We Have New Evidence of Saudi Involvement in 9/11
New evidence further implicates Saudi intelligence in the September 11, 2001, attacks — and nobody seems to care.
20407 Article(s) by: Tanner Howard
Tanner Howard is a freelance journalist and In These Times editorial intern. They’re also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Sea Change
There remains a fortune to be made at sea — but no longer in Somalia. Modern pirates have turned their attention to the Singapore Strait and the South China Sea.
Illness as Metaphor
Between 2013 and 2016, Ebola claimed more than 11,000 lives in West Africa. Beginning in 2018, another two-year wave of the devastating disease caused a further 2,000 deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These days, even when Ebola itself isn’t spreading, false conspiracy theories about it are.
Royal Treatment
People have been speculating about the British royal family for centuries. You decide which conjectures might be true.
When Uncle Sam Desperately Wanted to Whack Fidel
The Cold War’s greatest Road Runner and Coyote shit show.
Friends in High Places
Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia — not to mention the man behind the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — has a host of American celebrity friends.
The Conspiracy Behind the Anti-Vax Movement
How a fraudulent 1998 study launched a movement.
Incubation Period
Inquiry into the origin of COVID-19 has been as political as it has been scientific.
Who Killed Olof Palme?
The borders of Ukraine are no more arbitrary than those of Italy or Germany. It’s been more than three decades since the Swedish prime minister Olof Palme was assassinated outside a Stockholm cinema, and police have never found the killer.
Where on Earth Is Jimmy Hoffa?
All we know for sure is where he isn’t.
Fraternities With Hoods and Cloaks
The shadowy clubs that secretly control the world.
Conspira-Polling
Where the public stands on the wilder questions of our time.
Rachel Maddow’s Moscow Madness
The best of the MSNBC star’s Russiagate rants.
String Theory
Oh, what a tangled web we weave …
Papist Plots
Conspiracy theories about the Vatican are as old as the Catholic Church itself. Here are some recent ones.
Speak of the Devil
In the 1980s, Christian groups alleged that countless popular songs contained Satanic messages that could only be heard when played backward. The truth is more mundane.