592 results found for "Syria"

By The WhoWhatWhy Team 12/30/2015

Check Out What We Achieved — With Your Help

Here’s a sampling of what we accomplished in 2015 —
with your help. It shows the power we all have, when we choose to exercise it. Exciting stuff!

By The WhoWhatWhy Team 12/24/2015

Last Minute E-Gifts for People of Conscience

What do you get somebody who has everything? Maybe the answer is… you don’t get anything for them at all. Instead, in their name, you could get something for….everybody. Here are a few of the more interesting from among untold good causes.

By Whowhatwhy Editors 12/08/2015

Editors’ Picks for Dec 8

Feds Freeze Bank Accounts of Drone Whistleblowers, The Bureaucracy of ISIS, The (Misleading) Poll Used for Trump’s Muslim Ban, And More Picks

By Whowhatwhy Editors 12/02/2015

Editors’ Picks for Dec 2

Labour Feuds Over Syria Bombing, Lessons from Occupy, Climate and Meat Consumption, and More Picks

By Michael 12/01/2015

Was Paris Attack Suspect Hiding in Plain Sight?

For 6 days, Brussels was on a lockdown as police hunted a suspected accomplice (Salah Abdeslam) in the Paris attacks. The lockdown, which cost the Belgian city an estimated €51.7 million a day, failed to locate Abdeslam. Now, reports have emerged indicating that Abdeslam “might have been taking his ease in a public place in […]

By Michael 11/26/2015

Russia Throws Down the Gauntlet: Accuses Turkey of Supporting ISIS Through Illegal Oil Trade

Tensions are running high following Turkey’s decision to shoot down a Russian jet near the Turkish-Syrian border. Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has stated that “by shooting down a Russian plane on a counter-terrorist mission of the Russian Aerospace Force in Syria, and one that did not violate Turkey’s airspace, the Turkish government has in effect sided with ISIS.” Lavrov’s comments […]

By Whowhatwhy Editors 11/25/2015

Editors’ Picks for Nov 25

Walmart partnered with FBI to spy on workers, Trump campaign warns GOP candidates not to team up against Trump, Dallas mayor more fearful of armed white men than Syrian refugees, and more Picks.

By Klaus Marre 11/23/2015

Home of the Not-So-Brave

The ultimate object of terrorism is to strike fear in the hearts of enemies. By that measure, the current hysteria over whether to allow Syrian refugees into the United States may just be the Islamic State’s biggest victory.