Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind; By Annalee Newitz; W.W. Norton & Co.; 272 pp., $27.99 The effect of Hunter’s exposé about the supposed potency of communist propaganda ...

It’s as if W.E.B. Du Bois wrote his book “Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880,” with its poignant last chapter, “The Propaganda of History,” because he knew it would be needed in 2023. In this ...

Words matter, and I am offended when elected leaders show contempt for the truth and peddle obvious propaganda, and even lie to hide their bigotry.

Russia’s war against Ukraine is pressing into its fifth month – despite several rounds of failed peace talks, and Western countries’ issuing severe economic sanctions against Russia. The war isn’t ...

At a recent academic conference, Tom Huckin put a couple of dozen copies of his syllabus on a table. He didn’t anticipate much interest. Still, he was proud of his new course, “Contemporary Propaganda ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law that comprehensively regulates the field of national memory. It ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris swiped at new standards for teaching Black history in Florida during a trip to Jacksonville on Friday. The standards were adopted by the state Board of ...

Trump and DeSantis, who are joined at the hip on this, are offended by any narrative that does not celebrate America as 'shining city on the hill' ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said extremists want to “replace history with lies” as she traveled to Florida on Friday to assail Republican efforts to overhaul educational standards, ...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris said extremists want to “replace history with lies” as she traveled to Florida on Friday to assail Republican efforts to overhaul educational standards, ...