A surprising number of people actually claim that the entire mass shooting event at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, was fabricated. They’re dangerously wrong — and this documentary proves it, while bringing some of the children back to life, if only for a moment.
How festival programmers choose which films to feature tells us a lot about tolerance (or lack thereof) for Deep Politics
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, WhoWhatWhy presents — through a fascinating collection of pictures — a brief history of American racism, a look at the kind of hatred, atrocities, and soul-searing humiliation that spurred King into action. Rather than the stuff of dreams, much of it was a living nightmare. We first published this piece in 2015, but it remains more relevant than ever — because we seem to be going backwards. We want you to see, with your own eyes, just how ugly it can get.
More than 80,000 US prisoners are held in solitary confinement. This video documents one man’s effort to trigger a change and give prisoners another chance.
Here’s a sampling of what we accomplished in 2015 —
with your help. It shows the power we all have, when we choose to exercise it. Exciting stuff!
What do you get somebody who has everything? Maybe the answer is… you don’t get anything for them at all. Instead, in their name, you could get something for….everybody. Here are a few of the more interesting from among untold good causes.
Scatter fairy dust with one-of-a-kind gifts that change lives: a job resumé secretly created with the help of a head-hunter; one lesson — guitar, surfing, photography, whatever — with a real pro; spooky gadgets from the Spy Store; toys for regressing adults, and more!
For Thanksgiving, King Donald invited the other Republican presidential hopefuls to a feast. And they acted pretty much true to form.
We don’t usually post this kind of thing, but Editor in Chief Russ Baker was in New Orleans and caught video footage of the typical New Orleans style funeral procession for “Chef Paul” Prudhomme and thought our readers might appreciate it.
If you have secrets — whether they are deep and dark, or downright tacky — then you may be surprised, entertained, and comforted by this collection of insights from people who, if still living, have a lot to hide themselves.
A massive government survey sought to determine how happy federal employees are with their jobs. WhoWhatWhy looked at it so you don’t have to, and we found some humor between the lines.
Republicans — the last global warming deniers, DEA agents kept jobs despite misconduct, a second chance for first offenders in Georgia, and more picks.
A new feature: articles from around the web, selected and summarized by our editors. Help us identify interesting articles — see the details.
A new feature: articles from around the web, selected and summarized by our editors. Help us identify interesting articles — see the details.
A new feature: articles from around the web, selected and summarized by our editors. Help us identify interesting articles — see the details.
A new feature: articles from around the web, selected and summarized by our editors. Help us identify interesting articles — see the details.
This week, according to many far-seeing websites and anxious fellow citizens, marks the End of the World. Want to learn more? Here’s a roundup. And, even better, a chance to contribute some of your soon-to-be-worthless money to a good cause: real journalism.
A new feature: articles from around the web, selected and summarized by our editors. Help us identify interesting articles — see the details.
A new feature: articles from around the web, selected and summarized by our editors. Help us identify interesting articles — see the details.
A new feature: articles from around the web, selected and summarized by our editors. Help us identify interesting articles — see the details.