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Classic Who: Memorial Day in Images
For Memorial Day, we present paintings and other works of art from the last two centuries that express the horrors of war. (First published May 26, 2014)
Classic Who: Hiroshima Series, Part III
We revisit past coverage in ‘Hiroshima Series, Part III,’ as Greg Mitchell documents how activists tracked down the shocking archived footage.
Classic Who: Hiroshima Bombing Gets Hollywood Makeover
To provide context for President Obama’s upcoming visit to Hiroshima, we revisit our past coverage — which revealed Hollywood’s crucial role in the Military-Industrial Complex’s attempts to shape American minds, exemplified by its sanitizing the horrors of the atomic bomb.
How We Lost Our Way: South By Southwest’s Squandered Potential
When WhoWhatWhy finally got around to attending the cultural extravaganza called South by Southwest, we were intrigued to see what’s driving the zeitgeist. We were a bit surprised at what we found.
The Washington Post REALLY Wants You to Know Something About Bernie Sanders
When two Washington think tanks released an analysis of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s tax and spending proposals earlier this week, The Washington Post REALLY wanted readers to know that the non-partisan experts determined that implementing them would add trillions of dollars to the national debt. Obviously, an in-depth look at how much Sanders’s plans would cost […]
Is NATO’s Islamic Anchor Headed for a Coup?
Turkey’s strongman has been shedding friends and picking up enemies at a rapid rate. But will his increasingly frantic efforts to suppress dissent keep the lid on?
Government Mind Control Agent Talks
An interview with a man who is so creepy it’s fascinating, a man who actually performed some of the dirty, unthinkable deeds you read about in the various exposés on the CIA.
Russ Baker on How Moral Differences Between Sanders and Clinton Were Obscured
Bernie Sanders promised to run a campaign that took the high road with no cheap shots. Russ Baker discusses how that admirable approach might have cost him a chance to be president.
How a Plan for a Nuclear-Free World Was Sabotaged
It was a trick of words: Congress agreed to an arms “control” treaty — but only in exchange for billions of dollars to “modernize” the current stockpile of weapons. So nothing really changed.
DOJ Cites Bizarre Reason to Deny WhoWhatWhy Access to Tsarnaev Info
Efforts to learn why Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is being held “incommunicado” prompted this bizarre answer: the government can’t tell us, because of concerns for his “privacy.”
Putting on Trial Those Responsible for US War Crimes
Activist Rebecca Gordon argues that it’s time to bring to justice those in the US government responsible for war crimes, such as Abu Ghraib.