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Best Friends Forever, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Sunset
Criminal Justice US Politics

Desperate Donald: Trump Tries New Tactic to Distract From His Epstein Ties

Klaus Marre 11/14/25

Donald Trump wants to get people to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein. It’s just a little bit puzzling that he hopes to achieve that by continuously bringing up his old pal.

ICE, Chicago
Podcast

What’s Really Happening in Latino Communities

Jeff Schechtman 11/14/25
Donald Trump, Supporters, January 6
Opinion US Politics

The Only Thing You Need to Know About Arctic Frost

Klaus Marre 11/13/25
People, dressed in black, standing in a cemetery
Environment

The Anthropologists Holding Funerals for the World’s Dying Glaciers

Bridgett Ennis 11/13/25
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, filibuster scene, Jimmy Stewart
US Politics

Shutdown Post-Mortem: Straightening Out the Democrats’ Circular Firing Squad

Jonathan D. Simon 11/13/25

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

International

Trump and Infantino
Culture

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.

Palestinians in the ruins of Gaza on February 22, 2025.
International

Trump’s Middle East Reality Check

James M. Dorsey 10/23/25
sign, Tel Aviv, Cyrus The Great Is Alive
International US Politics

After Gaza Hostage Release, What’s Next for Donald Trump and the Middle East?

William T. Dowell 10/15/25

Economy

Donald Trump, Numbers, Trillions, Fake
Economy

If Trump Has Raked in Trillions, Where Is the Money?

Klaus Marre
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

Environment

People, dressed in black, standing in a cemetery
Environment

The Anthropologists Holding Funerals for the World’s Dying Glaciers

Bridgett Ennis 11/13/25

To help people grasp what it means to lose 273 billion tons of ice a year, two researchers are treating glaciers like community members — and giving them the memorials they deserve.

Hurricane Melissa, damage, Jamaica
Environment

Richest 0.1 Percent Guilty of the ‘Climate Plunder’ Wrecking Planet Earth

Jake Johnson 11/11/25
Earth, stars
Environment Opinion

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

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

One Small Thing

People, working together, hands
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Keep On Keeping On

Darlena Cunha
Ditch Doge, Hands-Off Protest
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Keep Hounding Everyone

Darlena Cunha
Camp Blanding, Starke, FL, Alligator Alcatraz
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Be Seen and Be Heard

Darlena Cunha
Workers, install, Alligator Alcatraz, sign
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: No One Is Alone

Darlena Cunha

Government Integrity

Donald Trump, dancing, democracy burns
Government Integrity

Donald Trump: King or Tyrant-in-Waiting?

William T. Dowell 10/24/25

Seven million Americans took part in the “No Kings” demonstration. Satire ruled the day, but the damage Trump has already caused the US is not funny.

Field of grain, brown
Environment Government Integrity

Fact-Checking a Trump Administration Claim About Climate Change and Crops

Dana Nuccitelli 10/21/25
John Bolton, CPAC, 2018
Government Integrity

The Bolton Indictment: More of the Same, but Also Something New

Klaus Marre 10/16/25

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

Justice

Best Friends Forever, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Sunset
Criminal Justice US Politics

Desperate Donald: Trump Tries New Tactic to Distract From His Epstein Ties

Klaus Marre 11/14/25

Donald Trump wants to get people to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein. It’s just a little bit puzzling that he hopes to achieve that by continuously bringing up his old pal.

Ghislaine Maxwell mug shot
Criminal Justice

Club Fed: Dems Inquire Why Epstein Confidante Maxwell Gets VIP Prison Treatment

Klaus Marre 11/11/25
Total, sign, Laurent Vincenti
Courts Environment

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

Emily Sanders 11/04/25
Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi
Rights & Liberties

Federal Judge Tells Noem and Bondi to Stop Lying So Much

Klaus Marre 10/28/25
Chicago, No Kings, march, June 14, 2025
Rights & Liberties US Politics

On No Kings Day, Why Protest Matters

Daniel Malmer 10/16/25

Podcast

ICE, Chicago

What’s Really Happening in Latino Communities

Jeff Schechtman
Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley

The Radicalization of Silicon Valley: Democracy Is Optional

Jeff Schechtman
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

Cartoon

shutdown, Epstein files

Open for Business

Jon Richards
Donald Trump, Andrew Cuomo, dinosaurs

Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo Are Decomposing Before Our Eyes

DonkeyHotey
DNC, candidates, too far left

A Complaint for All Seasons

Ted Rall

Editors' Picks

Artificial intelligence, AI

Tech Triumphs: AI Music Tops Billboard and Spotify Charts

Whowhatwhy Editors
climate crisis, global warming, COP30, collective efforts, managing anxiety

COP30 News Getting Nerve-Racking? Tips to Tackle Your Climate Anxiety

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, biodiversity, survival, insects, arachnids, spiderwebs, deception, decoys

That’s No Spider! It’s a Clever, Oversized Decoy to Fool Predators

Whowhatwhy Editors
Big Tech, AI, market power, commerce, exploitation

Welcome to Big Tech’s ‘Age of Extraction’

Whowhatwhy Editors
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