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For 20+ years, our whistleblower-founded nonprofit has looked beneath the surface of history and current events beyond the official story, educating the public on the buried human rights abuses and deeper forces driving today's global challenges regardless of who’s elected into office. Yet we’re just as committed to what comes next. We offer inspiring resources on personal transformation, consciousness, social change, and real-world solutions to reimagine our current paradigms for the future of humanity.

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Rather than focusing on a single issue, we investigate across the full landscape of news taboos—the overlooked stories and information that reveal the deeper political and economic forces shaping our world as well as the hidden influences impacting our minds, health, environment, and capacity to thrive together.

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No society can understand itself without looking at its shadow side.

— Gabor Maté

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Our list has over 13,000 subscribers from more than 160 countries around the world. Only a name and email address are required. The email messages will show PEERS as the sender, as the WantToKnow.info list is managed by PEERS (Public Education and Empowerment Resource Service), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization.

“It's my honor to financially support WantToKnow.info and PEERS as the single best source for the most comprehensive and accurate information on important topics. I have helped shape over 300 briefs to Members of Congress on policy issues for ending poverty. PEERS is always verifiably accurate with the most revealing facts on an issue. I have shared this site's information with confidence to colleagues for over ten years. I have always had positive feedback, and never received any criticism for inaccurate and/or biased information. Thank you for your invaluable contributions to truth, justice, and a brighter future for all.”

— Carl Herman National Board Certified Teacher in History, Government, and Economics

Grassroots funding makes this work possible

All of the information we provide on WantToKnow.info is free. We depend on grassroots contributions to keep our website and email list running.

Keeping corporate money and influence out of the news process is something we value. Your tax-deductible donation, however large or small, makes a big difference to us.

WantToKnow.info is operated by PEERS , Public Education and Empowerment Resource Service, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization.

Fred Burks, founder of WantToKnow.info

"The collective fear, secrecy, polarization, and loss of purpose within all of us have allowed leaders to subvert democracy, and to take away our freedoms. By each one of us making a commitment to work on these issues both inside ourselves and out in the world, we are changing our collective direction for a brighter future."

— Fred Burks, PEERS founder

What we're about

Our website was founded by Fred Burks, who served as a language interpreter for presidents and other government officials around the world including G.W. Bush, Clinton, Gore, and Cheney. Late in his career, he began discovering significant levels of global deception and manipulation. His courageous whistleblowing was reported in the Washington Post and other major media. Learn more about the fascinating history of PEERS and WantToKnow.info.

We are a small organization with a large network of volunteers with diverse backgrounds in media activism, journalism, high-level government work, academia, social justice advocacy, grassroots organizing, and spiritual/metaphysical work. Our service relies on courageous, dedicated researchers and concerned citizens from around the globe who have made key contributions to our site.

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