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This is the backstory to the recent arrest of Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina on corruption charges. It details the US involvement in the training of Molina and many others in the most effective techniques of torture and killing at the School of the Americas at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
Subjecting piles of unsanitary material to deep analysis.
PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org. ‘It Was an Accident’: Scientists Turned Humid Air Into Renewable […]
One of the things that sets WhoWhatWhy apart from other news sites is that nearly all of our articles come with their own artwork. These “panoramas” offer a visual representation of what the stories are about. Here are some of our favorites from 2018.
The most accomplished people in Donald Trump’s orbit keep telling us hair-raising things about him. But nobody in the MAGAverse cares.
Like his forebears (and like Donald Trump), Mellon rages only against those handouts that go to those born without silver spoons.
PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
Blame it on the Deep State! This is what politicians do when they get in trouble. It helps that people don’t really know what they’re talking about. While the term is now common — and commonly abused — WhoWhatWhy has been exploring this fascinating topic for years.
“I alone can fix it” doesn’t work unless you can get massive buy-in to the idea that it’s terribly broken.
What did the Church of Scientology say to the owners of a TV station to get them to remove a story criticizing Scientology? Why did they give in?
PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org. Bolsonaro’s Defeat in Brazil Is a Climate Turning Point (Maria) […]
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