Propaganda

A new website lets people play the role of propagandist, giving them a more sophisticated idea of how and why fictitious news is created.

• By Tom Jacobs

The Internet and social media provide Russia cheap, efficient, and highly effective access to foreign audiences with plausible deniability of their influence.

• By Isaac Arnsdorf

Germans who grew up during Hitler’s reign are more likely to express anti-Semitic views than their older or younger counterparts.

• By Tom Jacobs

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

• By Avital Andrews

If all of the sports are gay, then there should be no sports in Russia.

• By Ryan O'Hanlon

Migrants are a thorn in any government's side, but authoritarian regimes, in particular, fear nomads.

• By Jim Russell

The University of California–San Francisco's Legacy Tobacco Documents Library demonstrates how the tobacco industry pioneered modern techniques for manipulating politics, scientific research, and public opinion. It's a sort of Rosetta Stone for deciphering corporate propaganda.

• By Matt Smith