A stark look at how important stable housing is to every aspect of our lives, and why it is out of reach for millions.
Author Archives: Carlen
The Monthly Bulletin: July 2023
The Non-fiction Feature: Manufacturing Consent by Edward Herman & Noam Chomsky;
The Memoir Spot: We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins;
The Product Spot: Fact-checking websites.
Fact-checking websites
Fact-checking websites and the critical roles they play in discerning fact from fiction.
Manufacturing Consent
How media (openly and sneakily) defends the economic, social, and political agendas of privileged groups.
We Are Bellingcat
The future of investigative journalism is ourselves–citizen-led journalism, the newest tools to analyze data, and where it goes from here.
The Monthly Bulletin: June 2023
The Non-fiction Feature: The Great Starvation Experiment by Todd Tucker;
The Memoir Spot: Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher by Brandy Schillace;
The Product Spot: Office for Human Research Protections.
The Great Starvation Experiment
Amidst the horrors of WWII, a daring experiment on willing human subjects to discover the many effects of starvation.
Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher
An examination of a doctor who pushed the bounds of animal experimentation, and the ethical dilemmas he faced.
The Strangest of Places: Building Castles Made of Sand in Afghanistan
A perceptive memoir about a former colonel’s time serving in Afghanistan, examining America’s toxic politics and poor decisions.
The Afghanistan Papers
Why the U.S. failed so spectacularly in Afghanistan, and why the government lied about it over and over.