An early champion of computers, Sherry Turkle was among the first to ask “what they are doing to us?”

When Jan Harold Brunvand heard the same stories from students, he began collecting “urban legends.” They are too much with us now.

Decades ago, John Allen Paulos described the consequences of “innumeracy.” We failed that test. Now what?

With “truth” up for grabs, one year responded with hoaxes, clever and convincing.

Despite three jobs — professor, New Yorker writer, mother — Jill Lepore solved the mystery. “Who Killed Truth?”

When America used “science” to back white supremacy, Franz Boas and his students battled the B.S.

Divided America? Second Civil War? Braver Angels (and other groups) are building bridges.

“Facts” are flying fast and footloose, but America’s fact-checkers are standing up for Truth.

Believers shout “True!” Cynics cry “B.S.!” But the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry says, “prove it.”

Americans ate anything on the table — formaldehyde, borax, chalk — until a crusading chemist went to work.

Reeling from the news, David Byrne began compiling “reasons to be cheerful.” His website now shines a light on innovation, progress, and what works.

Neo-Nazis targeted Billings, Montana in 1993. The city fought back, saying “Not in Our Town!” The fight continues nationwide.