Bob Garfield

When everything you do becomes fuel for the machine.

The antitrust case against Facebook.

Facebook has tried to shut down the major anti-vax pages. Why it might be too little, too late.

Science communication in an age of disinformation.

The election fraud conspiracy theory helping Trumpworld convert conservative outrage into ca$h.

In Pittsburgh, Father Paul Abernathy is working to recruit vaccine trial participants in predominantly Black neighborhoods.

To document history or provide PR fodder for the government?

Gnosticism can help us understand the pseudo-intellectualism on the right.

Political leaders have failed to consistently explain the science behind their pandemic policies. 

What Parler & MeWe, new "free speech" platforms, tell us about the future of the far-right.

Democracy has had its say. But Trump and his supporters are trying to drown it out with their own version of reality.

An argument for abolishing election forecast models.

The "steal" the President's supporters hope to stop is a lie. It would also be improbably, impossibly difficult. 

America is more polarized than ever. How did we get to this place — and how can we get out of it?

On the never-ending story of Republicans "fleeing the ship," "whispering," "signaling a break," and "distancing themselves from Trump." 

Political consulting and dirty tricks as we know them today can be traced back to a single race — in 1934.

A look at Russian influencing campaigns and a homegrown network of "pink slime" local news sites.