What If Everybody Is Wrong About Stopping Climate Change?
Reading Time: 15 minutes A contrarian view of how to deal with our environmental crisis.
Klobuchar Grabs the Election Integrity Lane
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Minnesota senator has made election security a key part of her presidential campaign. As she is unlikely to win the nomination, it may be her most lasting and important contribution to the 2020 race.
Ukraine Whistleblower Came Forward in Spite of Weak Protections
Reading Time: 5 minutes A whistleblower complaint is behind the mountain of damaging evidence changing minds about impeachment. It’s a miracle it got through.
The Wildfire Death Toll Nobody Talks About
Reading Time: 5 minutes WhoWhatWhy uncovers a mental health crisis among wildland firefighters.
Hong Kong: ‘White Terror’ in the City of Fear
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Hong Kong, intimidation and paranoia are seeping into everyday life.
As Earth Chokes on Plastic Waste, Industry Expands Production
Reading Time: 19 minutes A new documentary depicts a global plastics crisis that is only getting worse.
Does Location of ISIS Leader’s Death Hint at Turkish Help?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Suspicions of Turkish help for ISIS deepen after US raid targets leader in part of Syria held by Turkish-backed rebels.
Will Britain’s Boris Johnson Put a Shine on Populism’s Waning Star
Reading Time: 3 minutes Evidence shows the tide is turning against right-wing populism and nationalism in Europe — but the UK could change that.
Bernie Sanders Is the Original Invisible Man
Reading Time: 1 minute In a repeat of 2016, Bernie Sanders is running another strong campaign. He’s attracting big crowds, raising a lot of money, making news with important plans, and doing well in the polls — but the media continues to act like he doesn’t even exist.
US Exit Marks Syria Endgame
Reading Time: 4 minutes While the Syrian regime, Russia and Turkey have emerged as the biggest winners of the US exit from Syria, hidden understandings and ambiguities of the ceasefire deal bode more bloodshed.
A Firsthand View of Syria, Turkey, and the Middle East
Reading Time: 9 minutes A conversation with longtime Middle East correspondent Charles Glass.
Inside the Mind of the American Mass Shooter
Reading Time: 4 minutes Latest research reveals how suicidal thoughts, personal crisis, and desperation are often the dark subtext to mass shootings.
Hamburgers and Beyond: Climate Change and the Taste Test
Reading Time: 4 minutes Can a new range of plant-based burgers tempt skeptical meat-eaters?
16 Crazy Things Americans Did With Guns
Reading Time: 10 minutes True stories, from the tragic to the grotesque, of people shooting at other people, and at things — for reasons that boggle the mind.
Serena Shim: The Life and Unexplained Death of a Syria War Reporter
Reading Time: 8 minutes The young American journalist investigated Turkey’s meddling in Syria’s civil war. On the fifth anniversary of her death, many questions remain unanswered.
Diplomacy for Dummies: Foreign Policy Is No Place for Amateurs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Foreign policy should be left to the intellectually competent. There’s a test for that.
Not Up For Debate: Big Media Whizzes Tell Us What to Think
Reading Time: 1 minute When it comes to debates, the talking heads want you to take their word on what matters, rather than follow your own gut.
Can the Editorial Cartoon Be Saved?
Reading Time: 20 minutes Cartoonist Ted Rall talks about the state of journalism, the death of irony, and the effort to save the once-powerful political cartoon.
In Memoriam: Elijah Cummings
Reading Time: 2 minutes Long before he was pilloried by President Donald Trump, Rep. Elijah Cummings was memorable. Constituents and colleagues admired his fierce pursuit of the truth.
Worth a Thousand Words
Reading Time: 3 minutes WhoWhatWhy is swimming against the tide by committing longterm to the threatened art of political cartooning. First step: hiring the caustically funny Ted Rall.