John Oliver Takes on Felon Disenfranchisement
John Oliver shines light on the pressing problem of felon disenfranchisement in a hilarious yet thoroughly fact-based report.
Florida Found to Violate the Voting Rights Act – Again
A district judge has just delivered a stunning rebuke to the Florida Secretary of State, whose administration has continued to drag its heels in providing Spanish-language election information and ballots to displaced Puerto Ricans.
Florida Needs a Better System to Restore Felons’ Voting Rights, Judge Says
Many of the 1.6 million disenfranchised felons in Florida may be one step closer to being able to vote thanks to a ruling from a federal judge. Earlier this week, US District Judge Mark Walker ordered Gov. Rick Scott (R) to devise a new system to restore convicted felons’ right to vote by April 26.The Read More
Pennsylvania and Florida Take Big Steps Toward Election Fairness
With the Pennsylvania Supreme Court putting an end to gerrymandered congressional districts and Florida voters putting an important initiative on the November ballot, it has been a big week for all those seeking fair elections.
Voter Disenfranchisement in Florida Could Skew Swing State’s Outcome
The Sunshine State has more disenfranchised voters than any other state in the country, many of them ex-felons. And Governor Rick Scott has done everything he can to keep them from voting.
New FBI Tactic Hints at Big DC Cover-up of Saudi 9/11 Funding
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.
RadioWho: Russ Baker Talks to Traces of Reality Radio about Todashev Killing
WhoWhatWhy’s Russ Baker joins Guillermo Jimenez of Traces of Reality Radio to analyze the killing of Ibragim Todashev by FBI Agent Aaron McFarlane and other strange elements of the official story about the Boston Marathon Bombing.
Todashev’s Killer: No Wonder His Identity Was Secret
The FBI agent who fatally shot a friend of one of the accused Boston marathon bombers has a record tarnished by accusations of police brutality and misleading statements. It’s just another bombing-related secret the federal government doesn’t want the public to know.
Part 1: To See Climate Change in Florida
You don’t need to go to the North Pole to see evidence of climate change and rising seas. Just go to Florida.
Classic WHY: Suppressed Saudi 9/11 Story
The anniversary of the 9/11 attacks seems the right moment to remind people how even very solid, careful reporting of apparent “deep politics” links in the attacks has never entered the larger American conversation. The story of the Saudi connection to a house in Sarasota, Florida, is must reading. It also is useful to consider given the established role of Saudi intelligence in the Syrian uprising.
The Trayvon Verdict — Race Was the Elephant in the Courtroom
In the real world, it was apparent that race was the key to George Zimmerman’s snap judgment that Trayvon Martin was up to no good, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist E.R. Shipp writes exclusively for WhoWhatWhy. Yet racism was the elephant in the courtroom as the prosecutor “tiptoed –past those thorns.” With a case hampered by slow-footed policing and an overaggressive charge, the state’s failure seemed inevitable. And with no moral resolution to the troubling case, Americans are left with fresh hollow echoes of “No justice, no peace!”