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By Brittany Allen | March 28, 2025

Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding

Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding

Andrew Lawler on the Revolutionary Roots of a Corrosive National Pastime

By Andrew Lawler | February 25, 2025

How Donald Trump Spun a Political Career Out of Conspiratorial Hatred

How Donald Trump Spun a Political Career Out of Conspiratorial Hatred

Arthur Goldwag on the Clear and Present Danger of Far-Right Extremism in America

By Arthur Goldwag | March 13, 2024

UFO, or Unidentified Female Observer: Kirsten Bakis on the Undersung Life of Anna Fort

UFO, or Unidentified Female Observer: Kirsten Bakis on the Undersung Life of Anna Fort

The Author of "King Nyx" on the Paranormalist Charles Fort, Theodore Dreiser, and Dismissing Women's Intellects

By Kirsten Bakis | February 21, 2024

On the Rothschilds' Myth in Literature and Film

On the Rothschilds' Myth in Literature and Film

Mike Rothschild Considers the Stories Told about the Influential Jewish Family

By Mike Rothschild | September 20, 2023

Hunting for the Lizard People: On the Dangerous Conspiracy Theories That Led to the Nashville Bombing

Hunting for the Lizard People: On the Dangerous Conspiracy Theories That Led to the Nashville Bombing

Colin Dickey Examines the Influence of David Icke on the Nashville Bomber, Anthony Quinn Warner

By Colin Dickey | July 20, 2023

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Nefarious Intentions and Persecuted Victims: On the Rise of Conspiracy Theories

By Sander van der Linden | March 24, 2023

Kelly Weill on Flat Earthers and Other Anti-Science Fundamentalists

By Keen On | February 22, 2023

Three Classic Movies to Help Understand Our Conspiratorial Present

By Andrew Keen | September 16, 2022

Mike Rothschild on the Ongoing Influence of QAnon and Its Self-Made Mythologies

Mike Rothschild on the Ongoing Influence of QAnon and Its Self-Made Mythologies

“Conspiracy theories will always be popular, because they make you feel like you’re smart, important, and part of a community.”

By Mike Rothschild | August 22, 2022

How the Republican Party Embraced Political Violence Before January 6th

How the Republican Party Embraced Political Violence Before January 6th

Dana Milbank on the Alarming Origins of the Current Political Moment

By Dana Milbank | August 15, 2022

Mat Johnson on Writing About a Conspiracy Theorist (Who’s Right) in an Age of False Conspiracies

Mat Johnson on Writing About a Conspiracy Theorist (Who’s Right) in an Age of False Conspiracies

So Many Damn Books">In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | July 5, 2022

Ugh. Skyhorse plans to publish a Trump conspiracy theorist’s take on the January 6th Insurrection.

Ugh. Skyhorse plans to publish a Trump conspiracy theorist’s take on the January 6th Insurrection.

By Jonny Diamond | June 22, 2022

Why Do Some People Believe the Earth is Flat?

Why Do Some People Believe the Earth is Flat?

Kelly Weill on What Draws People To Conspiracies

By Kelly Weill | March 10, 2022

Reddit thinks Thomas Pynchon might be secretly ghost-tweeting for Paul Thomas Anderson.

Reddit thinks Thomas Pynchon might be secretly ghost-tweeting for Paul Thomas Anderson.

By Emily Temple | November 12, 2021

Why Flat Earthers, Moon Landing Truthers, and Other Conspiracy Theorists Believe Their Own Nonsense

Why Flat Earthers, Moon Landing Truthers, and Other Conspiracy Theorists Believe Their Own Nonsense

John V. Petrocelli on the Alarming Spread of Fake News and Society's Increasing Aversion to Critical Thinking

By John V. Petrocelli | July 28, 2021

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