Charles M. Sennott
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Boston, MA, United States
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From Ellsberg to Vindman, a public servant's duty to the truth
WASHINGTON — As the process to impeach President Trump officially gets underway and preparation for public hearings begin, it’s hard not to feel that our democracy is coming undone. Look around the world, and there seems to be a steady rise of populist nationalism and what many fear is a modern, creeping brand of authoritarianism → Read More
Episode 7: The Eleventh Hour
After four years of fighting, 20 million soldiers and civilians dead, and three collapsed empires, World War One ended, and a new world order emerged. But the armistice held only temporarily, and the promise to end all wars was repeatedly broken over the last 100 years. Charles Sennott has been tracing how this war … → Read More
Jim Foley’s legacy of journalism and public service
These days, many people don’t think of journalism as a defense of liberty, not with President Trump labeling us “the enemy of the people.” They aren’t thinking of the media as courageous in bearing witness, when they are served cat stories on BuzzFeed. And they aren’t likely to think of what we do as a … → Read More
Documentary about Vietnam War reporters holds lessons for the present
A documentary about five young reporters who discover the U.S. government is lying about its involvement in Vietnam holds lessons for the present. → Read More
After church bombings in Cairo, a poignant Good Friday for pilgrims in Jerusalem
After the Palm Sunday bombings of Christian churches in Egypt, pilgrims to the Holy Land observe an especially poignant Good Friday. → Read More
As Obama shifts hostage policy, the Foleys remain voices of reason
By Charles M. Sennott In the aftermath of the nightmare video of James Foley's beheading at the hands of a masked leader of the Islamic State, his mother, Diane, stood strong before a forest of telev → Read More
There Will Be More Silence in the Face of Tyranny if We Continue to Look the Other Way
This dark vision for the future will be our own fault if we allow the attack on journalism around the world to go unchecked for another decade, if we continue to look the other way and ignore how killing the messenger erodes democracy and threatens a free, open society. → Read More
After Charlie Hebdo attack, reflecting on the war on journalism
The attacks in France highlight the need for everyone — including governments — to defend journalists' right to report. → Read More
The 100-year story behind Boko Haram and Nigeria's conflict
In 1914, the then-British colony was transformed in a way that forged bitter rivalries between the Christian South and Muslim North. → Read More
Lessons from Goya: Reflections on 'order' and 'disorder' in 2014
Analysis: The last 12 months have presented a descending darkness amid streaks of piercing light that feels straight out of one of Francisco Goya’s canvases. → Read More
In Northern Ireland, breaking the silence on World War I
One hundred years later, a dialogue is unfolding about how the Great War defined the course of Irish history and its desire for independence. → Read More
Remembering a century-old Christmas truce after a year full of war
Analysis: How do we look at an event as courtly as World War I's Christmas truce in the age of terrorism? → Read More
Global News Community Stands Its Ground Against 'New War On Journalists'
We are both sobered and saddened by this steady drumbeat of horrific news about our colleagues trying to do their jobs. We realize that the rules of field reporting, particularly in places such as Iraq and Syria, have radically changed.... → Read More
Global news community stands its ground against a 'new war on journalists'
Commentary: Amid growing violence against us, our colleagues’ work and their sacrifices inspire us to keep going. → Read More
In Jerusalem, recent violence is measured by a long history (VIDEO)
The synagogue attack recalls a history of centuries of fighting over the ancient city. → Read More
In the West Bank, World War I never ended (VIDEO)
How history, from Islamic prophecy to imperial hubris, looms over the Israel-Palestine conflict. → Read More
The borders of the Middle East are being redrawn by force (VIDEO)
The Islamic State is trying to change the map created after World War I. America's Kurdish allies have a different outcome in mind. → Read More
Without jobs, young people will continue to turn toward violence
From Bosnia to Nigeria to the Islamic State, unemployed youth are more easily drawn into patterns of conflict. → Read More
Divided cities learn lessons from one another's struggles
This year’s Forum for Cities in Transition fosters a growing tradition of communication among societies seeking to heal from long term conflict. → Read More
If This Generation Continues to Stumble, The Economy Will Fall
It seems the world has begun to realize that a large piece of the millennial generation has suffered the consequences of an increasingly unequal global economy that has fostered despair and in many places, violent expressions of dissatisfaction.... → Read More