Some of our notable stories in January, focusing on the U.S. presidential transfer of power, the issue of alleged Russian interference in the election and the furor over “fake news.”
“The War Against Alternative Information” by Rick Sterling, Jan. 1, 2017
“Crosses Marking Chicago Death Toll” by Kathy Kelly, Jan. 2, 2017
“Israel’s Above-the-Law Behavior” by Lawrence Davidson, Jan. 2, 2017
“WPost’s New ‘Fake News’ on Russian ‘Hack’” by Annie Machon, Jan. 2 2017
“Requiem for a UN ‘Yes Man’” by Joe Lauria, Jan. 3, 2017
“Obama’s Deadly Afghan Acquiescence” by Ray McGovern, Jan. 3, 2017
“Anti-Trump Coalition Shows Cracks” by Nat Parry, Jan. 4, 2017
“Donald Trump’s Debt to Willie Horton” by JP Sottile, Jan. 5, 2017
“The Dubious Case on Russian ‘Hacking’” by William Binney & Ray McGovern, Jan. 6 2017
“US Report Still Lacks Proof on Russia ‘Hack’” by Robert Parry, Jan. 7, 2017
“Europe’s Mixed Feelings About Trump” by Andrew Spannaus, Jan. 9, 2017
“The ‘Post-Truth’ Mainstream Media” by Nicolas JS Davies, Jan. 9, 2017
“The Democrats’ Russia-Did-It Dodge” by Norman Solomon, Jan. 10, 2017
“Wall Street’s Win-Win with Trump” by Mike Lofgren, Jan. 10, 2017
“Obama Belatedly Says No to Israel” by Marjorie Cohn, Jan. 10, 2017
“What DeVos Might Do to Public Schools” by Dennis J Bernstein, Jan. 11, 2017
“Obama’s Unkept Promise on Nuclear War” by Jonathan Marshall, Jan. 11, 2017
“How Obama Spread the Mideast Fires” by Daniel Lazare, Jan. 11, 2017
“Did Trump Kill ‘Liberal Democracy’?” by Mike Lofgren, Jan. 12, 2017
“Pulling a J. Edgar Hoover on Trump” by Robert Parry, Jan. 12, 2017
“Who’s the Real Manipulator of Elections?” by Jonathan Marshall, Jan. 13, 2017
“Mainstream Media’s Russian Bogeymen” by Gareth Porter, Jan. 13, 2017
“The Scheme to Take Down Trump” by Daniel Lazare, Jan. 14, 2017
“America’s Self-Destructive Obsessions” by Michael Brenner, Jan. 15, 2017
“Democrats Lost in a Corporate Wilderness” by Lawrence Davidson, Jan. 16, 2017
“Donald Trump v. the Spooks” by Annie Machon, Jan. 16, 2017
“A Demand for Russian ‘Hacking’ Proof” by Veteran Intelligence Profressionals for Sanity, Jan. 17, 2017
“Obama’s Bombing Legacy” by Nicolas JS Davies, Jan. 18, 2017
“The Ugly Specter of Torture and Lies” by Jonathan Marshall, Jan. 18, 2017
“How the NYT Plays with History” by Robert Parry, Jan. 19, 2017
“Selectivity in Trashing Trump” by Robert Parry, Jan. 21, 2017
“America’s Putin Derangement Syndrome” by Daniel Lazare, Jan. 23, 2017
“The Zionist Record on Refugees” by Lawrence Davidson, Jan. 23, 2017
“Russia’s Leery Reaction to President Trump” by Gilbert Doctorow, Jan. 24, 2017
“Obama Bequeaths a More Dangerous World” by Robert Parry, Jan. 24, 2017
“Did Manning Help Avert War in Iran?” by Robert Parry, Jan. 25, 2017
“The Injustices of Manning’s Ordeal” by Marjorie Cohn, Jan. 25, 2017
“Getting Better Results Than Law-and-Order” by Don Ediger, Jan. 25, 2017
“Death of the Syrian ‘Moderate’ Fantasy” by Jonathan Marshall, Jan. 26, 2017
“Donald Trump and His ‘Magic Mirror’” by Robert Parry, Jan. 27, 2017
“Deep State vs. Donald Trump” by Alastair Crooke, Jan. 28, 2017
“Calling a Lie a Lie in the Age of Trump” by Daniel C Maguire, Jan. 29, 2016
“Trump Lets Saudis Off His ‘Muslim Ban’” by Robert Parry, Jan. 29, 2017
“Rachel Maddow Plays Glenn Beck” by Norman Solomon, Jan. 30, 2017
“Rising Resistance to Trump on Immigration” by Dennis J Bernstein, Jan. 31, 2017
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