Veterans
How Special Ops Became Central to the War On Terror
As President Trump steps up the use of special operations forces, Retro Report looks at how two historic military missions -- one a legendary success, the other a spectacular failure -- helped set the stage.
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How A Folk Singer’s Murder Forced Chile to Confront Its Past
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The Changing Face of the War on Drugs
Surviving Heroin
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LSD: From 60s Counterculture to Doctor's Office
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Race in America
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The Superpredator Scare
The Battle For Busing
The Tawana Brawley Story
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
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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
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How Hot Coffee Landed McDonald's in Hot Water
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Pop Culture Panics
D&D: Lessons from a Media Panic
When Politicians Blame Bad Behavior on Pop Culture
Why Pinball Was Banned for Decades
How Napster Created the 'Culture of Free'
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
Trump, Vaccines and the Man Fueling the Controversy
Faulty Forecasts
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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
Badass Women
'Why Hasn't Sexual Harassment Disappeared?'
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DDT, Malaria, and the Book That Changed Environmental Debate
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Falsely Accused?
The Nanny Murder Case: Shaken Baby Syndrome on Trial
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A Mother, a Dingo and an Australian Media Frenzy
Wrongly Accused of Terrorism: The Sleeper Cell That Wasn't
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
Policing in America
For Private Prisons, Detaining Immigrants Is Big Business
Operation Ceasefire
The Superpredator Scare
Crime and Punishment: Three Strikes and You’re Out
Retro World
Pandemics, Plagues and Politics
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He's the only CIA Contractor to be Convicted in a Torture-related Case
A Mother, a Dingo and an Australian Media Frenzy
The Murder of US Churchwomen in El Salvador That Exposed a Government Coverup
Moral Panics!
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The Terminator and the Washing Machine
Free Speech VS Censorship: Warnings From Explicit Lyrics to Trigger Warnings
Is Multiple Personality Disorder Real? One Woman's Story
The Preschool Sex Abuse Case that Changed How Molestation is Investigated
When The Press Gets It Wrong
The Outrage Machine
Vaccines: An Unhealthy Skepticism
A Mother, a Dingo and an Australian Media Frenzy
How Hot Coffee Landed McDonald's in Hot Water
Richard Jewell: The Wrong Man
Animal Tales
The Snake That Ate the Everglades
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How Cloning a Sheep Set Off a Sci Fi Panic
Culture Wars
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Transforming History
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