Masha Gessen | Fighting Fake News Is Not the Solution
06 January 18 PM
Masha Gessen | Fighting Fake News Is Not the Solution
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker
Gessen writes: "Despair pervaded American newsrooms following the 2016 election. It wasn't just that most of the media had failed to foresee the outcome of the vote; it was the realization, as one colleague put it, that 'nothing we do matters.'"
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Masha Gessen, The New Yorker
Gessen writes: "Despair pervaded American newsrooms following the 2016 election. It wasn't just that most of the media had failed to foresee the outcome of the vote; it was the realization, as one colleague put it, that 'nothing we do matters.'"
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Trump Wants $18 Billion for Wall in 'Dreamer' Deal
John Bowden, The Hill
Bowden writes: "President Trump this week offered his most detailed request to date of his plans for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border."
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John Bowden, The Hill
Bowden writes: "President Trump this week offered his most detailed request to date of his plans for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border."
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Kobach Wants DHS to Pursue Voter Citizenship Tests, Internal Docs Show
Aaron Sankin, Reveal
Sankin writes: "On Wednesday, President Donald Trump disbanded a White House commission tasked with looking into unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud. In a statement, the president indicated the commission's work would continue through the Department of Homeland Security."
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Aaron Sankin, Reveal
Sankin writes: "On Wednesday, President Donald Trump disbanded a White House commission tasked with looking into unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud. In a statement, the president indicated the commission's work would continue through the Department of Homeland Security."
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ICE to Deport Sole Provider of a Paraplegic 6-Year-Old, Report Says
David Boddiger, Splinter
Boddiger writes: "Following the publication of a profile of 6-year-old Ricky Solis, who will require around-the-clock medical care for the rest of his life after a car crash left him paraplegic, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced they will deport the boy's sole financial provider."
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David Boddiger, Splinter
Boddiger writes: "Following the publication of a profile of 6-year-old Ricky Solis, who will require around-the-clock medical care for the rest of his life after a car crash left him paraplegic, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced they will deport the boy's sole financial provider."
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Low-Income Residents Struggle With High Heating Bills, Frozen Pipes as Frigid Temperatures Linger
Katie Zezima, The Washington Post
Zezima writes: "It's only the beginning of January, and Todd Alexander has already blown through much of the kerosene used to heat his blue trailer here, where one wall is made only of old insulation and frigid wind gusts through the pink fiberglass."
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Katie Zezima, The Washington Post
Zezima writes: "It's only the beginning of January, and Todd Alexander has already blown through much of the kerosene used to heat his blue trailer here, where one wall is made only of old insulation and frigid wind gusts through the pink fiberglass."
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Honduras: Opposition Plans Protests as Electoral Tribunal Dismisses Appeal
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Honduras' Supreme Electoral Tribunal, TSE, has dismissed an election annulment appeal presented by the Opposition Alliance and have reaffirmed Juan Orlando Hernandez as the winner of the presidential election."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Honduras' Supreme Electoral Tribunal, TSE, has dismissed an election annulment appeal presented by the Opposition Alliance and have reaffirmed Juan Orlando Hernandez as the winner of the presidential election."
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The Ghost of the Deepwater Horizon Returns
Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone
Goodell writes: "Like a hurricane or a trip to the frontlines of a war, seeing an oil spill up close is something you never forget. In 2010, a few days after the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico that sent 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf."
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Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone
Goodell writes: "Like a hurricane or a trip to the frontlines of a war, seeing an oil spill up close is something you never forget. In 2010, a few days after the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico that sent 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf."
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