News in Brief Is This the Endgame for Trump? There's plenty of evidence to suggest Trump won't just survive Michael Cohen's testimony—he'll thrive. Jared Keller
News in Brief How to Inoculate Yourself Against Fake News Make it a habit to approach stories in an analytical frame of mind. Tom Jacobs
Anatomy of a Fact Issue #65: June/July 2018 Letter From the Editor Magazine Premium Previous Issues Primer Anatomy of a Fact: A Note on Uncertainty Deciphering what counts as true in our post-truth era. Ben Rowen
News in Brief The Goal of the ‘Fake News’ Canard Isn’t Propaganda—It’s Epistemic Chaos What started as a political tactic has evolved into a social virus. Jared Keller
News in Brief Fake News Is Our Fault Falsehoods spread faster and deeper into the Twittersphere—and humans, not bots, are to blame. Kevin Charles Fleming
Social Justice How Trump Weaponized ‘Fake News’ for His Own Political Ends Fake news has become one more way for the president to distort truth—but the worst of what passes for it has little to do with press. Lucia Graves
News in Brief How to Immunize Yourself Against Fake News A new website lets people play the role of propagandist, giving them a more sophisticated idea of how and why fictitious news is created. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice Inside Myanmar’s Dangerous Media Repression Campaign Journalists trying to cover the regime's brutal crackdown against the Rohingya have found themselves in the government's crosshairs. Oren Samet
Social Justice Trump’s CDC Word Ban Is Institutional Warfare The banned CDC words represent the deliberate erasure of certain concepts—and people—from the bureaucratic categories that are channels for state power. Jared Keller
News in Brief Dull Minds Are Gullible to Fake News Cognitive ability drives our ability to recalibrate our views after reading a correction. Tom Jacobs