Patrick Radden Keefe

writer/investigative journalist

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Staff writer at The New Yorker and fellow at the Century Foundation in Washington, DC

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“Say Nothing,” a new limited series on FX, follows the decades of violence in Northern Ireland through the eyes of the Price sisters, who went from protesting peacefully to planting…

‘Say Nothing’ relives the 30-year war in Northern Ireland

“Say Nothing,” a new limited series on FX, follows the decades of violence in Northern Ireland through the eyes of the Price sisters, who went from protesting peacefully to planting…

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

There are lots of reasons Donald Trump was elected president. But there may be just one man responsible: Mark Burnett, who created “The Apprentice.”

How a TV producer created the TV star who became our president

There are lots of reasons Donald Trump was elected president. But there may be just one man responsible: Mark Burnett, who created “The Apprentice.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The President today called Friday's massacre in Connecticut a "wake-up call," but it was only the latest of several mass shootings since he took office.

Stepped-Up School Security and the Impact on Education

The President today called Friday's massacre in Connecticut a "wake-up call," but it was only the latest of several mass shootings since he took office.

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