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Current Affairs / July/August 2025

I’ve Visited Guantánamo 28 Times as a Reporter. It Still Defies Belief

May 21, 2025May 28, 2025 - by Michelle Shephard

The surreal gulag has a pub, a gift shop, and a McDonald’s. Now Trump is looking to fill it up again

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How I Went Undercover to Expose America’s Nazis

March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 - by Michelle Shephard

Accelerationist groups are in overdrive to establish a white ethno-state. As an FBI special agent, I infiltrated one

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Justice / March/April 2025

How a Would-Be Bomber Rebuilt His Life

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 - by Michelle Shephard

Zakaria Amara was jailed for his part in the Toronto 18 terror plot. Then came the hard work of redemption

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