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How to Wash Your Hands in a War Zone

By Gillian Esquivia-Cohen

Stitching and Writing on the Margin

By Roslyn Bernstein

The Requirement of Adequacy

Fiction by Emily Franklin

Maurice Chammah: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty

By Ann Neumann

Russ Baker

Russ Baker is an award-winning investigative reporter and the founder and editor-in-chief of WhoWhatWhy.
Commentary Lit World

An Open Letter to NYT Staffers: Leave the Plantation and Join Us

By Russ Baker January 11, 2012
A response to the recent wave of NYT insurrection.
Commentary Politics

Iowa: Watch!… Watch!… Watch!… Why are you Watching?

By Russ Baker January 3, 2012
Deconstructing conventional media and the 2012 horserace.
Commentary Conflict

Justifying War With Iran

By Russ Baker December 27, 2011
Is the U.S. preparing the public for war with Iran? You bet.
Commentary ConflictMENA

The Saudi Arab Spring Nobody Noticed

By Russ Baker December 9, 2011
Why Saudi Arabia can't count on the handy boost the West gave to revolutions in nearby countries.
Commentary Justice

Corporate Media Stumped on How to Cover the Occupy Movement

By Russ Baker November 7, 2011
Does conventional journalism fail to do Occupy Wall Street justice?
Commentary ConflictMENA

Now That We’re Celebrating Qaddafi’s End, Can We Get A Little Truth?

By Russ Baker September 1, 2011
As the dust settles in Libya, it’s starting to look suspiciously like an invasion for spoils.
Commentary USA

Who—And What—Are Behind The “Official History” Of The Bin Laden Raid?

By Russ Baker August 18, 2011
When you look closely, nothing seems right about what will surely become the accepted account of the raid that nailed America’s enemy number one. And then things get even weirder…
Commentary Justice

The New York Times’ Ostrich Act On JFK Assassination Getting Old

By Russ Baker July 29, 2011
If journalism can’t be trusted, democracy is on a slippery slope.
Commentary JusticeUSA

What Rupert Murdoch Means For You Personally

By Russ Baker July 26, 2011
 Twelve points where Murdoch has impacted our world and our lives, even if they are obscured in the daily rush of revelations.
Commentary GovernmentPolitics

What Panetta Saw—And What We Got

By Russ Baker July 14, 2011
How Leon Panetta’s recent trip to Afghanistan and Iran reveal nothing more than what a microphone in Washington would have.
Commentary AfricaConflict

Two Million Dead—Now What’s That South Sudan Independence About?

By Russ Baker July 12, 2011
We all like pageantry (Kate and William and all), but the South Sudan independence story shouldn’t bury the strategic angle.
Commentary Arts & Culture

Fact Wrestling: Ashton Kutcher v. Village Voice

By Russ Baker and Spencer Mandel July 11, 2011
When we count on celebrities to provide us with guidance on politics and news, we can easily be led astray. Here, we review a battle between Ashton Kutcher and a newspaper, and find Kutcher coming up short.
Commentary AfricaGovernment

Libya Update…Featuring Media and Congress as Daffy Duck

By Russ Baker June 30, 2011
The why of the massive bombing of Libya continues to grow more nonsensical. Congress is baffled into paralysis, and our major media stick to the most honorable interpretation—despite evidence to the contrary.
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