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Pete Hegseth, Admiral Frank M. Bradley
International Justice

Was the Killing of the Two Survivors of US Attack ‘Murder’ or Just a War Crime?

William T. Dowell 12/03/25

In the disgraceful tradition of My Lai and Abu Ghraib, America again shows the world its dark side.

Aftyn Behn, Tennessee, special election, campaigning
Elections

TN Special Election Ends Up Not Too Close, But Too Close for Comfort for GOP

Klaus Marre 12/03/25
Poll workers, count ballots, Detroit
Elections

They Do Audits, Don’t They? A Hard Look at What They Say Makes Elections Secure

Christopher Bystroff 12/03/25
Microsoft, Azure, datacenters, Wenatchee, WA
Environment Technology

How to Make Data Centers Less Thirsty

Naveena Sadasivam 12/02/25
Donald Trump, Job Approval, Ratings
Cartoon

The Pen Is Mightier Than the Polls

Jon Richards 12/02/25

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

Health & Medicine

The Xylom, RFK Jr,_Climate Change Art
Environment

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

Lisa Patel, Grace Wickerson 11/19/25

By ignoring climate change as a threat multiplier, MAHA is missing the forest for the trees and will unnecessarily put the lives of millions of children at risk.

Rick Scott, 2021 Student Action Summit
Health & Medicine

Trump’s Secret Super-Duper Health Care Plan Takes Shape

Klaus Marre 11/11/25
Russell Vought, Adolf Eichmann, accountants
Health & Medicine US Politics

The Death of Public Health: The Senseless Wholesale Axing of Vital CDC Offices

Angela Rasmussen 10/18/25

Elections

Aftyn Behn, Tennessee, special election, campaigning
Elections

TN Special Election Ends Up Not Too Close, But Too Close for Comfort for GOP

Klaus Marre
Poll workers, count ballots, Detroit
Elections

They Do Audits, Don’t They? A Hard Look at What They Say Makes Elections Secure

Christopher Bystroff
Election Day morning, Fairfax, VA, 2025
Elections

Election 2025: The Verdict Was Clear but Will the Midterms Be Free and Fair?

Jonathan D. Simon
Speaker, Mike Johnson, official portrait, 2024
Elections

GOP Lives in Denial After Election Night Shellacking

Klaus Marre

Economy

Donald Trump, tariffs
Economy

Trump Inadvertently Admits That US Businesses Pay for His Tariffs

Klaus Marre 11/24/25

Albeit unintentionally, Donald Trump on Sunday finally spelled out who ends up paying for his tariffs… and it’s not foreign countries. 

Donald Trump, Numbers, Trillions, Fake
Economy Opinion

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

Klaus Marre 11/09/25
Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Bill Gates
Business US Politics

Our Craven Country: Why Corporations Keep Bowing to Trump

Neal Gabler 10/16/25

Culture

Starling_Murmuration_Daniel_Dencescu_3x2.jpg
Culture

When Birds Move as One — and We Struggle To

Russ Baker
Petit Désert, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1920
Art

ARS POETICA: A Conversation

Gerald Jonas
Dixie Fire, Northern California
Culture

What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters

Kedrick James and Derek Gladwin
San Francisco, Poet
Culture

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

Russ Baker

Guns in the USA

Donald Trump, National Guard shooting
Guns in the USA

DC Shooting Offers Trump the Pretext He Was Looking For

Klaus Marre 11/30/25

Republicans generally ignore gun violence… unless a shooting features the “right” perpetrator/victim combination, in which case they will use isolated incidents to justify sweeping policy changes.

Teens For Gun Reform, Washington, DC
Guns in the USA

A Guide to (Not) Covering School Shootings

Klaus Marre 12/17/24
ghost guns, arms trafficking, NJ case
Guns in the USA Opinion

‘They’ Really Are Trying to Kill Donald Trump… and All of Us

Klaus Marre 09/15/24

Environment

Microsoft, Azure, datacenters, Wenatchee, WA
Environment

How to Make Data Centers Less Thirsty

Naveena Sadasivam
Dixie Fire, Northern California
Culture

What Catastrophes Get Our Attention, and Why It Matters

Kedrick James and Derek Gladwin
Epstein, Trump, protest posters, Washington, DC
Environment

Jeffrey Epstein, Climate Change Doubter

Sara Peach
The Xylom, RFK Jr,_Climate Change Art
Environment

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

Lisa Patel, Grace Wickerson

Justice

Pete Hegseth, Admiral Frank M. Bradley
International Justice

Was the Killing of the Two Survivors of US Attack ‘Murder’ or Just a War Crime?

William T. Dowell 12/03/25

In the disgraceful tradition of My Lai and Abu Ghraib, America again shows the world its dark side.

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

Jeffrey Epstein, Climate Change Doubter

Sara Peach 11/25/25
person, shrouded in mystery
Criminal Justice US Politics

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

Lucian Truscott IV 11/20/25
Donald Trump, UN Headquarters
Rights & Liberties

‘Tone It Down’ Trump Agrees Democrats Should Be Hanged

Klaus Marre 11/20/25

Podcast

How to, talk, family, during the holidays

Eat, Don’t Talk: Why You Did Not Win That Thanksgiving Argument

Jeff Schechtman
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

Cartoon

Donald Trump, Job Approval, Ratings

The Pen Is Mightier Than the Polls

Jon Richards
Police, ICE, drones

Unsafe at Any Cost

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

Dictatored, Not Read

Jon Richards

Editors' Picks

big tech, Silicon Valley, image, media bubble, image, CEO stars

Big Tech Is Creating Its Own Media Bubble To ‘Win the Narrative Battle Online’

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, biodiversity, carnivores, Yellowstone National Park, coyote reintroduction, impact

Reintroduced Carnivore Impact On Yellowstone Ecosystems Still Coming Into Focus

Whowhatwhy Editors
ech. energy, electricity, rising use, solar power growth, data

US Solar Energy Growth Nearly Enough To Offset Rising Energy Use, Data Shows

Whowhatwhy Editors
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
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