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Donald Trump, rally, Phoenix
Elections US Politics

GOP Will Ride the Trump Train to the End of the Line (and Beyond)

Klaus Marre 12/11/23

It’s mystifying that anybody could be surprised by a new Iowa poll showing Donald Trump expanding his commanding lead in the state.

Palestinians, inspect wreckage
Hidden Power

Reaping the Grapes of Wrath in Gaza

William Dowell 12/11/23
Ken Paxton, Texas, abortion ban, Kate Cox
Cartoon Rights & Liberties

Texas AG Ken Paxton Steps in to Make a Woman’s Life Hell

DonkeyHotey 12/10/23
Norman Lear, Walt Disney Television, Emmy Party
Culture Justice

Norman Lear: The Man with the REAL Family Values

Russ Baker 12/10/23
Benito Mussolini, Donald Trump, and Adolf Hitler.
US Politics

Trump Is (Re)making History in the Worst Way Possible

Klaus Marre 12/10/23

Ukraine

memorial, cemetery in Hroza, Ukraine.
Ukraine

Divided Loyalties in Ukraine

Thomas Mutch 12/03/23

On Ukraine’s embattled eastern front, Russians pay good money for information on where to strike next.

M113 APCs, M60 battle tanks
International Ukraine

The Real Cost of Ukraine

William Dowell 10/03/23
Ukrainian soldier, eats
International Ukraine

At the Front in Zaporizhzhia

Madeleine Kelly 09/27/23

Guns in the USA

US gun regulation, background checks, private sales, new law
Guns in the USA

GOP Voters: Protecting Gun Rights More Important Than Saving Lives

Klaus Marre
Lisbon, Maine shooting
Guns in the USA

It Shouldn’t Take a Tragedy to Get Lawmakers to Support Gun Control

Klaus Marre
protect people not guns
Guns in the USA

On 9/11, Trauma, and Guns

Klaus Marre
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Guns in the USA

Understanding the Albuquerque Gun Ban

WhoWhatWhy Staff

Russ Baker's Substack

Israel, Iron Dome, Hamas, Rockets
International Politics

Israel-Gaza War: Who Benefits?

Russ Baker 10/10/23

We need context for understanding and solving the unfolding tragedy.

Donald Trump, Lauren Boebert
US Politics

Here’s How Loathsome Characters Like Boebert and Trump Win

Russ Baker 10/03/23
Newspapers, New York, NY
Culture Journalism & Media Politics US Politics

Our Quest for Journalistic Honesty in an Era of Shouts and Lies

Russ Baker 08/22/23
President Joe Biden , Vice President Kamala Harris
US Politics

The GOP Wants Us to Talk About Joe Biden’s Health. Should We?

Russ Baker 09/17/23
Crocodile, Philadelphia, zoo
Politics Science US Politics

When the Reptilian Brain Drives the Political Bus

Russ Baker 07/06/23

Economy

Trump, Barn, Licking County, OH

Perception Trumps Reality on the Economy

WhoWhatWhy Staff
AI future

The Promise and Peril of AI: A WhoWhatWhy Editors’ Discussion

WhoWhatWhy Staff
Kayak-tivists, protesting, Chase, bank

Major Banks Funneled $1.8 Trillion to Carbon Bombs Between 2016 and 2022

Olivia Rosane
Sam Bankman-Fried, arraignment

From Boom to Cell: The Sam Bankman-Fried Journey

Jeff Schechtman

Elections

Donald Trump, rally, Phoenix
Elections

GOP Will Ride the Trump Train to the End of the Line (and Beyond)

Klaus Marre 12/11/23

It’s mystifying that anybody could be surprised by a new Iowa poll showing Donald Trump expanding his commanding lead in the state.

Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican Jewish Coalition, Las Vegas, NV
Elections

Vivek Ramaswamy: A Troll for Our Times

Klaus Marre 12/07/23
Vote Yes, Issue One, signs
Elections US Politics

OHIO: A Four-Letter Word When It Comes to Democracy?

