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By Whowhatwhy Editors 11/25/2015

Editors’ Picks for Nov 25

Walmart partnered with FBI to spy on workers, Trump campaign warns GOP candidates not to team up against Trump, Dallas mayor more fearful of armed white men than Syrian refugees, and more Picks.

By Michael 12/01/2015

Was Paris Attack Suspect Hiding in Plain Sight?

For 6 days, Brussels was on a lockdown as police hunted a suspected accomplice (Salah Abdeslam) in the Paris attacks. The lockdown, which cost the Belgian city an estimated €51.7 million a day, failed to locate Abdeslam. Now, reports have emerged indicating that Abdeslam “might have been taking his ease in a public place in […]

By Whowhatwhy Editors 12/02/2015

Editors’ Picks for Dec 2

Labour Feuds Over Syria Bombing, Lessons from Occupy, Climate and Meat Consumption, and More Picks

By The WhoWhatWhy Team 12/24/2015

Last Minute E-Gifts for People of Conscience

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.

By The WhoWhatWhy Team 12/30/2015

Check Out What We Achieved — With Your Help

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!

By The WhoWhatWhy Team 01/02/2016

What the Upcoming Iranian Elections Could Mean for Us All

In February, Iran will hold elections that could determine the country’s future — and the future of the rest of the world, especially that of the US.

By Jeff Schechtman 01/15/2016

Fill Up Your Gas Tank — and Support Repression, Tyrants, Wars, Terrorism and Atrocities

Every time you fill up your tank or buy the latest smartphone, chances are that you are putting bullets in a gun thousands of miles away. In this podcast, Leif Wenar, the Chair of Philosophy and Law at King’s College London, reveals the true ugliness behind the marriage of resource-seeking corporations and the most corrupt despots. He also proposes an ethical alternative — Clean Trade — that benefits everyone but the tyrants.

By The WhoWhatWhy Team 01/17/2016

He Told You So: President Eisenhower’s Military-Industrial Complex Speech

On January 17, 1961, outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower, a military man, warned us to beware of the masters of America’s industrial war machine and their growing hold over the country. On this anniversary of his famous speech, it is worth listening to his prophetic words, if only to consider why no one has taken heed of them.