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Happy Thanksgiving!
Opinion

Giving Thanks to Our Readers

WhoWhatWhy Staff 11/27/25

Our brand of nonprofit journalism relies on the support of our readers, and this year, we have a lot to be thankful for.

Dixie Fire, Northern California
Culture Environment

What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters

Kedrick James and Derek Gladwin 11/27/25
Vladimir Putin, Steve Witkoff
International Ukraine

Who Is Steve Witkoff, and Why Is He in Charge of Negotiating Ukraine’s Future?

Craig Unger 11/26/25
Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Air Force
US Politics

Sideshow Don – How Trump Keeps Getting in the Way of His Own Agenda

Klaus Marre 11/26/25
Senator, Mark Kelly, Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth
Justice US Politics

Pete Hegseth Opens Investigation of Mark Kelly: Kelly Responds

Michael D. Sellers 11/26/25

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

Culture

Dixie Fire, Northern California
Culture

What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters

Kedrick James and Derek Gladwin

When catastrophe becomes celebrity, we stop witnessing and start scrolling, turning suffering into spectacle. But we can break that cycle.

San Francisco, Poet
Culture

What Comes of Saying Hello: The Beauty and Bounty of Talking to Strangers

Russ Baker 11/24/25
People, working together, hands
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Keep On Keeping On

Darlena Cunha 11/12/25

Justice

Senator, Mark Kelly, Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth
Justice

Pete Hegseth Opens Investigation of Mark Kelly: Kelly Responds

Michael D. Sellers
Epstein, Trump, protest posters, Washington, DC
Environment

Jeffrey Epstein, Climate Change Doubter

Sara Peach
person, shrouded in mystery
Criminal Justice

The Deep, Dark Secret Behind the Staying Power of the Epstein Story

Lucian Truscott IV
Donald Trump, UN Headquarters
Rights & Liberties

‘Tone It Down’ Trump Agrees Democrats Should Be Hanged

Klaus Marre

International

Vladimir Putin, Steve Witkoff
International

Who Is Steve Witkoff, and Why Is He in Charge of Negotiating Ukraine’s Future?

Craig Unger 11/26/25

And who is the mysterious “mutual friend” who got Witkoff to do a favor for a Russian mobster?

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Jakob von Steinle
International

Evangelical Support for Israel Declines Worldwide

James M. Dorsey 11/24/25
Trump and Infantino
Culture International

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

Klaus Marre 11/05/25

US Politics

Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Air Force
US Politics

Sideshow Don – How Trump Keeps Getting in the Way of His Own Agenda

Klaus Marre
Senator, Mark Kelly, Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth
Justice

Pete Hegseth Opens Investigation of Mark Kelly: Kelly Responds

Michael D. Sellers
Pam Bondi, Lindsey Halligan, Todd Blanche
US Politics

Trump Administration’s Incompetence and Zeal Save the Day for Comey

Klaus Marre
trump, Mamdani
Cartoon

Game Changers

Ted Rall

Journalism & Media

Zohran Mamdani, scaffolding policy
Journalism & Media

Who Is Zohran Mamdani? And How Do You Know?

Russ Baker 11/03/25

Those worried about him might be surprised by a closer look.

Washington Post, building, sign, Washington, DC
Deep Dives Journalism & Media US Politics

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

Jonathan D. Simon 09/17/25
Donald Trump, podium
Journalism & Media

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

WhoWhatWhy Staff 08/24/25

Economy

Donald Trump, tariffs
Economy

Trump Inadvertently Admits That US Businesses Pay for His Tariffs

Klaus Marre
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

Environment

Dixie Fire, Northern California
Culture Environment

What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters

Kedrick James and Derek Gladwin 11/27/25

When catastrophe becomes celebrity, we stop witnessing and start scrolling, turning suffering into spectacle. But we can break that cycle.

Epstein, Trump, protest posters, Washington, DC
Environment Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein, Climate Change Doubter

Sara Peach 11/25/25
The Xylom, RFK Jr,_Climate Change Art
Environment Health & Medicine

On a Sweltering Planet, ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Puts Kids’ Health at Risk

Lisa Patel, Grace Wickerson 11/19/25
People, dressed in black, standing in a cemetery
Environment

The Anthropologists Holding Funerals for the World’s Dying Glaciers

Bridgett Ennis 11/13/25
Hurricane Melissa, damage, Jamaica
Environment

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

Jake Johnson 11/11/25

Podcast

Andreessen Horowitz, Palantir, Anduril, Flock Safety, Tesla, Fanduel, Draft Kings, Polymarket, Cheddr, DoubleSpeed, Cluely

Who’s Building Our Tech Future? Innovation Without a North Star

Jeff Schechtman
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

Cartoon

Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine, Peace Plan

Dictatored, Not Read

Jon Richards
trump, Mamdani

Game Changers

Ted Rall
Pam Bondi Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump

Presidential Pampering

Jon Richards

Editors' Picks

climate crisis, global warming, tropical rainforests, Congo basin, vital carbon sink, funding and policy neglect

The Congo Basin Is Earth’s Second-Largest Rainforest. Why Is It Being Neglected?

Whowhatwhy Editors
tech, AI tools, images and video, controversy, backlash, artistic expression

‘Go Generate a Bridge and Jump Off It’: How Pros Are Navigating AI

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, nature, biodiversity, U.S. wildlife, America's 250th birthday celebration, incredible species highlighted

Incredible Wildlife Highlighted to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

Whowhatwhy Editors
Nintendo, Game Boy,

Saturday Hashtag: #GenomicGameboy

Sean Ogden
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