Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla recently heaped praise on “the almost 44,000 people who selflessly raised their hands to participate in our trial.” “Each of you has helped to bring the world one step closer to our shared goal of a… Read More ›
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Facebook Lets Vietnam's Cyberarmy Target Dissidents, Rejecting a Celebrity's Plea
For the past two years, Do Nguyen Mai Khoi has been trying painfully, futilely, to get Facebook to care about Vietnam. The Vietnamese singer and pro-democracy activist, known best simply as Mai Khoi, has tried tirelessly to warn the company of a… Read More ›
A U.S.-Backed Militia That Kills Children May Be America's Exit Strategy From Its Longest War
The buzz of a drone at night was the first sign of trouble. Next came the roar of a larger, low-flying aircraft, which alerted residents of the Afghan village of Omar Khail that soldiers were nearby. Men in camouflage moved… Read More ›
The Great Reset Conspiracy Smoothie
Writing about “The Great Reset” is not easy. It has turned into a viral conspiracy theory purporting to expose something no one ever attempted to hide, most of which is not really happening anyway, some of which actually should. It’s… Read More ›
“My Phone Haunts Me”: Kashmiris Interrogated and Tortured by Cyber Police for Tweeting
Ahmed was nervous as he approached the fortified police station, its walls covered with barbed wire and gun-toting cops guarding the entrances. The college student had received a phone call the previous day from Jammu and Kashmir’s cyber police, asking… Read More ›
Arms Sale to UAE Goes Forward Even as U.S. Probes Tie Between UAE and Russian Mercenaries
Early this summer, U.S. intelligence agencies received reports indicating that one of the U.S.’s closest Middle Eastern partners had signed a collaborative agreement with a sanctioned Russian mercenary group operating in Libya, according to a current U.S. intelligence official and… Read More ›
Biden’s Choice on Julian Assange and the First Amendment
A man holds a sign calling for the release of Julian Assange as people march and rally on May 1, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: David McNew/Getty Images When Joe Biden becomes president of the United States on January… Read More ›
Questions Mount About Controversial Hunter Biden-China Dossier
In the weeks leading up to the presidential election, a document detailing Hunter Biden’s purported connections to the Chinese Communist Party circulated in the far-right online ecosystem. The 64-page document, which is styled as a confidential “intelligence report,” claims to… Read More ›
I Watched War Erupt in the Balkans. Here's What I See in America Today.
I can’t sleep anymore. I wake up in the middle of the night from hallucinatory dreams and don’t fall back asleep. I’m obviously not alone with this condition. Sleeplessness and a kind of narcoleptic fatigue that I have all afternoon are… Read More ›
Five Years Later, Soldiers Convicted of Executing Women and Children in Cameroon
The cold-blooded video shows Cameroonian soldiers marching two women and two children down a road. The soldiers make the women kneel on the ground. One of the soldiers gestures to a young girl and says, “Yes. Little girl, come here,” directing… Read More ›