📰 Journalism And Justice

Stories of reporters who use their craft to expose injustice, hold power accountable, and amplify silenced voices. The press as a moral instrument in an imperfect world.

Truth in Our Times

by David E. McCraw • 2019

A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.

4.14

609

🗽 Press Freedom ⚖️ First Amendment 🔒 Government Secrecy 📜 Media Law 📢 Whistleblowing

Truth in Our Times 91%

A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.

by David E. McCraw 2019

4.14

609 ratings

🗽 Press Freedom ⚖️ First Amendment 🔒 Government Secrecy 📜 Media Law 📢 Whistleblowing

The Silenced Majority

by Amy Goodman • 2012

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

4.06

251

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Silenced Majority 91%

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

by Amy Goodman 2012

4.06

251 ratings

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

Copaganda

by Alec Karakatsanis • 2025

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

4.49

582

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

Copaganda 90%

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

by Alec Karakatsanis 2025

4.49

582 ratings

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

How to Stand Up to a Dictator

by Maria Ressa • 2022

How to fight back when your government weaponizes social media, from the journalist who lived it.

4.36

7k+

🗞️ Press Freedom 🔴 Disinformation ⛓️ Authoritarianism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💻 Big Tech Criticism

How to Stand Up to a Dictator 90%

How to fight back when your government weaponizes social media, from the journalist who lived it.

by Maria Ressa 2022

4.36

7k+ ratings

🗞️ Press Freedom 🔴 Disinformation ⛓️ Authoritarianism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💻 Big Tech Criticism

You Can't Read This Book

by Nick Cohen • 2012

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

4.08

736

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

You Can't Read This Book 90%

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

by Nick Cohen 2012

4.08

736 ratings

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

Static

by Amy Goodman • 2006

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

4.05

384

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Static 90%

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

by Amy Goodman 2006

4.05

384 ratings

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Enemy of the People

by Marvin Kalb • 2018

Trump's war on the press follows a 1950s script. The democracy-saving ending is not guaranteed.

4.13

137

🇺🇸 American Democracy 📰 Press Freedom 🕵️ Mccarthyism 📡 Media Manipulation 🧠 Disinformation

Enemy of the People 90%

Trump's war on the press follows a 1950s script. The democracy-saving ending is not guaranteed.

by Marvin Kalb 2018

4.13

137 ratings

🇺🇸 American Democracy 📰 Press Freedom 🕵️ Mccarthyism 📡 Media Manipulation 🧠 Disinformation

Securing Democracy

by Glenn Greenwald • 2021

Brazil's judges conspired to jail a president and elect another. One leak proved it.

4.30

151

🏛️ Political Corruption 🗞️ Press Freedom 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing ⚖️ Judicial Overreach

Securing Democracy 90%

Brazil's judges conspired to jail a president and elect another. One leak proved it.

by Glenn Greenwald 2021

4.30

151 ratings

🏛️ Political Corruption 🗞️ Press Freedom 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing ⚖️ Judicial Overreach

Very Bad People

by Patrick Alley • 2022

How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.

4.05

799

🛡️ Anti-Corruption 💎 Conflict Resources 📰 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 💰 Money Laundering

Very Bad People 90%

How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.

by Patrick Alley 2022

4.05

799 ratings

🛡️ Anti-Corruption 💎 Conflict Resources 📰 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 💰 Money Laundering

Perversion of Justice

by Julie K. Brown • 2021

Thirteen months for abusing dozens of girls. The secret deal one reporter exposed.

4.21

4k+

🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛓️ Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Justice System 🗣️ Survivor Stories ✊ Metoo Movement

Perversion of Justice 90%

Thirteen months for abusing dozens of girls. The secret deal one reporter exposed.

by Julie K. Brown 2021

4.21

4k+ ratings

🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛓️ Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Justice System 🗣️ Survivor Stories ✊ Metoo Movement

Conspiracy

by Ryan Holiday • 2018

How a billionaire secretly plotted for ten years to kill a media company, and won.

