Worth a Thousand Words
Reading Time: 3 minutes WhoWhatWhy is swimming against the tide by committing longterm to the threatened art of political cartooning. First step: hiring the caustically funny Ted Rall.
Hong Kong Protests: China’s leaders Follow the Money
Reading Time: 5 minutes The four months of protests have enraged Beijing, but it still prefers banks to tanks.
The Wildfire Death Toll Nobody Talks About
Reading Time: 5 minutes WhoWhatWhy uncovers a mental health crisis among wildland firefighters.
The ‘Plague’ of Fascism Infecting Trump’s America
Reading Time: 8 minutes The belated recognition of white supremacists as a national security threat highlights historic fears of how a nation succumbs to fascism.
Is Trump’s Clown Car Going off the Rails?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Things are getting so insane in Washington that it’s tough to keep up. The bad news is that it will only get worse.
The Real Divisions Over Impeachment
Reading Time: 1 minute Polls show that more and more Americans want President Donald Trump impeached — and that includes some Republicans. But why? They all have their reasons.
Erdogan Risks Syria Becoming Turkey’s ‘Vietnam’
Reading Time: 4 minutes Getting into northeastern Syria is easier than staying there. Turkey is about to find out — and the ultimate winners are likely to be ISIS and the Assad regime
Liberty: Hard to Achieve, Easy to Squander
Reading Time: 16 minutes A distinguished MIT economist looks at how today’s events line up with how liberty dies.
US, Others Have Abysmal Record of Protecting Whistleblowers
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you want to celebrate Iraq whistleblower Katharine Gun, protect others like her.
Avoiding Trump’s Wrath: Portman, Johnson Take Different Paths
Reading Time: 4 minutes Just how far will GOP senators go to protect President Donald Trump? Two senators’ differing approaches suggest some cracks in Republican defenses.
Watchdogs Challenge Surveillance in Berkeley
Reading Time: 16 minutes In a bastion of America’s progressivism, authorities are secretly spying on the public.
Watchdog Group Sues to Reveal Dark Money Donor List After Feds Won’t
Reading Time: 4 minutes With the FEC in disarray, watchdog groups are working the courts to test the limits of Citizens United and reveal the donors of so-called “dark money” super PACs.
Democrats Can’t Afford Unforced Errors in Impeachment Process
Reading Time: 3 minutes If Democrats want to do impeachment right, they have to do it by the book. And Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) is off to a bad start.
Who Has the Most to Gain From Blowing the Whistle on Trump?
Reading Time: 1 minute President Donald Trump is looking for the whistleblower in all the wrong places.
Portugal’s No-Drama Election Offers Respite From Trump Chaos
Reading Time: 6 minutes One of western Europe’s newest democracies embraces civil political discourse. What a concept!
It Takes a Whistleblower to Know One
Reading Time: 14 minutes CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou weighs in on the Ukraine scandal.
Voter Suppression in Indian Country: ‘A Little Bit Insulting’
Reading Time: 5 minutes Native Americans could significantly sway the outcome of the 2020 election in several states — if they’re allowed to vote.
Toss-up State to Use Vulnerable Tech in 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutes Is North Carolina about to replace its decades-old voting technology with another vulnerable system? It certainly looks that way.
Hong Kong’s Rebel Flag Is the Stars and Stripes
Reading Time: 4 minutes Protesters see the US flag as a symbol of the core Western liberal values they crave.
Sharks Swimming Farther North: Another Sign of Global Warming
Reading Time: 4 minutes As climate change heats up our oceans, the warm water is having an impact on where sharks congregate in the summer.