Doug Ecks 11/18/23

Hidden Power

Palestinians, inspect wreckage
Hidden Power

Reaping the Grapes of Wrath in Gaza

William Dowell
Haifa, Israel, oil refineries
Hidden Power

Israel, Gaza, and the Struggle for Oil

Charlotte Dennett
Man reading news,Dead Sea.
Culture

How Major News Orgs Help GOP and Trump

Russ Baker
Lee Harvey Oswald, return, Russia
Hidden Power

Evidence Oswald Was Not a Real Defector to USSR

Jane Rusconi

Justice

Norman Lear, Walt Disney Television, Emmy Party
Culture

Norman Lear: The Man with the REAL Family Values

Russ Baker 12/10/23

What he was like in person.

Ken Paxton
Rights & Liberties US Politics

Texas to Protect the Sanctity of Life Even If It Kills Every Woman in the State

Klaus Marre 12/09/23
Smoke, flames, Gaza
Justice Politics

Oil, War, and Patriotism

Norman Solomon 11/29/23

Environment

Mississippi River floodwaters, Illinois
Environment

Climate Report Indicates Dire Future for Mississippi River Basin

Delaney Dryfoos
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, COP 28
Environment

Why Some Experts Say COPs Are ‘Distracting’ and Need Fixing

Tik Root
Biden, End Fossil Fuels
Environment

Biden’s Key Climate Law Gives Big Oil a ‘Massive Escape Hatch’

Julia Conley
Dakota Access Pipeline, water protectors
Environment

Still Concerned About DAPL? The Feds Are Asking for Comments, 7 Years Later.

Anita Hofschneider

Culture

Norman Lear, Walt Disney Television, Emmy Party
Culture Justice

Norman Lear: The Man with the REAL Family Values

Russ Baker

What he was like in person.

Man reading news,Dead Sea.
Culture Hidden Power Journalism & Media

How Major News Orgs Help GOP and Trump

Russ Baker 12/06/23
JFK, assassination, Walter Cronkite
Culture US Politics

The Shades Drawn: November 23, 1963

Jonathan D. Simon 11/23/23
The New Twitter, Elon Musk
Culture Hidden Power

What Elon Musk Gets Away With, and Why You Should Care

Russ Baker 10/30/23
two paths, woods
Art Culture

Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’: A Dead Serious Joke

Jonathan D. Simon 10/28/23

Podcast

Dead, republican, elephant

Unmasking the Elephant: Stuart Stevens on the GOP’s True Colors

Jeff Schechtman
Brian Stelter, Fox News

‘Fox News’ Is Not News

Jeff Schechtman
Lee Harvey Oswald, Marina Oswald

Conflicting Memories of Two ‘Friends’ of Lee Oswald

Jeff Schechtman
Devin Murphy Anderson, Alex Berrios

From Anxiety to Action: Young Floridians Transforming Politics

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Ken Paxton, Texas, abortion ban, Kate Cox

Texas AG Ken Paxton Steps in to Make a Woman’s Life Hell

DonkeyHotey
Voters, election 2024

The Good Votes

Ted Rall
Tommy Tuberville, blockade

Tommy Tuberville Wants to Block Diversity in the Military

DonkeyHotey

Editors' Picks

US economy, labor, worker rights, strikes, union wins 2023

The Big Wins by Labor Unions in 2023

Whowhatwhy Editors
tech, Meta, Facebook, Messenger, privacy, end-to-end encryption, crime, child protection

Meta Begins Rolling Out End-to-End Encryption Across Messenger and Facebook

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, nature, biodiversity, marine life, Mexican axoloti, wild population

What It Takes to Save the Axoloti

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, tech, STEM, competiton, China, survey

The US Is Losing the Global Science Race: STEM Worker Survey

Whowhatwhy Editors
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