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Jan 22, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Kiana Cole |Adam Westbrook
By Exile. Imprisonment. The end of elections. We know what tyranny looks like once it's underway. But how does it start? In the Opinion Video above, you'll meet people from around the world who missed the warning signs of tyranny taking root in their home countries. They can see the red flags, in retrospect. And they have a word of caution: The rule of law doesn't break down overnight, and checks and balances don't collapse in an instant. Tyranny takes time.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Binyamin Appelbaum |Adam Westbrook
Every year, millions of Americans bounce around the country like electrons, moving from one state to another. But there are patterns in this chaos, and one of the clearest in recent decades is that Americans are moving from blue states to red states. As the Opinion video above explains, that has some big political implications for the Democrats.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
adamwestbrook.co.uk | Adam Westbrook
The Third Something This is a hard time to be an artist. Here’s why I keep going. By Adam Westbrook on August 25, 2024 • 7 minute read
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Kirk Semple |Adam Westbrook
The Opinion video above is the final episode in a series of three videos that take a stand against the death penalty in the United States. It features Charles Don Flores, who has been on death row in Texas since 1999, awaiting execution for a murder he insists he didn't commit. That is where we met and filmed him. The series lands at a hopeful but still challenging time in the movement to get rid of capital punishment in the United States.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Brett Malone |Kirk Semple |Emily Holzknecht |Adam Westbrook
Your mother is kidnapped from her home and brutally murdered, her body dumped in the woods off a quiet country road. The authorities find a suspect, tell you they're going to seek the death penalty and ask you if you're OK with that. How would you react? What would you do? Brett Malone found himself in that very position when his mother, Mary Ann, was killed in 2000, and the Opinion video above is about the surprising path his life has taken since then.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Brian Wharton |Kirk Semple |Adam Westbrook
Admitting a mistake can be very hard. But how would it feel if the mistake helped put a man on death row? That's the burden the Rev. Brian Wharton has been carrying for more than two decades. He played a crucial role in the prosecution of Robert Roberson, who was found guilty in 2003 of killing his 2-year-old daughter and sentenced to death. But as the Opinion video above explores, Wharton came to regret his involvement and the outcome of the case.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Jonathan Pie |Adam Westbrook
The final votes in Britain's parliamentary elections are still being counted, but one thing is crystal clear: After 14 years in power, the Conservative Party is out. More than that: It's been thoroughly punished by the British public, reduced to barely 120 seats, the party's worst result in it's history. Several prominent figures - including former Prime Minister Liz Truss - lost their seats.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Adam Westbrook |Emily Holzknecht
The Opinion Video above lays out the unique challenges facing President Biden and Donald Trump when they meet in Atlanta on Thursday for their first 2024 presidential debate. A lot has happened in the four years since they last appeared together on a debate stage, including a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, many more months of a raging pandemic, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, galloping inflation and the outbreak of wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
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May 14, 2024 | 
iverifyu.com | Adam Westbrook
Soaring rates of anxiety and depression among adolescents. Medical groups declaring a “national emergency.” The surgeon general calling for an “all of society” response to a “devastating” mental health crisis among young people. By all indications, kids these days are in rough shape, giving additional urgency to Mental Health Awareness Month, which began on May 1.
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May 13, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Amanda Su |Adam Westbrook
Soaring rates of anxiety and depression among adolescents. Medical groups declaring a "national emergency." The surgeon general calling for an "all of society" response to a "devastating" mental health crisis among young people. By all indications, kids these days are in rough shape, giving additional urgency to Mental Health Awareness Month, which began on May 1.
