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“Never,” “Damascus Station” and “The Days to Come” imagine global crises and the spies and politicians trying to solve them.

From being a haphazard and sporadic activity, the phenomenon of fake news has been organized into a systematic campaign with an express aim to erode facts, undermine the truth and weaken...

March 15, 2021 4:49 p.m. When news broke Monday that two men had been charged federally with assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who later died after defending the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack, one of the names carried a long history in Morgantown, West Virginia. “This guy has had so much bad karma coming his way that I hope he goes to jail for a long time,” one commenter on a Morgantown Facebook group wrote of one of the defendants, George Tanios. “...

Jessica Sidman covers the people and trends behind D.C.’s food and drink scene. Before joining Washingtonian in July 2016, she was Food Editor and Young & Hungry columnist at Washington City Paper. She is a Colorado native and University of Pennsylvania grad. Food Editor Anna Spiegel covers the dining and drinking scene in her native DC. Prior to joining Washingtonian in 2010, she attended the French Culinary Institute and Columbia University’s MFA program in New York, and held various coo...

Edgar Maddison Welch gave D.C. its first glimpse of what would become QAnon.

Written by Econintersect Guest -- this post authored by Brian Czech, Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, In a world of vexing issues - and our topic this week is certainly that - population growth might just be the most ironic. That’s because it should be among the simplest of issues; almost trifling in its mathematics. Yet opinions about it are beset with political, economic, and even some technical controversy. Please share this article - Go t...

The fight for truth: How misinformation and disinformation can lead to ‘chaos, civil war’ Fake news and its impact on society Experts say, collectively, as a society, we all have to be smarter about what we tweet, retweet, like, share, heart or post to YouTube. If not, the fallout of continuing to spread false information will slowly tear apart our society. and last updated 2021-01-25 20:14:19-05 TAMPA, Fla. — If anyone still questions what the real-world impacts of spreading fak...

As Joe Biden was inaugurated on Wednesday, some people breathed in a sigh of relief to see that the Trump administration had finally come to its end. Others, like followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory completely melted down as they realized the so-called “Great Awakening” they had been waiting for…

“QAnon Shaman” Jake Angeli, one of the more colourful Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol in January © Reuters/Cheney Orr As the US Capitol was overwhelmed by Donald Trump supporters in early January, one figure stood out: with his painted face, bare chest, fur hat and American flag-draped spear, Jake Angeli became one of the most photographed rioters of the day. He is also known as the “QAnon Shaman” and has been seen waving a “Q sent me” placard in o...

Getty  Georgia, my third grader, is studying facts and opinions right now. “Pizza is the best food”: Opinion “Pizza has many different kinds of toppings”: Fact “Dogs are better than cats”: Opinion “There are almost 200 different breeds of dogs”: Fact “King Cake is delicious!”: Opinion “King Cake should only be eaten between Epiphany and Mardi Gras”: Fact (and don’t...