3.96

7k+

🎙️ Media Power ⚖️ Legal Warfare 📰 Media Ethics 🕵️ Secret Operations 🔒 Privacy Rights

Conspiracy 90%

How a billionaire secretly plotted for ten years to kill a media company, and won.

by Ryan Holiday 2018

3.96

7k+ ratings

🎙️ Media Power ⚖️ Legal Warfare 📰 Media Ethics 🕵️ Secret Operations 🔒 Privacy Rights

Hard News

by Seth Mnookin • 2004

The New York Times's worst wound: how autocracy, not one fraudster, tore the newsroom apart.

3.91

274

🗞️ Media Ethics 📰 Newsroom Culture 🏛️ Institutional Failure 📝 Journalistic Fraud ✍️ Newsroom Leadership

Hard News 89%

The New York Times's worst wound: how autocracy, not one fraudster, tore the newsroom apart.

by Seth Mnookin 2004

3.91

274 ratings

🗞️ Media Ethics 📰 Newsroom Culture 🏛️ Institutional Failure 📝 Journalistic Fraud ✍️ Newsroom Leadership

Slanted

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2020

How newsrooms kill inconvenient stories, and the words that tell you they're doing it.

4.31

1k+

📰 Media Bias 🎭 Narrative Control 🗣️ Weaponized Language 🕹️ Media Manipulation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Slanted 89%

How newsrooms kill inconvenient stories, and the words that tell you they're doing it.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2020

4.31

1k+ ratings

📰 Media Bias 🎭 Narrative Control 🗣️ Weaponized Language 🕹️ Media Manipulation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Operation Hollywood

by David L. Robb • 2004

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

3.46

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence 🤫 Self-Censorship 📜 First Amendment Law

Operation Hollywood 89%

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

by David L. Robb 2004

3.46

72 ratings

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence 🤫 Self-Censorship 📜 First Amendment Law

We Are Bellingcat

by Eliot Higgins • 2021

A jobless blogger proved that public data can expose war crimes, hit squads, and missile launchers.

4.12

6k+

🗞️ Citizen Journalism 🔍 Open-Source Investigation 📱 Social Media Analysis 🖥️ Digital Forensics 👥 Crowdsourcing

We Are Bellingcat 89%

A jobless blogger proved that public data can expose war crimes, hit squads, and missile launchers.

by Eliot Higgins 2021

4.12

6k+ ratings

🗞️ Citizen Journalism 🔍 Open-Source Investigation 📱 Social Media Analysis 🖥️ Digital Forensics 👥 Crowdsourcing

American Prison

by Shane Bauer • 2018

Undercover as a guard, a reporter finds that profiting from captivity built the American prison.

4.23

13k+

🕵️ Undercover Journalism 🏛️ Prison Industrial Complex 💰 For-Profit Punishment ⛓️ Convict Leasing 🧱 Systemic Racism

American Prison 89%

Undercover as a guard, a reporter finds that profiting from captivity built the American prison.

by Shane Bauer 2018

4.23

13k+ ratings

🕵️ Undercover Journalism 🏛️ Prison Industrial Complex 💰 For-Profit Punishment ⛓️ Convict Leasing 🧱 Systemic Racism

She Said

by Jodi Kantor • 2019

Two reporters, hundreds of secret settlements, and the story Hollywood couldn't bury.

4.34

44k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🚨 Sexual Assault 🏢 Corporate Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Stories 🧠 Trauma And Memory

She Said 89%

Two reporters, hundreds of secret settlements, and the story Hollywood couldn't bury.

by Jodi Kantor 2019

4.34

44k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🚨 Sexual Assault 🏢 Corporate Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Stories 🧠 Trauma And Memory

Fake Law

by The Secret Barrister • 2020

The legal myths Britain believes aren't random. They were built to weaken your access to justice.

