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Economy

Job Growth Continues to Exceed Expectations and Baffle Experts

WhoWhatWhy Staff 06/02/23

Easily beating an estimate of 190,000 new jobs, nonfarm payrolls in the public and private sectors increased by 339,000 in May.

SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk
Podcast

Space: It’s Not Just for Governments Anymore

Jeff Schechtman 06/02/23
tech, cybersecurity, House, Senate, health data breach, FBI
Politics

Democrats Win Unnecessary Fight, Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Bill to Avoid Default

Klaus Marre 06/02/23
THE SYZYGY OF SELF
Culture

There Is No Such Thing as Unrealized Potential

Daniel Pinchbeck 06/01/23
climate crisis, global warming, fossil fuels, green energy, lower cost
Environment

Renewable Energy Capacities Expected to Soar This Year

WhoWhatWhy Staff 06/01/23

Ukraine

Andriy, Ukrainian, drone operator
International

A Russian Grenade Narrowly Missed Him. His Mind Disagreed

Stefan Weichert 05/20/23

A psychiatric hospital in the city of Odesa in Ukraine is overcrowded with Ukrainian soldiers suffering PTSD from the war.

Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky, walking
International Ukraine

G7 to Russia: ‘Our Support for Ukraine Will Not Waver’

WhoWhatWhy Staff 05/19/23
Ukrainians, Remembrance Poppies, Berlin
International Ukraine

Victory Doesn’t Mean What it Used To

Anna Conkling 05/17/23

Guns in the USA

Gun violence, Republican gun laws
Cartoon

Nothing Has Been Done Since Uvalde? Think Again!

Klaus Marre, DonkeyHotey
The World Peace and Unification Sanctuary, parishioners
Apprentice Stories

What Can a Gun-Toting Church Tell Us About Conservatives?

Joe Evans
Robb Elementary School, shooting, memorial, Uvalde, TX
Guns in the USA

When Hundreds of ‘Good Guys with Guns’ Stood by and Did Nothing

WhoWhatWhy Staff
NRA recruiter, gun show
Guns in the USA

On Uvalde Anniversary, NRA Gives Away Guns

WhoWhatWhy Staff

Elections

League of Women Voters supporters, marching.
Apprentice Stories Elections

Want to Help People Vote? The GOP Is Coming After You

Noah Briggs 05/27/23

Suppressing the votes of minorities and young people is no longer good enough for Republicans; now they want to punish groups that help these people cast their ballots.

Ron DeSantis, illegal aliens
Elections

DeSantis Hopes a Multimillion Dollar Shell Game Will Give Him a Big Edge

WhoWhatWhy Staff 05/25/23
Mike Lindell, My Pillow Guy
Elections

MyPillow Fight!!! Software Expert Asks Court to Make Mike Lindell Pay Up

Klaus Marre 05/20/23
Election Transparency, woman voting
Elections

Digital Ballot Images: Key to Trustworthy Elections & Bridging Our Great Divide

John R. Brakey 05/19/23
Ron DeSantis, Phoenix
Elections

Democrats Flip Jacksonville in Blow to DeSantis

WhoWhatWhy Staff 05/17/23

Government Integrity

Texas Capitol
Government Integrity

Facing Impeachment, Texas AG Paxton Finds Time for Irony

WhoWhatWhy Staff 05/26/23

Now that he is facing impeachment, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s thinking on “the will of the people” seems to have evolved significantly since he tried to overturn President Joe Biden’s election.

military, army, A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor, THAAD
Government Integrity

Bipartisan Group of Senators Demands Pentagon Investigate Price Gouging

WhoWhatWhy Staff 05/26/23
FBI, FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Apprentice Stories Government Integrity

I Spy with My Little FBI… Massive FISA Violations

Kai Knorr 05/25/23

Health & Medicine

Abortion rights protesters.
Health & Medicine

Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Two Abortion Bans

WhoWhatWhy Staff
oxycontin, opioids
Health & Medicine

Sackler Family Gets Immunity, Victims Get Crumbs, Nobody Gets Justice

WhoWhatWhy Staff
foodborne illness
Health & Medicine

Lack of Sick Leave a Major Factor in Spread of Foodborne Illnesses

WhoWhatWhy Staff
Veteran, World War Two Memorial
Culture

The Best Way to Commemorate Memorial Day: Talk to a Veteran

WhoWhatWhy Staff

Environment

climate crisis, global warming, fossil fuels, green energy, lower cost

Renewable Energy Capacities Expected to Soar This Year

WhoWhatWhy Staff
Tree planting in Lolo National Forest

Why Tree-Planting Schemes Aren’t a Silver Bullet

Tara Lohan
Ali Hussein camp, Somaliland

As Drought Grips East Africa, Humanitarian Aid Is No Match for Climate Change

Jake Bittle
California homeowners, insurance

Citing Wildfire Risk, State Farm Will Stop Selling Home Insurance in California

WhoWhatWhy Staff

Podcast

SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk

Space: It’s Not Just for Governments Anymore

Jeff Schechtman
Memorial Day, veterans, PTSD

Not All War Wounds Are Visible

Jeff Schechtman
AI Monkeys Typing

Are We Creating the Species That Will Replace Us?

Jeff Schechtman
BuzzFeed, Gawker, Facebook, Twitter, Jezebel, Huffington Post, YouTube

The Era of Social Media Journalism Is Over

Jeff Schechtman

Editorial Cartoons

Debt Ceiling, Debt Limit, Defaut, Hostage Crisis, Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy, MTG

They Have Some Demands

Jon Richards
Donald Trump vs Ron DeSantis

DeSantis Must Defy the Odds Before He Can Defeat Trump

DonkeyHotey, Klaus Marre
Bud Light, Ally, Transgender

Finding Yourself

Ted Rall

Editors' Picks

climate change, environment, US geological survey, minerals, microchips

The First Nationwide Geological Survey in a Generation Could Reveal Critical Minerals

Whowhatwhy Editors
tech, FTC, Amazon, Ring doorbell, spying settlements

Amazon’s Ring Used to Spy on Customers, FTC Says in Privacy Settlement

Whowhatwhy Editors
Earth, climate change, nature, environment, safety limits, human health

Earth Is ‘Really Quite Sick Now’ and in Danger Zone: New Study

Whowhatwhy Editors
tech, AI, consumer finance, regulation, consumers

Regulators Take Aim at AI to Protect Consumers and Workers

Whowhatwhy Editors
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