Moral Panics!
D&D: Lessons from a Media Panic
Dungeons and Dragons was once accused of leading children to Satanism, but today the game looks more like a solution to a problem plaguing modern parenting.
More from the Moral Panics! Playlist
When The Press Gets It Wrong
The Outrage Machine
Vaccines: An Unhealthy Skepticism
A Mother, A Dingo, and an Australian Media Frenzy
Taking the Lid Off the McDonald’s Coffee Case
Richard Jewell: The Wrong Man
Guns in America
Why We Can't Have a Civil Conversation About Guns
Growing Up With School Shootings: Life After Columbine
Lessons from Columbine About School Shootings and Media Misinformation
Why Waco is Still a Battleground in the 2nd Amendment Debate
How the Shootout at Ruby Ridge Resonates in the Gun Debate Today
Crime & Punishment
How Heroin Addiction's Rural Spread Changed an Inner City War on Drugs
SWAT: Mission Creep
Flawed Evidence: The Limits of Science in the Crime Lab
The Superpredator Scare
Crime and Punishment: Three Strikes and You’re Out
Staff Favorites
How Toughness on Leaks and a Free Press Link Trump, Obama, and Nixon
The Boy in the Bubble
Go or no Go: The Challenger Legacy
The New York Garbage Barge That Revealed We Have a Trash Problem
Award Winning
Future of Money
A Search for Justice
Go or no Go: The Challenger Legacy
Taking the Lid Off the McDonald’s Coffee Case
Infamous Birth Defect Drug Thalidomide's Unlikely Comeback
Viewing Trump's Presidency Through a Historical Lens
Us vs. Them: from George Wallace to Donald Trump
Trump’s Immigration Rhetoric Echoes a Bitter Fight in the 90s
How Toughness on Leaks and a Free Press Link Trump, Obama, and Nixon
Sanctuary Cities: Trump Renews an Uproar That Began Long Ago
The Discredited Doctor Influencing Trump's Stance on Vaccines
Faulty Forecasts
Nuclear Winter's Forecast of Doom Still Debated Today
From Crack Babies to Oxytots: Lessons Not Learned
Population Bomb: The Dire Prediction That Fell Flat
Power Line Fears
Y2K: Much Ado About Nothing?
Race in America
Unraveling Zero Tolerance
Where Does the American Dream Live?
The Superpredator Scare
The Battle For Busing
The Tawana Brawley Story
Badass Women
'Why Hasn't Sexual Harassment Disappeared?'
Women's Rights Protests & the Match That Sparked a Movement
DDT, Malaria, and the Book That Changed Environmental Debate
Argentina's Stolen Babies, and the Grandmothers Leading the Search
Infamous Birth Defect Drug Thalidomide's Unlikely Comeback
The Changing Face of the War on Drugs
Surviving Heroin
Rehab Rarely Works for Opioid Addicts. Could a Vaccine?
LSD: From 60s Counterculture to Doctor's Office
How Heroin Addiction's Rural Spread Changed an Inner City War on Drugs
From Crack Babies to Oxytots: Lessons Not Learned
Animal Tales
The Snake That Ate the Everglades
Reintroducing Wolves to Yellowstone Requires a Delicate Balance
Bee Collapse: The Sudden Dying Off Bee Colonies Remains a Mystery
The Fly That Quarantined California and Pitted Environmentalists Against Farmers
How Cloning a Sheep Set Off a Sci Fi Panic
Retro World
How Special Ops Became Central to the War On Terror
Argentina's Stolen Babies, and the Grandmothers Leading the Search
He's the only CIA Contractor to be Convicted in a Torture-related Case
A Mother, A Dingo, and an Australian Media Frenzy
A Search for Justice
Culture Wars
'Why Hasn't Sexual Harassment Disappeared?'
LSD: From 60s Counterculture to Doctor's Office
D&D: Lessons from a Media Panic
Transforming History
The Enduring Legacy of Terri Schiavo
Falsely Accused?
The Nanny Murder Case: Shaken Baby Syndrome on Trial
He's the only CIA Contractor to be Convicted in a Torture-related Case
A Mother, A Dingo, and an Australian Media Frenzy
Wrongly Accused of Terrorism: The Sleeper Cell That Wasn't
Richard Jewell: The Wrong Man
Environmental Blunders and Lessons Learned
Violence in the Amazon: Why Protecting the Rainforest is Still a Fight
The Snake That Ate the Everglades
Reintroducing Wolves to Yellowstone Requires a Delicate Balance
Toxic Waste in the Neighborhood: The Love Canal Disaster of 1978 is an Ongoing Mess
The New York Garbage Barge That Revealed We Have a Trash Problem
Sports
A Tale of Two Boxers
Boxing's Popularity Declined Due to Health Concerns. Is Football Next?
Leaving NFL Over CTE Concerns Made Chris Borland Football's Most Dangerous Man
How Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency Changed Pro Sports
The NFL Draft 20 Years After Manning-Leaf: How Teams Try to Pick a Winner