Brooke Gladstone

When Juanita Broaddrick first accused President Bill Clinton of sexual assault, the media dismissed her. Maybe they shouldn't have.

The #MeToo movement has taken coastal communities by storm, but little attention has been paid to its influence in working-class and middle America.

Have we finally reached a turning point in the long fight against sexual harassment?

A new book by Matt Taibbi explores what the life and death of Eric Garner can teach us about policing, our justice system, and America's ongoing struggle to deal with race.

Some previously classified documents about the JFK assassination were released this week. After over 50 years, the unanswered questions still gnaw at Americans.

Perhaps no one understood the fine line that gossip journalists must walk better than the infamous gossip-columnist-turned-political commentator Walter Winchell. 

Long before this week's flood of coverage, Harvey Weinstein's alleged abuses were well known to those who knew where to look. On the essential role of gossip blogs and whisper networks.

Although we're assured that they provide a moderating influence on President Trump, why we should be wary of the so-called "adults in the room."

The original Blade Runner film influenced countless books and films depicting dystopias. But it also presented novel ideas about memory and what it means to be human.

The Las Vegas shooting has revived a conversation that follows many mass shootings: when to call an attack "terrorism" and what the official definition implies. 

Far from being sacrosanct, the national anthem has long served as a tool for protesters. Musicologist William Robin leads us through some of the most notable iterations.

After Hugh Hefner's death on Wednesday, Bob and Brooke revisit conversations they had with, and about, the Playboy Magazine founder.

Hurricanes Irma and Maria have left a crippled Puerto Rico struggling for electricity, drinking water and recognition from mainland politicians and the media.

How the President's attack on the NFL fueled a multi-day meltdown of outrage, solidarity and race-baiting.

To the founders and users of the right-leaning social media website Gab, Google and Twitter are the imperious masters of a left-wing social web that imperils freedom of speech.

As Facebook faces pressure from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Congress, investigative journalists and its own users, ProPublica launches a transparency initiative.

Google and Facebook regulate much of what we see and interact with in our day-to-day lives. Whose ethical standards should they follow?

Trump was praised for his deal with "Chuck and Nancy" on the debt ceiling. But why is the debt limit an important political tool in the first place? 

How academics and experts in medieval studies are fighting against white supremacists for the future of the field they love.

Brooke talks to Note to Self host Manoush Zomorodi about her fear of boredom and Manoush's new book, "Bored and Brilliant."