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Abigail Adams is a researcher, and freelance writer. She is founder of the Information Collective, a grassroots research organization devoted to bridging the information gap.

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Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center In a closed society like the military dictatorship of Burma, how can journalists find the truth?: 3 of 22
"News and truth are not the same things, and must be clearly distinguished. The function of news is to signalize an event, the function of truth is to bring to light the hidden facts, to set them into relation with each other, and make a picture of reality on which men can act." (Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion, 1922) The te... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Did campaign contributions and lobbying by the financial sector contribute to the meltdown on Wall Street?: 3 of 13
The fear invoked by the stock market crash of 2008 has out trumped the terrorist threat as communities across the U.S. brace themselves for the impact corrupt Wall Street practices will have on their daily life. The crisis has become highly politicized in the presidential race, and the campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCa... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center How should Lebanon address its "Palestinian issue" and what can the international community do to help?: 6 of 17
The May 2007 battle in the Palestinian refugee camp Nahr al-Bared in North Lebanon sent a warning to the international community that a civil war was brewing. The battle between the Palestinian militant faction Fatah Al-Islam, and the Lebanese Army was a recent outburst in a decades long struggle between Christian and Muslim... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Is the Pakistani government helping or hindering the fight against terrorism?: 4 of 7
With Afghanistan, and Iran to its east, and an indigenous nuclear weapons program, Pakistan's cooperation with the United States will be a determining factor in the success, or failure of the Global War on Terror. Post 9/11, Pakistan emerged as a leading ally of the United States. Its longstanding ties with the Taliban were ... More..