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NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Does Jade Helm Violate Posse Comitatus? by Ralph Lopez The multi-state military drill known as Jade Helm has provoked a fierce debate. Is it much ado about nothing—or, as some claim, an effort to desensitize the public toward martial law? WhoWhatWhy takes a look. WHO US is Obligated by Treaty to Defend […]
The multi-state military drill known as Jade Helm has provoked a fierce debate. Is it much ado about nothing—or, as some claim, an effort to desensitize the public toward martial law? WhoWhatWhy takes a look.
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy FIFA Soccer Corruption Probe Could Spell Trouble for Putin, Qatar by Klaus Marre With both the US and Switzerland launching investigations of alleged corruption in the most powerful body in global sports, FIFA’s seemingly untouchable president may be toast. But both Russia and Qatar, sites of upcoming World Cups, are on […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy by The WhoWhatWhy Team Following the candidates and the controversies with a WhoWhatWhy view. Want beauty contests and horse races? You won’t find them here. The stories which help you make a real judgment? Here’s where you start. WHO Steve Wozniak: ‘US Would Look Like Dubai if it Didn’t Spend All […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Boston Bombing Core Mystery: Why are Feds Not Interested in this Man? by Jill Vaglica Viskhan Vakhabov received a phone call from the Tsarnaev brothers—one of whom is now dead, the other just sentenced to death—in two crucial moments in the immediate aftermath of the Boston Marathon Bombings. Why did the […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Memorial Day in Images by Milicent Cranor In honor of Memorial Day, we present works of art depicting scenes from various American wars of the last two centuries. WHO US Military and Civilians are Increasingly Divided This Los Angeles Times special report explores the deepening demographic divide between the less than 1% […]
“I think that what Beyoncé’s power will do, as a feminist and as a public feminist and as a very public celebrity feminist, is that she’s going to push a lot of young women, just broadly, to look at Hillary” However… There are a lot of women of color feminists who are looking at […]
In honor of Memorial Day, we present works of art depicting scenes from various American wars of the last two centuries.
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy RadioWhoWhatWhy: Police Becoming Sixth Branch of US Military? by Jeff Schechtman Is President Obama’s recently announced order seeking to reverse the dramatic over-arming of police forces nationwide too little, too late? We all saw—in Baltimore, in Ferguson, in Boston—how civilian law enforcement has turned into a virtual sixth branch of the […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy 2016 Presidential Race: WhoWhatWhy Curates the Best of the Media Stream by The WhoWhatWhy Team Following the candidates and the controversies with a WhoWhatWhy view. Want beauty contests and horse races? You won’t find them here. The stories which help you make a real judgment? Here’s where you start. WHO US and […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Tsarnaev Case Judge: FBI Interview Reports Are Unreliable—And Cast in Stone by James Henry In allowing FBI interview reports to be read in court in lieu of witness testimony, US District Court Judge George O’Toole inadvertently highlighted an insidious tactic used by the FBI to manipulate witness statements. Anyone who gets […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Classic WhoWhatWhy: Police State Gears Up by Dave Lindorff In the wake of civil unrest this year spurred by deaths of black suspects in police custody, on May 18 President Obama made a surprise announcement to limit police militarization. This topic is not new to WhoWhatWhy readers. We first brought you […]