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The Secret History of Facial Recognition

Sixty years ago, a sharecropper’s son invented a technology to identify faces. The record of his role all but vanished. Who was Woody Bledsoe, and who was he working for?

by Shaun Raviv via Wired on January 21, 2020

Paul Revere's ride

The Media Revolution that Guided Paul Revere’s Ride

An anti-imperialist network made his warning possible.

by Joseph M. Adelman via Made By History on April 19, 2019

Who Killed Jakelin Caal Maquín at the US Border?

She died of cardiac arrest, but the real killer was decades of US policy in Central America.

by Greg Grandin, Elizabeth Oglesby via The Nation on December 17, 2018

Science’s Freedom Fighters

Why do Americans get so worked up by the basic assertion that all science is political?

by W. Patrick McCray via Los Angeles Review of Books on November 18, 2018

Colin Powell holding a vial of anthrax.

How Torture-Produced Intelligence Deceived Us Into Iraq

A first-hand account of how intel gleaned from 'enhanced interrogation' was used to make the case for the 2003 invasion.

by Lawrence Wilkerson via The American Conservative on May 9, 2018

Protestors for ACT UP lying on the ground, holding hands, as police arrest them.

The Russian ‘Fake News’ Campaign That Damaged the United States — in the 1980s

The 2016 election wasn't the first time that a disinformation campaign was used against America.

by Alexander Poster via Made By History on March 12, 2018

Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth the First's spymaster.

Open to Inspection

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the age of surveillance.

by Lewis H. Lapham via Lapham’s Quarterly on January 1, 2016

Illustration of George W. Bush on a missile towards U.S.

Lie by Lie: A Timeline of How We Got Into Iraq

Mushroom clouds, duct tape, Judy Miller, Curveball. Recalling how Americans were sold a bogus case for invasion.

by Tim Dickinson, Jonathan Stein via Mother Jones on December 20, 2011

"Sunrise at Northport Harbor" painting by Arthur Dove.

Unpopular Front

American art and the Cold War.

by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on October 9, 2005

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