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NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy An Open Letter to Our Readers: The Case for Democracy by Klaus Marre Despite the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Voter Registration Act of 1993, there are still issues with voter registration. This, and a seemingly complacent electorate, mean that American elections are left up to a powerful […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Why We Fight With the Pen by Russ Baker The Boston Marathon bombing and trial has not been covered responsibly by the media, which has allowed the case to proceed and the trial to near its end with many important questions unanswered and unexplored. WHO GOP Hawks Set to Ruin Rand […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Shining a Light on the Shadow Candidates by Klaus Marre Federal campaign contribution limits are in place to ensure that the democratic system can’t be bought and sold. Yet watchdog groups have already called out several potential 2016 candidates for abusing the system.. WHO Rolling Stone’s Boss Plays the Victim The […]
The War on Drugs has caused just as much damage, destruction, and loss of life as any war in the traditional sense. Rebecca Gordon, University of San Francisco professor and author of the book Mainstreaming Torture: Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States, joins us to discuss.
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy RadioWHO Ep. 10: Listen, Yankee—Tom Hayden by Jeff Schechtman Sixty-two years after the Cuban Revolution began and 53 years after they were severed, diplomatic ties between the US and Cuba have been restored. Tom Hayden, a leader in the student, antiwar, and civil rights protests throughout the 1960s talks to WhoWhatWhy’s […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy New FBI Tactic Hints at Big DC Cover-up of Saudi 9/11 Funding by Russ Baker The FBI is disowning an explosive internal report—which ties the 9/11 hijackers to some highly connected Saudis. Just what is going on here? Russ Baker looks at the Deep Politics in play as Cover-up Central goes […]
The FBI is disowning an explosive internal report—which ties the 9/11 hijackers to some highly connected Saudis. Just what is going on here? Russ Baker looks at the Deep Politics in play as Cover-up Central goes into overdrive.
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Why the Boring Factor Might Doom Hillary by Klaus Marre The GOP has lit a fire under its base that’s burning much brighter than their Democratic counterparts. What does this mean for the 2016 elections? WHO ISIS Wants a Truce It is April Fool’s Day and ISIS is a purveyor of […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Tsarnaev Trial Playing False Religion Card? by Jill Vaglica The narrative of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as a radicalized religious zealot isn’t necessarily in keeping with case evidence. WHO How a Two-Timing DEA Agent Got Busted for Making Money off the Silk Road Two federal agents have been arrested after participating in the […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy What’s Not Being Revealed in the Tsarnaev Courtroom by James Henry and Lara Turner A series of serious discrepancies in the prosecution’s case against Tsarnaev should be raising the eyebrows of the mainstream media. WHO Americans See Putin As Only Slightly More Imminent Threat Than Obama, Poll Says Who’s afraid of […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy RadioWHO Ep. 9: Destruction, Automated Warfare and Death from Above by Jeff Schechtman Killing by remote control is already a reality, and it’s about to get a lot cheaper. Not only that, the image of a perfect, surgical killing machine presented to us is far from the reality. Tune in for […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Rolling Bombs: Crude-Oil Rail Tankers Threaten U.S. Populations, Environment by Mary Papenfuss A spate of derailments of trains carrying crude oil has hit the U.S. and Canada, and a new report warns that the technology involved is outdated and dangerous – and little is being done to address it. Mary Papenfuss […]