Mar 22
How ‘Pro-Democracy’ is Being Labeled ‘Anti-Trump’, Encrypted Phones Not to Blame for Paris Attacks, US and Cuba’s Long Negotiation, and More Picks
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How ‘Pro-Democracy’ is Being Labeled ‘Anti-Trump’, Encrypted Phones Not to Blame for Paris Attacks, US and Cuba’s Long Negotiation, and More Picks
As Cuba warmly welcomes President Obama, we think back to the secret, shameful things done in the past by the US to ruin Castro. Here, we report on one of the more hair-raising schemes.
Not all conservatives hate to see the Republican infighting. After all, if you work as a hired gun for people who don’t mind getting their hands dirty, then business is particularly good this year. Take Rick Berman, for example. His specialty is attacking unions over collective bargaining or environmental groups over fracking or Democrats in […]
Denying parole to a 71-year-old with a record of good behavior not only defies logic but also current California policy. So why is Sirhan Sirhan kept in prison?
Mikey Weinstein is fighting what he considers the dangerously excessive influence of Christian extremism in the US military. It’s an ugly fight and the push-back against him and his group has been intense.
FBI’s Plan to Spy on High School Students, Trump and His Tiny Hands, India’s ‘Street School’, and More Picks
A video on Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor — one of the greatest crimes of the 20th century. And a report on secret documents that reveal how it happened.
For some people, Bernie Sanders is too far to the left. But, for others, he isn’t far enough to the left — and they are increasingly vocal about their discontent.
We all know that Donald Trump will say anything. But when it comes to his biggest bluff of all, on religion, he really takes the cake.
WhoWhatWhy reporter Dan Mika discusses his recent article on an underground fire in a landfill that also holds Manhattan Project-era nuclear waste on national radio.
Despite efforts by some Clinton surrogates and media outlets to suggest otherwise, there is absolutely no question that Bernie Sanders was active in the civil rights movement and that this activism led to his arrest in 1963. But until now, not much was known about the particular injustice for which Sanders put his freedom and […]
CNN’s Richard Quest, author of a new book about the vanished Malaysia Airlines jet, talks to WhoWhatWhy. You may not agree with his conclusions, but few know more about this mystery.