Johnny Harris

For centuries, elites and the people have been in a battle for who controls information, and who has access to it. Recently, people have been drowning in a sea of algorithmic noise and divisive headlines. That’s why we’re launching Newpress - to provide a community where people can see how our journalism works and participate in the process.

You hear it everywhere these days: Fascism is back. I wanted to know if that was true. But first I had a lot to learn about what fascism actually means.

I'm launching a new channel with Max Fisher. Go check out The Bigger Picture.

I’ve been reporting on the Middle East for almost a decade now. This compilation is my attempt to pull all those threads together—the maps, the borders, and the persistent role the U.S. has played in shaping the region’s history. It also features my visit to Saudi Arabia, where I got rare access to the indigenous communities preserving traditional life in the shadow of a new mega-city.

Organized-crime is using a centuries-old Chinese payment system to launder billions of dollars across the globe. We team up with experts in Fei-Chien, aka Flying Money, to show you how this clever system works, what criminals are using it for, and why it's so hard to stop.

I've been on a years-long journey to understand the Mormon Church I grew up in. This compilation begins with the organization's origins in upstate New York, explains the wild story of how the Mormons created Utah, and ends with how the church became an almost $300 billion global empire. This is the story of both a unique religious institution, and of my own experience being shaped by that system and wrestling with its teachings.

I thought “oligarchy” meant Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg. But those guys are just the tip of the iceberg. I had no idea what a massive phenomenon oligarchy really is.

What everyone misses about Iran. When you see the brutal religious Iranian regime with all its anti western chants, it's easy to think this conflict must be about religion. I want to show you the REAL story of how superpowers created the modern Iran we know today.