Fact-checking websites and the critical roles they play in discerning fact from fiction.
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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.
Office for Human Research Protections
The office provides information about research protection, the Belmont Report, human research protection training, and other education and outreach resources.
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.
The Monthly Bulletin: May 2023
The Non-fiction Feature: The Afghanistan Papers by Craig Whitlock;
The Memoir Spot: The Strangest of Places by Gerald Carozza;
The Product Spot: Clarissa Ward – NPR interview.