4.18

5k+

🇬🇧 Uk Legal System ⚖️ Access To Justice 🛡️ Human Rights Law 🔍 Criminal Justice 📰 Media And Law

Fake Law 89%

The legal myths Britain believes aren't random. They were built to weaken your access to justice.

by The Secret Barrister 2020

4.18

5k+ ratings

🇬🇧 Uk Legal System ⚖️ Access To Justice 🛡️ Human Rights Law 🔍 Criminal Justice 📰 Media And Law

Bad City

by Paul Pringle • 2022

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

4.21

4k+

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

Bad City 89%

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

by Paul Pringle 2022

4.21

4k+ ratings

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

Profit and Punishment

by Tony Messenger • 2021

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

4.26

658

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 💰 Policing Poverty 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Profit and Punishment 89%

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

by Tony Messenger 2021

4.26

658 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 💰 Policing Poverty 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Personal History

by Katharine Graham • 1997

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

4.09

25k+

📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Political Journalism

Personal History 89%

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

by Katharine Graham 1997

4.09

25k+ ratings

📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Political Journalism

Killing the Dream

by Gerald Posner • 1998

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

4.09

220

🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism ✊ Civil Rights History 🎯 Lone Gunman Theory

Killing the Dream 89%

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

by Gerald Posner 1998

4.09

220 ratings

🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism ✊ Civil Rights History 🎯 Lone Gunman Theory

Just Mercy

by Bryan Stevenson • 2014

Alabama framed a black man for murder: one Harvard lawyer came south to fight it.

4.62

265k+

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⚰️ Death Penalty 📖 Legal Memoir ✊🏿 Racial Injustice 👦 Juvenile Justice

Just Mercy 89%

Alabama framed a black man for murder: one Harvard lawyer came south to fight it.

by Bryan Stevenson 2014

4.62

265k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⚰️ Death Penalty 📖 Legal Memoir ✊🏿 Racial Injustice 👦 Juvenile Justice

Backstory

by Ken Auletta • 2003

Why America's best newspaper kept winning Pulitzers while its parent company kept losing money.

3.50

📰 News Industry 🖊️ Editorial Independence 🏛️ Press Ownership 📊 Business Journalism 👥 Newsroom Leadership

Backstory 89%

Why America's best newspaper kept winning Pulitzers while its parent company kept losing money.

by Ken Auletta 2003

3.50

74 ratings

📰 News Industry 🖊️ Editorial Independence 🏛️ Press Ownership 📊 Business Journalism 👥 Newsroom Leadership

The Franklin Scandal

by Nick Bryant • 2008

A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.

4.30

926

🔗 Human Trafficking 📁 Institutional Cover-Up 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Prosecutorial Misconduct 📰 Media Complicity

The Franklin Scandal 89%

A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.

by Nick Bryant 2008

4.30

926 ratings

🔗 Human Trafficking 📁 Institutional Cover-Up 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Prosecutorial Misconduct 📰 Media Complicity

The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette

by Stephen Hess • 1998

The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.

1.00

⚖️ Campaign Ethics 📰 Political Journalism 🔍 Media Bias 💰 Campaign Finance 🗳️ Election Reform

The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette Summary

The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette 89%

The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.

by Stephen Hess 1998

1.00

1 ratings

⚖️ Campaign Ethics 📰 Political Journalism 🔍 Media Bias 💰 Campaign Finance 🗳️ Election Reform

Manifest Injustice

by Barry Siegel • 2013

The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.

4.10

178

🚨 Wrongful Conviction 🕊️ Innocence Movement 🔬 Flawed Forensics 🏛️ Politics And Justice 🗝️ Prison Survival

Manifest Injustice 89%

The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.

by Barry Siegel 2013

4.10

178 ratings

🚨 Wrongful Conviction 🕊️ Innocence Movement 🔬 Flawed Forensics 🏛️ Politics And Justice 🗝️ Prison Survival

Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer

by Michael Mansfield • 2009

A radical barrister's four-decade brief against the British legal system's claim to justice.

4.01

157

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🚔 Police Misconduct 🔬 Forensic Science 🗽 Civil Liberties

Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer 89%

A radical barrister's four-decade brief against the British legal system's claim to justice.

by Michael Mansfield 2009

4.01

157 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🚔 Police Misconduct 🔬 Forensic Science 🗽 Civil Liberties

The Long Slide

by Tucker Carlson • 2021

A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.

