Every year the partnership of Seven Stories Press, Sonoma
State University Foundation, and Project Censored publishes a list of censored
or underreported stories from that year.
I only came to learn of Project Censored last year when I read an
excerpt from Censored 2012 entitled, “More US Soldiers Committed Suicide than
Died in Combat.” I now own three books, Censored 2010, Censored 2011, and
Censored 2012. 
Project Censored not only complies lists of underreported
stories by tracking published news, but also will update previously published
stories and offer many sources. Yes, that’s right, sources! Regular features include cartoons by
Tom Tomorrow and a section called "Junk Food News" (mostly a criticism of mass
media), such as our obsessive need for celebrity gossip. I know, I am part of the problem...
If you want a taste of the books, check out their website. It
will be sure to piss you off. I mentioned the story above, but a few more
stories that really blew me away are “Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Worse than
Anticipated” from 2013, a really interesting story called “Secret Control of
the Presidential Debates” from 2010 (I think), “Nanotech Particles Pose Serious
DNA Risks to Humans and the Environments” from 2011, and also from 2011 “Cuba
Provided the Greatest Medical Aid to Haiti after the Earthquake.”Those are just a few stories that piqued my interest on various subjects, but there are hundreds available from the Project Censored website and printed material.
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