misinformation Campaigns Are 'Big Business' Worldwide, Study Finds
In 30 of 48 examined countries, Oxford researchers discover evidence of political parties using "computational propaganda" during elections or referendums.
White House Rejects Putin Idea for Ukraine Referendum
The administration rebuffs an effort backed by the Russian president to hold a referendum in separatist-leaning eastern Ukraine on the region's future.
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Seymour Hersh Still Afflicting the Comfortable After 5 Decades of Investigative Journalism (Audio)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, the author of a new book about his long career, assesses his reporting of some of the most significant stories of the last half-century.
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Filmmaker-Photographer Lauren Greenfield on Rise of 'Generation Wealth' and Fall of the Empire
Her latest documentary looks at the pathology of greed and fame. “I thought the financial crash was going to teach us," she says. "And yet a lot of people went right back to living the same way as they had before.”
Trump Invites Putin to Visit Washington in the Fall
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the president has asked national security adviser John Bolton to invite the Russian leader and "those discussions are already underway."
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American Conservatives Tied to Pro-Trump Trolls in Macedonia
A new report finds an “unlikely global alliance” of fake news disseminators in the runup to the 2016 election.
Reading Against Fascism
In an age when memory is under attack, a critical review of history becomes a source of hope and a tool of resistance.
Rules for Handling Toxic Coal Ash Eased
The EPA makes the change, which affects more than 400 U.S. coal-fired power plants, after utilities push back against Obama-era regulations. The companies are expected to save roughly $30 million a year as a result.
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The Stories Corporate Media Failed to Cover This Week
The Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki is the biggest news of the year so far, but let us not lose sight of all the critically important related stories that are going untold.
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The Human Cost of Getting Used to Trump
In the detention centers and the separation of immigrant families, we can see how the fragile protections of the Constitution and the courts and the ideals of our nation are endangered by a reckless president.