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NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy RadioWhoWhatWhy: Finally, a Meaningful Report on Ferguson, MO By Jeff Schechtman WhoWhatWhy podcaster Jeff Schechtman gets the lowdown on the federal investigation into the death of Michael Brown at the hands of a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri. What was that really about? Was there more to it than an isolated event? […]
If you want to know the who, what, why of how things got so bad in the Syria (and, in some ways, the rest of the Middle East)—read this excerpt from Syria Burning by Charles Glass, a book so beautifully written you will hardly know you are reading. It is more like seeing.
Published by OR Books, New York and London, 2015.
As NATO allies’ focus shifted from the Cold War to their own economic interests, the lack of a common enemy caused them to turn on each other.
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy No Love For Snowden By Klaus Marre The chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs recently praised whistleblowers, though he has been an outspoken opponent of Edward Snowden. Why the double standard when it comes to Snowden? WhoWhatWhy Media Extras: Russ Baker’s Jeb Bush Analysis By Russ Baker […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Drone Deaths, Obama, and a Better Use for These Craft By Lisette Cheresson Earlier this year, two innocent hostages—one American, one Italian—were killed by a US-led unmanned drone strike meant to target al-Qaeda. By some estimates, the drone strikes that President Obama has authorized have murdered more innocent people than the […]
The multi-state military drill known as Jade Helm has provoked a fierce debate. Is it much ado about nothing—or, as some claim, an effort to desensitize the public toward martial law? WhoWhatWhy takes a look.
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy FIFA Soccer Corruption Probe Could Spell Trouble for Putin, Qatar by Klaus Marre With both the US and Switzerland launching investigations of alleged corruption in the most powerful body in global sports, FIFA’s seemingly untouchable president may be toast. But both Russia and Qatar, sites of upcoming World Cups, are on […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Classic WhoWhatWhy: Police State Gears Up by Dave Lindorff In the wake of civil unrest this year spurred by deaths of black suspects in police custody, on May 18 President Obama made a surprise announcement to limit police militarization. This topic is not new to WhoWhatWhy readers. We first brought you […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Tsarnaev Family Besieged by Media, Angry Bostonians by Lara Turner Tensions are running high with members of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s family now in the Boston area for the sentencing phase of his trial. Their hotel was besieged with cancellations and complaints—and bombing victims expressed outrage that the defense paid for the trip […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy New FBI Tactic Hints at Big DC Cover-up of Saudi 9/11 Funding by Russ Baker The FBI is disowning an explosive internal report—which ties the 9/11 hijackers to some highly connected Saudis. Just what is going on here? Russ Baker looks at the Deep Politics in play as Cover-up Central goes […]
Is it possible that American foreign policy, rather than exporting democracy and building nations, has in fact been fomenting terrorism and destroying countries? Bob Hennelly examines the disturbing evidence.
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Turkey’s Dirty Energy Boom: Hyperactive, Hyperbolic, Hydrocarbonated by James Ryan Turkey’s rush to privatize state assets and mine its natural resources is turning a nation blessed with tremendous clean energy potential into a dirtier one. And it’s not just the environment that’s polluted. James Ryan investigates from Istanbul. WHO Jon Stewart, […]