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Looking ahead, 2026, Russ Baker, WhoWhatWhy
US Politics

They Told You Half the Story: Why This Kind of Journalism Matters

Russ Baker 01/01/26

As the year ends, we remind ourselves why we do this — and commit to another year of leveling with you.

national guard in California
Rights & Liberties US Politics

Trump Waves the White Flag on National Guard Deployments

Klaus Marre 01/01/26
Zohran Mamdani, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, AOC, rally, Manhattan, New York
Opinion US Politics

In Spite of Scrutiny and Sabotage, Zohran Mamdani Must Succeed

Klaus Marre 01/01/26
Amazon rainforest, lungs of the world
Environment

This Year in Conservation Science: Whales, Birds, and Killer Roads

John R. Platt 12/31/25
No Kings Day, 1776
Opinion US Politics

A Terrible Year That Could Have Been Worse Draws to a Close

Klaus Marre 12/31/25

Deep Dives

Trump Tower, Epstein

Stumper: Why Was Jeffrey Epstein Obsessed With Donald Trump Back in 2011?

Russ Baker
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, filibuster scene, Jimmy Stewart

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

Jonathan D. Simon
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

International

aasai herder, watches over, cattle
Environment

The New Scramble for Tanzania’s Savanna

Theophile Simon 12/20/25

The Maasai are being pushed aside for luxury safaris and carbon-credit deals that promise to save the planet, but threaten to erase a people.

Soldiers, small farmhouse, Ukraine
Ukraine

Trump’s Unpredictability and Pro-Kremlin Sympathies Rattle Nerves in Ukraine

Joseph Roche 12/19/25
peace prize
International

Inaugural FIFA Peace Prize Recipient Threatens Venezuela

Klaus Marre 12/16/25

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

US Politics

Looking ahead, 2026, Russ Baker, WhoWhatWhy
US Politics

They Told You Half the Story: Why This Kind of Journalism Matters

Russ Baker 01/01/26

As the year ends, we remind ourselves why we do this — and commit to another year of leveling with you.

Donald Trump, Mark Rutte, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth
US Politics

A New Year, Same Old Trump

Klaus Marre 01/01/26
national guard in California
Rights & Liberties US Politics

Trump Waves the White Flag on National Guard Deployments

Klaus Marre 01/01/26

Journalism & Media

Donald Trump, addresses the nation, Christmas, New Year, 2025
Journalism & Media

Prime-Time Trump: Just Lyin’ and Yellin’ in the Rain

Jonathan D. Simon
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

Justice

national guard in California
Rights & Liberties

Trump Waves the White Flag on National Guard Deployments

Klaus Marre

Donald Trump on Wednesday conceded defeat over his right to dispatch the National Guard to governors who don’t want the troops in their cities.

Supreme Court, Fisheye lens
Courts US Politics

Is SCOTUS Signalling? The Implications of Its Trump v. Illinois Realignment

Jonathan D. Simon 12/24/25
Best Friends Forever, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein
Epstein

Trump Will Never Shake Epstein Suspicion Like This

Klaus Marre 12/22/25

Economy

Donald Trump, addresses the nation, Christmas, New Year, 2025
Economy

In Biden Redux, Trump Tries to Convince Americans Their Struggles Aren’t Real

Klaus Marre
Donald Trump, Yokosuka Naval Base
Economy

In Prime Time Trainwreck, Trump Promises Americans the Moon

Klaus Marre
VP JD Vance, podium, speaking
Economy

JD Vance Test Drives the Lies That Republicans Hope Will Win the Midterms

Klaus Marre
Donald Trump, delivering remarks, McDonald's Impact Summit
Economy

Trump’s A+++++ Economy Is a Tough Sell

Klaus Marre

Environment

Amazon rainforest, lungs of the world
Environment

This Year in Conservation Science: Whales, Birds, and Killer Roads

John R. Platt 12/31/25

We asked conservation researchers around the world to send us their favorite papers of 2025. They address the planet’s most pressing problems — and important solutions.

Climate Change, Camp 2007, Protest
Environment

Our Best Climate & Environment Stories of 2025

Whowhatwhy Editors 12/24/25
Donald Trump, announcing, $12 billion, aid, farmers
Environment Government Integrity Health & Medicine

How Trump’s Big Ag Bailout Is Alienating His MAHA base

Ayurella Horn-Muller 12/23/25
Windmill, farm, wind energy
Environment

Trump Strikes a Blow Against His Greatest Enemy

Klaus Marre 12/22/25
aasai herder, watches over, cattle
Environment International

The New Scramble for Tanzania’s Savanna

Theophile Simon 12/20/25

Podcast

Jeff Schechtman, Podcast, Best-of, WhoWhatWhy, 2025

WhoWhatWhy’s Top 10 Podcasts of 2025 — Part 2

Jeff Schechtman
Jeff Schechtman, Podcast, Best-of, WhoWhatWhy, 2025

WhoWhatWhy’s Top 10 Podcasts of 2025 — Part 1

Jeff Schechtman
Gun violence

It’s Not Always About Guns or Monsters

Jeff Schechtman
Elon Musk, government workers, cuts, chainsaw, rage

Fired by Email: What It Felt Like To Be Targeted by DOGE’s Federal Purge

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Donald Trump, First Year, First Term, Second Trump administration

But Who’s Counting?

Jon Richards
best-of, Jon Richards’ cartoons, WhoWhatWhy, 2025

Our Favorite Jon Richards Cartoons of 2025

Jon Richards
Statue of Liberty, Mar-a-Lago-Face, Donald Trump, The New Colossus

Donald Trump’s Gold Card Is an Invitation to International Grifters

DonkeyHotey

Editors' Picks

technology, innovation, World Economic Forum, frontier news, 2025 highlights

From Quantum Security to Climate Change: Frontier Tech Stories That Defined 2025

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, nature, biodiversity, conservation, Amazon, pollinators, stingless bees, legal rights

Stingless Bees From the Amazon Granted Legal Rights in World First

Whowhatwhy Editors
Climate change, global warming, nature, conservation, ski slopes, French Alps, landscape

As Hundreds of Ski Slopes Are Abandoned, Will Nature Reclaim the Alps?

Whowhatwhy Editors
2025, positive news roundup, planet Earth, nature, society, progress to celebrate

What Went Right in 2025: Top 25 Good News Stories of the Year

Whowhatwhy Editors
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