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Earth, stars
Environment Opinion

How Habitable Will Earth Be When We Search for Life Beyond Our Planet?

Raissa Estrela, Ph.D. 11/06/25

As we prepare to look for life in other solar systems, we should also look inward at what we’re doing to our home planet.

Trump and Infantino
Culture International

FIFA Creates Consolation Peace Prize – First Recipient Is a Total Mystery

Klaus Marre 11/05/25
Nope sign, No Kings, Washington, DC
Elections

Americans Deliver a Poll Trump Can’t Ignore (but Probably Will)

Klaus Marre 11/05/25
Donald Trump, Epstein Ballroom, East Wing
Cartoon

Constitutionalist Design

Jon Richards 11/04/25
Total, sign, Laurent Vincenti
Courts Environment

Oil Giant Total’s Net Zero Claims Broke the Law, Court Rules

Emily Sanders 11/04/25

Deep Dives

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, David Boies, Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein: Dirty Secrets Emerge From a Painful Book — and the Powerful Squirm

Russ Baker
Peter Thiel, Antichrist, The Devil, Greta Thunberg

The Church of Silicon: Peter Thiel’s Gospel of Unfettered Power

Russ Baker
Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, generals, admirals, flag officers

What Would Happen if the Generals Refused to Follow Orders?

Russ Baker
Pete Hegseth, Haranguing, Military Leaders

Two Key Takeaways From Quantico

William T. Dowell

Elections

Nope sign, No Kings, Washington, DC
Elections

Americans Deliver a Poll Trump Can’t Ignore (but Probably Will)

Klaus Marre 11/05/25

American voters across the country delivered a stinging rebuke to Donald Trump on Tuesday and gave Republicans some food for thought about their blind allegiance to a president whose policies are deeply unpopular.

East Wing, White House, demolition
Elections US Politics

The Handwriting on the Rubble: The East Wing and Election 2026

Jonathan D. Simon 10/27/25
Yes on 50, sign, crowd
Elections US Politics

Yes on Prop 50: Californians Vote and America Hangs in the Balance

Nathan Max 10/22/25

Journalism & Media

Zohran Mamdani, scaffolding policy
Journalism & Media

Who Is Zohran Mamdani? And How Do You Know?

Russ Baker
Washington Post, building, sign, Washington, DC
Deep Dives

WaPo Editorial Board Canonizes Kirk: It’s Just Another ‘Business Decision’

Jonathan D. Simon
Donald Trump, podium
Journalism & Media

Under a Vindictive Trump, Journalism Is Becoming a High-Risk Occupation

WhoWhatWhy Staff
Donald Trump, Jeanine Pirro, speaking
Elections

Court Filing Serves as Reminder That Fox News Is the GOP’s Propaganda Arm

Klaus Marre

Ukraine

The Dogs of Mariupol, Tom Mutch,
Ukraine

Tom Mutch’s ‘The Dogs of Mariupol’

William T. Dowell 10/04/25

Mutch’s book describes in vivid detail how resistance to daily attacks from Russia has created a new “iron generation” in Ukraine.

Donald Trump, hosts, Volodymyr Zelenskyy White House, ceasefire, Petteri Orpo, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, Ursula von der Leyen, Giorgia Meloni, Keir Starmer, Alexander Stubb, Mark Rutte
Ukraine

Trump Says Ukraine Can Win All of Its Territory Back

Klaus Marre 09/23/25
Vitaly, Soldier, Donbas, Ukraine
Ukraine

In Donbas, a Highway Under Siege, and the Soldiers Trying To Shield It

Joseph Roche 09/23/25

Economy

Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Bill Gates
Business

Our Craven Country: Why Corporations Keep Bowing to Trump

Neal Gabler
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, CMA CGM Brazil
Economy

IMF Predicts Slowdown as Trump’s Tariffs & Volatility Impact the Global Economy

Klaus Marre
Farmworkers, pick strawberries, Fort Valley, GA
Immigration

Trump Administration Identifies Huge Threat to Affordable Food Supply: Itself

Klaus Marre
President Xi Jinping, Rwanda
Economy

Trump Reignites Trade War with China

Klaus Marre

Rights & Liberties

Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi
Rights & Liberties

Federal Judge Tells Noem and Bondi to Stop Lying So Much

Klaus Marre 10/28/25

While it is welcome news whenever any member of the Trump administration is being held to account, it would be nice if the penalties for their illegal, unlawful, and inappropriate actions were a bit stiffer. 