4.13

2k+

📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Criticism 🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🎖️ War Correspondence

The Long Slide 89%

A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.

by Tucker Carlson 2021

4.13

2k+ ratings

📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Criticism 🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🎖️ War Correspondence

College Girl, Missing

by Shawn Cohen • 2024

She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.

3.54

18k+

🔍 Unsolved Disappearances 🎓 College Campus Crime 📺 Media And Crime 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Advocates 🤫 Silence And Obstruction

College Girl, Missing 89%

She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.

by Shawn Cohen 2024

3.54

18k+ ratings

🔍 Unsolved Disappearances 🎓 College Campus Crime 📺 Media And Crime 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Advocates 🤫 Silence And Obstruction

The Secret Barrister

by The Secret Barrister • 2018

A barrister reveals how criminal courts became an assembly line, and who pays the price.

3.88

23k+

🏛️ Criminal Justice 💔 Systemic Failure 💷 Austerity Politics 🕵️ Insider Expose 🚪 Access To Justice

The Secret Barrister 89%

A barrister reveals how criminal courts became an assembly line, and who pays the price.

by The Secret Barrister 2018

3.88

23k+ ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice 💔 Systemic Failure 💷 Austerity Politics 🕵️ Insider Expose 🚪 Access To Justice

Doing Justice

by Preet Bharara • 2019

Every charging decision is a moral wager. A former U.S. Attorney lays out the odds.

4.27

6k+

🏛️ Criminal Prosecution ⚖️ American Justice System 📋 Prosecutorial Ethics 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform ✍️ Legal Memoir

Doing Justice 89%

Every charging decision is a moral wager. A former U.S. Attorney lays out the odds.

by Preet Bharara 2019

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Criminal Prosecution ⚖️ American Justice System 📋 Prosecutorial Ethics 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform ✍️ Legal Memoir

Propaganda Blitz

by David Edwards • 2018

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

4.28

184

🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power 🎭 Manufacturing Consent 📡 Media Ownership

Propaganda Blitz 89%

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

by David Edwards 2018

4.28

184 ratings

🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power 🎭 Manufacturing Consent 📡 Media Ownership

inside tagesschau

by Alexander Teske • 2025

An insider on groupthink, ratings, and bias behind Germany’s most trusted newscast.

3.63

📰 Media Criticism 📺 Public Broadcasting 🇩🇪 German Politics 🗞️ Newsroom Culture ⚖️ Media Bias

inside tagesschau 89%

An insider on groupthink, ratings, and bias behind Germany’s most trusted newscast.

by Alexander Teske 2025

3.63

97 ratings

📰 Media Criticism 📺 Public Broadcasting 🇩🇪 German Politics 🗞️ Newsroom Culture ⚖️ Media Bias

United States of Distraction

by Mickey Huff • 2019

Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.

3.74

114

🗞️ Media Criticism 📰 News Literacy 📡 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 🤥 Disinformation Age

United States of Distraction 89%

Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.

by Mickey Huff 2019

3.74

114 ratings

🗞️ Media Criticism 📰 News Literacy 📡 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 🤥 Disinformation Age

Manifesting Justice

by Valena E. Beety • 2022

Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.

4.33

126

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform 🫂 Restorative Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Innocence Movement

Manifesting Justice 89%

Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.

by Valena E. Beety 2022

4.33

126 ratings

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform 🫂 Restorative Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Innocence Movement

Truth Worth Telling

by Scott Pelley • 2019

Four decades chasing the truth: a reporter on what we lose when facts become optional.

4.45

1k+

📰 Journalism Ethics 🎖️ War Reporting 🗞️ Fourth Estate 📢 Misinformation 🏛️ Partisan Divide

Truth Worth Telling 89%

Four decades chasing the truth: a reporter on what we lose when facts become optional.

by Scott Pelley 2019

4.45

1k+ ratings

📰 Journalism Ethics 🎖️ War Reporting 🗞️ Fourth Estate 📢 Misinformation 🏛️ Partisan Divide

The New Rulers of the World

by John Pilger • 2002

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

4.14

1k+

🏴 Anti-Imperialism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📰 Media Criticism 📡 Propaganda Studies 🌐 Globalization Critique

The New Rulers of the World 89%

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

by John Pilger 2002

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏴 Anti-Imperialism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📰 Media Criticism 📡 Propaganda Studies 🌐 Globalization Critique

The Innocent Man

by John Grisham • 2006

Ada, Oklahoma. Two men condemned for murder. Twelve years later, DNA pointed to the real killer.

