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What Lies Ahead For Puerto Rico
Following Hurricane Maria’s landfall on Wednesday morning, we have only scarce images and reports from which to comprehend the scale of devastation i…
8 years, 6 months ago
"Free Speech Week" Puts Berkeley Back in the Crosshairs
Alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos recently released a list of speakers for his upcoming "Free Speech Week" at University of California Berkeley…
8 years, 6 months ago
Look What You Made Me Do
A week after President Trump cut a surprise deal with Democrats, and 100 years after it was created, is the debt ceiling still serving its intended p…
8 years, 6 months ago
The Counter-Jihad Movement & the Making of a President
President George W. Bush, speaking at a mosque on Sept. 17, 2001: "The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That’s not what Islam is all ab…
8 years, 6 months ago
Duck and Cover
The Trump administration has announced the end of the DACA program. We examine the rhetoric used to justify the decision. Plus: the Southern Poverty …
8 years, 6 months ago
Unnatural Disaster
Hurricane Harvey makes landfall, bringing with it a familiar set of reporting tropes. We unpack the language of storm reporting and why it falls shor…
8 years, 6 months ago
Bob's Docs Finale: Conflicting Narratives
For the month of August, we’ve been running a series of interviews Bob has done with documentary filmmakers. We’ve been calling it “Bob’s Docs," and …
8 years, 6 months ago
This American War on Drugs
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has signaled that he'd like to revamp the war on drugs. We take a look at the history of the battle, and how sensation…
8 years, 6 months ago
Bob's Docs Episode Four: It's Personal
For the month of August we've been running a series of interviews Bob has done over the years with documentary filmmakers. In the OTM office, the pro…
8 years, 6 months ago
Gutted
In the 1960s, pollution was a visible, visceral problem, and public pressure led a Republican president to create the Environmental Protection Agency…
8 years, 7 months ago