Chicago, No Kings, march, June 14, 2025
Rights & Liberties US Politics

On No Kings Day, Why Protest Matters

Daniel Malmer 10/16/25
No Kings Day, sign, Kings don't belong in America.
Rights & Liberties US Politics

Republicans Are Terrified of the ‘No Kings’ Mass Protest

Klaus Marre 10/15/25

Environment

Earth, stars
Environment

How Habitable Will Earth Be When We Search for Life Beyond Our Planet?

Raissa Estrela, Ph.D.
Total, sign, Laurent Vincenti
Courts

Oil Giant Total’s Net Zero Claims Broke the Law, Court Rules

Emily Sanders
Democrats, climate change
Environment

Why Democrats Aren’t Talking About Climate Change Much Anymore

Kate Yoder
Fracking operation, East of Denver, CO, Rocky Mountains
Environment

Oil and Gas Companies Used Banned Toxic Chemicals Near the Rocky Mountains

Jennifer Oldham

Culture

Trump and Infantino
Culture International

FIFA Creates Consolation Peace Prize – First Recipient Is a Total Mystery

Klaus Marre 11/05/25

Donald Trump may have lost an election on Tuesday, but we have an inkling that he might be in the running for FIFA’s new peace prize.

Zohran Mamdani, scaffolding policy
Journalism & Media US Politics

Who Is Zohran Mamdani? And How Do You Know?

Russ Baker 11/03/25
July 4 Baseball
Culture US Politics

Epic World Series Teaches Americans a Valuable Lesson

Klaus Marre 11/02/25
Abstract, monochrome photography
Culture

Poem: Reaching Ninety

Gerald Jonas 10/24/25
No Kings Protest, Reston, VA
Culture

The Definitive Guide to How Not to Make the ‘No Kings’ Rally a Win for Trump

Klaus Marre 10/17/25

Podcast

Ted Kaczynski, Luigi Mangione, young men

The Assassin Next Door: Luigi Mangione and America’s Angry Young Men

Jeff Schechtman
Economic Storm

When the Bubble Bursts: The Economy Can’t Be Spun

Jeff Schechtman
Earth Day 1970, 20 million people participated

Why The ‘No Kings’ March Won’t Change Anything — Until It Does

Jeff Schechtman
Main Street, job market, Wall Street

The Economy May Be Our Last Guardrail

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Donald Trump, Epstein Ballroom, East Wing

Constitutionalist Design

Jon Richards
Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino, ICE, Terror, Halloween

Kristi Noem’s DHS Is Scaring Families to Create Content for Social Media Posts

DonkeyHotey
Shadow, US Debt Crisis, Cayman Islands, Hedge Funds

Saturday Hashtag #ShadowDebtCrisis

Sean Ogden

Editors' Picks

science, ecosystem, biodiversity, trees, gardens, insects, caterpillars, survival

Give Caterpillars a ‘Soft Landing’ Under Your Trees.

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, health, doomscrolling, managing anxiety, meditation, path to peace

The Best Meditation Apps to Quit Doomscrolling and Find Peace Instead

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, biology, medicine, winter, seasonal affective disorder

How Scientists Are Shining Light on Biology Behind Seasonal Affective Disorder

Whowhatwhy Editors
Shadow, US Debt Crisis, Cayman Islands, Hedge Funds

Saturday Hashtag #ShadowDebtCrisis

Sean Ogden
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