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What the Horror of "Chernobyl" Reveals About the Deceit of the Trump Era
The HBO miniseries reveals the perils of a society based on lies. It also warns about ignoring the laws of science — and climate change.
Peter Maass
Peter Maass is a senior editor who has written about war, media, and national security for New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, and the Washington Post. He reported on both civilians and combatants during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the author of "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War," an award-winning memoir about the conflict in Bosnia, and he wrote "Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil." He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2012. He has taught writing at Princeton and Columbia universities, and had fellowships at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard and the American Academy in Berlin. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, he lives in New York City.
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Being Rupert Murdoch: How the Founder of Fox News Spreads His Brand of Destruction
“Ink,” a play about Rupert Murdoch, reveals his tactic of disruption by proxy. He lurks in the background as his employees spread far-right ideas.
How Lachlan Murdoch Went From Studying Philosophy at Princeton to Exploiting White Nationalism at Fox News
Rupert Murdoch's oldest son has taken charge of Fox News. The family's role in the far-right network is coming under greater scrutiny.
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Fox News Is Poisoning America. Rupert Murdoch and His Heirs Should Be Shunned.
The Murdoch family is warmly received in the hallways of power and money. But they should be ostracized in the same way that Steve Bannon has.
Max Boot Is Very Sorry for Backing the GOP and the Iraq Invasion. Why Is He Being Praised for This?
The conservative intellectual is forgiven by his media peers for errors of immense and tragic consequence. Boot's new book is a problem.
Supreme Privilege
Dear Senators: The Opposition to Brett Kavanaugh Includes Churches, Law Professors, and Conservatives — Even His Own Friends
The National Council of Churches and former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens are among those asking that Brett Kavanaugh step aside.
Supreme Privilege
Why Brett Kavanaugh’s High School Friends Try to Protect His Reputation — and Theirs
Brett Kavanaugh’s portrayal of his high school years as innocent depends on confirmation — or silence — from a handful of men in a position to know.
Supreme Privilege
The Internet Archive Publishes Brett Kavanaugh’s 1983 Yearbook, a Key Document in Nomination Battle
The Supreme Court nominee’s senior yearbook emerged as a matter of public interest due to sexual assault allegations in his high school years.
Supreme Privilege
Is Brett Kavanaugh’s High School Ditching Him? Nearly 100 Alumni Sign Petition Against the Supreme Court Nominee.
As a movement of Georgetown Prep graduates against Kavanaugh grows, the American Bar Association, Yale Law School, and others are pulling their support.
Supreme Privilege
“Our Silence Will Serve No One” — Alumni of Brett Kavanaugh's High School Urge Graduates to Share Information About Sexual Assaults
Georgetown Prep graduates, in a petition of support for Christine Blasey Ford, call for others to provide information on Brett Kavanaugh.