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Google, Data Center, Council Bluffs, IA
Environment Technology

What You Need to Know About AI and Climate Change

Daisy Simmons 09/18/25

We take a hard look at the good, the bad, and the whoa of AI.

Jimmy Kimmel
Rights & Liberties US Politics Video

Trump Celebrates As Free Speech Takes Another Blow With Kimmel Suspension

Klaus Marre 09/18/25
Bibi Netanyahu, July 4th, US Embassy Jerusalem
International

EU Proposes Sanctions Package Against Israel

Klaus Marre 09/17/25
Washington Post, building, sign, Washington, DC
Journalism & Media US Politics

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

Jonathan D. Simon 09/17/25
woman, reading, park
Environment

The Words We Use to Talk About Nature Are Disappearing. Here’s Why That Matters.

Kate Yoder 09/16/25

Deep Dives

Stand With Survivors Rally, Washington, DC, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump

Epstein Survivors Speak Out, But Trump, the Elephant, Is on the Capitol Steps

Russ Baker
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, joint press conference

As His Popularity Tanks, Donald Trump Turns to Power

Jonathan D. Simon
Red thumb on scale

Putin, the Election Integrity Whisperer, Gives Trump Pointers for 2026

Jonathan D. Simon
ICE Agent, recruit, Fascist Thug, brownshirts

Facing the Very Real Possibility That Donald Trump Is a Madman

Russ Baker

Hidden Power

George W. Bush, Foreign Minister, Saudi Al-Fail, Saudi Arabia
Hidden Power

A Kingdom on Trial: Could a Lawsuit Shed Light on Saudi Participation in 9/11?

WhoWhatWhy Staff 09/11/25

More than 100 million Americans are too young to remember 9/11. But when Saudi Arabia goes on trial, that day’s events could soon take center stage again.

ICE Agents, Kristi Noem, Los Angeles, CA
Hidden Power US Politics

Gestapo? Ja Vol, Mein Herr. Wir Haben Eine Gestapo.

Lucian K. Truscott IV 07/04/25
Palantir, dragon
Hidden Power Technology

The Most Dangerous Corporation in America

Robert Reich 06/21/25

Rights & Liberties

Jimmy Kimmel
Rights & Liberties

Trump Celebrates As Free Speech Takes Another Blow With Kimmel Suspension

Klaus Marre
J.D. Vance, The People's Convention, 2024
Rights & Liberties

The Kirk Effect: Republicans No Longer Hide Their Authoritarian Ambitions

Klaus Marre
charlie kirk, culture war
Rights & Liberties

Republicans Use Kirk’s Murder for Anti-Free Speech Purge

Klaus Marre
Resist sign, US Capitol
Opinion

If You Are Not Working to Defend America, You Are Helping Trump Destroy It

Klaus Marre

Environment

Google, Data Center, Council Bluffs, IA
Environment

What You Need to Know About AI and Climate Change

Daisy Simmons 09/18/25

We take a hard look at the good, the bad, and the whoa of AI.

woman, reading, park
Environment

The Words We Use to Talk About Nature Are Disappearing. Here’s Why That Matters.

Kate Yoder 09/16/25
fast food worker, kitchen, cooking, heat
Environment Labor

Workers Are Facing Dangerous Heat — Even Inside Fast-Food Restaurants

Frida Garza 09/11/25

One Small Thing

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
No Kings Day Protest, Bath, Maine
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: A Time for Action

Darlena Cunha

Elections

Red thumb on scale
Elections

Putin, the Election Integrity Whisperer, Gives Trump Pointers for 2026

Jonathan D. Simon 08/29/25

Just how many red thumbs will fit on that electoral scale?

Donald Trump, Jeanine Pirro, speaking
Elections Journalism & Media

Court Filing Serves as Reminder That Fox News Is the GOP’s Propaganda Arm

Klaus Marre 08/21/25
Mail-in Voting, Ballot, Everett, WA
Elections

Prompted by Putin, Trump Plans Illegal Election Power Grab

Klaus Marre 08/18/25

Ukraine

Republic of Moldova, parliament building
International

Moldova Wants EU Membership, Even If It Means Abandoning Ukraine

Constantin Dicusar
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, meet, Alaska
Ukraine

The Art of No Deal: For Putin, the Alaska Summit Was a Smashing Success

Klaus Marre
Drone, training exercise, Kyiv, Ukraine
Technology

Technological Warfare: Introducing AI to Killer Drones in Ukraine

Stefan Weichert
Lesia Goffman, drone operator, Ukraine
Ukraine

From Prison to the Front: Ukrainian Women Prisoners Join the Fight

Joseph Roche

Health & Medicine

Donald Trump, deployment, National Guard, Washington, DC
Health & Medicine US Politics

The Media Should Be Much More Curious About Trump’s Health

Klaus Marre 09/07/25

Conspiracy theories that Donald Trump had died aside, the White House press corps has to do a much better job of covering the president’s apparent decline… and his mental health.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, exercising, Pentagon Athletic Center
Health & Medicine

RFK Jr. Is a One-Trick Pony

Paul Offit 08/26/25
Medicaid, SoonerCare, TennCare, CardinalCare, MassHealth, BadgerCare+, Apple Health,
Health & Medicine US Politics

Medicaid: Millions Have It, and Don’t Even Know It

Sean Ogden 07/12/25
COVID-19, pandemic, September 11, Donald Trump, George Bush
Health & Medicine US Politics

A Tale of Two Crises: What We Learned and Didn’t Learn From 9/11 and COVID

Doug Ecks 06/12/25
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sworn in, HHS Secretary
Health & Medicine US Politics

RFK Jr. Isn’t Bothered by Measles

Paul Offit 05/14/25

Podcast

Influencers, algorithms, crowds, media landscape

Propaganda 2025: How Lies Became the New Currency of Truth

Jeff Schechtman
Customs house, toll booth, container ship

America’s Most Expensive Lie: Why Tariffs Are Killing What They Claim to Save

Jeff Schechtman
Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Empire of Secrets: Robert Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine’s Dark Legacy

Jeff Schechtman
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, kissing, Graffiti, Hamburg, Germany

Trump, Putin, Epstein: It’s Not a Hoax

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Dan Bongino, Kash Patel, incompetent FBI leaders

Kash Patel and Dan Bongino Practice Performative Policing

DonkeyHotey
Donald Trump, Rigged capitalism, Market Failure

Capitalism, Fascism, Trump, and America’s Not-So-Free ‘Free-Market Economy’

Sean Ogden
Magic Mike, Mike Johnson, Jeffrey Epstein, Files

Trump Is the Real Hero of the Epstein Saga

Jon Richards

Editors' Picks

science, nature, biodiversity, New Zealand, conservation, rare birds, predator trapping

To Save Its Rare Birds, New Zealand Is Relying on Nation of Backyard Trappers

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, nature, feline behavior, grass ingestion, hairballs, new theory

Gold-Covered Hairballs May Reveal Why Cats Eat Grass

Whowhatwhy Editors
tech, digital world, screen time overload, analog alternatives, hobbies, happiness

Tips For Stepping Back From Screens and Starting a New Hobby

Whowhatwhy Editors
facial recognition, surveillance

Saturday Hashtag: ##FacialRecognitionFallout

Sean Ogden
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