Joseph Hogan
Joseph Hogan is a Producer at Retro Report. He was previously a fact-checker at The Nation, where he has also contributed articles. Before that, he hosted a podcast on American politics for a humanities center in Michigan.
The Crime That Fueled an Asian American Civil Rights Movement
The 1982 attack against Vincent Chin redefined hate crimes and energized a push for today’s stronger legal protections. (Mural by Anthony Lee.)
Can You Spot Misinformation?
Think you can beat the experts in spotting misinformation? Watch this short video and find out.
Where’s That Photo From? Identify the Source.
Online photos can be deceiving. Do you know how to identify the source? This skills-based video can help by teaching you how to use a reverse image search.
How a 1944 Supreme Court Ruling on Internment Camps Led to a Reckoning
The U.S. government ordered 120,000 people of Japanese descent, most American citizens, imprisoned during World War II. An admission of wrongdoing and reparations payments came decades later, but a Supreme Court ruling had lasting impact.
How the U.S. Has Treated Wartime Refugees
What obligation does the United States have toward people who are uprooted by war?
A U.S. Welcome for Ukrainian Families Recalls Refugee Relocations of the Past
Ukrainians are fleeing their country by the millions to escape the Russian invasion, a mass exodus a U.N. official called “the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.” What obligation do countries have to refugees from countries torn apart by war? It’s a question as important today as it was in 1975, when […]
