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.
Cutting Through a Fog of Misinformation Online
In the days since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted, false information and misleading videos have flooded social media platforms, making it difficult for readers to sort fact from fiction. Footage said to depict a Hamas militant paragliding into Israel was in fact taken in June, during an incident in South Korea. A graphic video posted […]
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?
