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By Whowhatwhy Editors 09/08/2015

Editors’ Picks for Sept 8

A new feature: articles from around the web, selected and summarized by our editors. Help us identify interesting articles — see the details.

By DonkeyHotey and Maria Adelmann 09/07/2015

Do You Have Today Off? Here’s Who You Can Thank

If you’re a US worker who has ever taken advantage of work-free weekends, lunch breaks, paid vacation, sick leave, social security benefits, minimum wage, overtime pay, or a 40-hour work week, you can thank the American labor movement. This collection of images shows historic parades, strikes, and tragedies that ultimately made way for significantly better working conditions in the US.

By Department of Justice 09/03/2015

The Ferguson Report, Part 2: African-Americans: No Longer Cash Cow for the City?

In our excerpts from The Ferguson Report, Part 1: Breathing While Black, and Other Offenses, we presented a number of shocking incidents that showed what African-Americans were subjected to every day by the Ferguson Police Department. These outrages were driven by racism at its rawest. But there was another dimension to this predatory behavior: Money. The more tickets the police wrote, the more money they earned for the city. And the more brownie points they earned for themselves. In Part 2 of this two-part series, we present excerpts that show — in appalling detail — how those in authority encouraged illegal predation, and even threatened punishment for police officers who preferred to play it straight. We also present a short happy report on some of the dramatic reforms that are taking place.

By Russ Baker 08/29/2015

Classic/2012: Reconsidering the “Lockerbie Bomber”

In this piece, which originally appeared here in 2012, Russ Baker shares problems with the official explanation of who did what in the bombing of a Pan Am plane that crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland and made an international pariah of Libya.

By Russ Baker 08/27/2015

How the Bush Team Crushed Clinton’s FEMA

In Part 4 of this series, we learn how Bush’s hand-picked team set about dismantling the competent, engaged FEMA team installed under Bill Clinton.

By Russ Baker 08/19/2015

GOP Debates, Kids’ Edition

You’ve heard the expression “out of the mouths of babes”? Well, for a proper perspective on the GOP debate participants, it helps to hear their declarations from … the next generation. Funny doesn’t even begin to describe this video.

By Russ Baker 08/11/2015

Chrysler Recalls Hackable Jeeps, Press Still Not Questioning Cause of Hastings Death

In a landmark action, Fiat Chrysler has recalled over a million Jeep Cherokees after tests showed that the cars could be remotely hacked. Despite this confirmation of the dangers lurking in computerized automobiles, the major media have yet to take a closer look at the death of crusading journalist Michael Hastings, who just before his fiery death expressed concerns that someone had tampered with his car.

By Russ Baker 08/10/2015

Trump is Not the Carnival — The Whole Election Is

Is Trump simply a buffoon, or is the entire way we elect presidents buffoonish? This ran in 2011, after Trump abandoned a previous White House bid, but has never been more apt. The Donald Trumps, the Sarah Palins, and their ilk are not a sideshow to the real, substantive campaign. They are a comic distraction so that, by comparison, the rest can seem to offer us something. When in fact, they do not.

By Greg Mitchell 08/09/2015

How the Hiroshima Bombing Got a Hollywood Makeover

Hollywood has always played a crucial role in the Military-Industrial Complex’s attempts to shape American minds and policy. Its role in sanitizing the horrors of Hiroshima is a powerful example.