Laughs, Tears, the Deep State and Russ Baker at NY Comedy Festival
There is a lighter side even to serious topics, as WhoWhatWhy Founder Russ Baker demonstrates in a live podcast from the New York Comedy Festival.
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Saudi Blockade Makes Yemen Starve
Global Arms Trade Doc ; Mugabe Holds On in Zimbabwe ; Jack Ruby was at JFK Parade …and More Picks 11/20
Peter Dale Scott on Enlightenment Values in the Age of Trump
Famed author and thinker Peter Dale Scott offers hope — and enlightenment — to those despairing in the age of Trump.
Oil and Gas Profits Over Transparency
Does China Fuel Opioid Crisis? ; The US War Bill Since 9/11 …and More Picks 11/9
The High Price of 16 Years of Failure in Afghanistan
A look at how the US has favored and funded terror groups since long before 9/11.
The Boat People’s Long Shadow
Many of the reasons why Americans want to keep Syrian refugees out of the US will sound particularly familiar to the Vietnamese boat people who have heard it all before and proved the critics wrong.
What We Still Haven’t Learned from the Vietnam War
Fifty years ago today, in 1967, nearly 100,000 Americans marched on Washington, DC, to protest the Vietnam War. In those days there was a mandatory draft in place, and the risk was very real that a young man just out of high school could quickly wind up 13,000 miles away, fighting an unseen enemy in […]
Is the Fall of Kirkuk Iran’s Answer to Trump?
In a lightning advance, Iraqi forces captured the oil-rich city of Kirkuk from Kurdish forces on Monday, sending thousands of civilians fleeing. The fighting between two US-trained and -equipped forces that have been central to the war against the Islamic State was a slap in the face to US foreign policy. US-supplied Iraqi […]
America’s Culture of Killing: It Doesn’t Begin at Home
A surprising link between US foreign policy and violence on America’s streets. Philosopher, cultural critic and author Laurie Calhoun explains what US behavior abroad has to do with domestic gun culture.
New Iron Curtain
Climate Change’s Dollar Amount ; The Iran Missile Launch That Wasn’t …and More Picks for 9/28
No Drama Merkel: Leader of Free World Cruises to Reelection
Following a year of elections in the US and the EU that caused or threatened upheaval, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is cruising toward another term in office. Everything about Sunday’s election seems to be boring … and that’s a good thing.
Misplaced American Healthcare Exceptionalism
Is US healthcare really the envy of the world? Statistics and the average American’s pocketbook tell a different story.