3.87

85k+

🏛️ Wrongful Convictions ⚖️ Death Penalty 📋 Prosecutorial Misconduct 🔬 Junk Science In Court 🏘️ Small-Town Justice

The Innocent Man 89%

Ada, Oklahoma. Two men condemned for murder. Twelve years later, DNA pointed to the real killer.

by John Grisham 2006

3.87

85k+ ratings

🏛️ Wrongful Convictions ⚖️ Death Penalty 📋 Prosecutorial Misconduct 🔬 Junk Science In Court 🏘️ Small-Town Justice

The Art of Political Murder

by Francisco Goldman • 2007

Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.

4.15

1k+

🇬🇹 Guatemalan Civil War 🎯 Political Assassination 📋 Truth Commissions 🔒 State Impunity ⚖️ Transitional Justice

The Art of Political Murder 89%

Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.

by Francisco Goldman 2007

4.15

1k+ ratings

🇬🇹 Guatemalan Civil War 🎯 Political Assassination 📋 Truth Commissions 🔒 State Impunity ⚖️ Transitional Justice

A Fever in the Heartland

by Timothy Egan • 2023

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

4.35

50k+

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

A Fever in the Heartland 89%

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

by Timothy Egan 2023

4.35

50k+ ratings

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

Dark Alliance

by Gary Webb • 1998

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Dark Alliance 89%

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

by Gary Webb 1998

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

The Smear

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2017

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

4.22

1k+

🎯 Character Assassination 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Fake News 💰 Dark Money 📢 Propaganda Techniques

The Smear 88%

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2017

4.22

1k+ ratings

🎯 Character Assassination 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Fake News 💰 Dark Money 📢 Propaganda Techniques

Modi, Muslims and Media

by Madhu Purnima Kishwar • 2014

No court convicted him. Every headline did. The evidence the Gujarat narrative left out.

3.83

125

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🔥 Communal Violence 📰 Media Criticism 🏛️ Governance Reform ⚔️ Information Warfare

Modi, Muslims and Media 88%

No court convicted him. Every headline did. The evidence the Gujarat narrative left out.

by Madhu Purnima Kishwar 2014

3.83

125 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🔥 Communal Violence 📰 Media Criticism 🏛️ Governance Reform ⚔️ Information Warfare

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

by Paul Craig Roberts • 2000

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

4.06

127

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 📜 Constitutional Law 🏛️ Prosecutorial Power 🔒 Government Overreach 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The Tyranny of Good Intentions 88%

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

by Paul Craig Roberts 2000

4.06

127 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 📜 Constitutional Law 🏛️ Prosecutorial Power 🔒 Government Overreach 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The Panama Papers

by Frederik Obermaier • 2016

11.5 million documents arrived at a German newspaper, exposing the secret world of offshore wealth.

4.08

5k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing 💰 Money Laundering

The Panama Papers 88%

11.5 million documents arrived at a German newspaper, exposing the secret world of offshore wealth.

by Frederik Obermaier 2016

4.08

5k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing 💰 Money Laundering

The Jailhouse Lawyer

by Calvin Duncan • 2025

He taught himself law from death row, freed other inmates, and walked free after 28 years.

4.49

1k+

🔓 Wrongful Conviction 🔗 Mass Incarceration ✍️ Prison Memoir 🤝 Mutual Aid 🧠 Logotherapy

The Jailhouse Lawyer 88%

He taught himself law from death row, freed other inmates, and walked free after 28 years.

by Calvin Duncan 2025

4.49

1k+ ratings

🔓 Wrongful Conviction 🔗 Mass Incarceration ✍️ Prison Memoir 🤝 Mutual Aid 🧠 Logotherapy

Dragnet Nation

by Julia Angwin • 2014

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

3.68

659

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