Big Win for Medicaid
Puerto Rico’s Power Problem ; US Revives Assad Gas Claims …and More Picks 1/25
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Trump’s Drone War Is Worse Than We Thought
In November, WhoWhatWhy alerted its readers to the fact that President Donald Trump is continuing the Obama administration’s drone war while suppressing important information on the drone strikes conducted this year. While that is bad enough, things are actually much worse. The number of drone strikes in Somalia and Yemen has soared as […]
Deutsche Bank: A Global Bank for Oligarchs — American & Russian, Part 2
What do President Donald Trump and a number of Russian oligarchs have in common? Answer: Deutsche Bank. We pick up where we left off by examining how Trump first became involved with the international colossus — a bank catering to clients who understood that sometimes the line between profit and illegality blurs.
Deutsche Bank: A Global Bank for Oligarchs — American and Russian, Part 1
International banking colossus Deutsche Bank has a track record of deploying illegal financial trading, money laundering, and shady offshore tax shelters in the service of the global elite. Should anyone be surprised that Deutsche is on Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation radar?
Keyboards Are the New F-15s
A look at how social media’s “charisma of certainty” is changing the nature of warfare.
Be Afraid or Be Involved: Artificial Intelligence Is Close at Hand
The artificial intelligence revolution is here. It’s already impacting the economy and the military. It needs to be discussed now in the arena of public policy.
A Look Back at Our Front Page Artwork
One of the things that sets WhoWhatWhy apart from other news sites is that nearly all of our articles come with their own artwork. These “panoramas” offer a visual representation of what the stories are about. Here are some of our favorites from 2017.
Russian Opposition Leader Barred From Running
ISIS Isn’t Dying ; Controversial Departures from Trump’s White House …and More Picks 12/27
Stories We Didn’t Allow to Slip Through the Cracks
It would be tough for us to pick our best stories of 2017, but here are a few that you might have missed. More than anything, they show the wide range of issues we covered this year.
Is NATO’s Middle Eastern Anchor in Doubt?
Amid tectonic changes in the region, the moment for Turkey to make its fateful choice between a full-fledged dictatorship and a democracy may have arrived.
Did Inflated Stories on Aid Theft Lead to Black Hawk Down?
On the 25th anniversary of the US mission to Somalia that led to the Battle of Mogadishu, a veteran reporter tells how the whole episode was predicated on a lie.
Pennsylvania Political Consultant Lied to FBI
Russiagate’s Media Problems ; Will Politics Ruin the #MeToo Movement? …and More Picks 12/11