My name is Russ Baker. For more than two decades I have been an investigative journalist, doing what I believed journalists were supposed to do—seek the truth and publish nothing less. Over the years, however, I have learned how the media gatekeepers, both “mainstream” and “alternative,” will not allow the biggest, most disturbing revelations to see the light of day.
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What’s a Mother to Do?
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/27/2022 - 07:00Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies, with real life dialogue, were a staple of the Village Voice in its heyday. Now he’s back with his unique take on the 21st century.
While you’re here enjoying Stan Mack’s latest cartoon, please take a moment and read articles on related topics:
DC, 3 States Sue Google, Saying It Invades Users’ Privacy
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/26/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
DC, 3 States Sue Google, Saying It Invades Users’ Privacy (Maria)
Will Anti-Vaxxers Merge With More Violent Groups to Destabilize the US?
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/26/2022 - 07:00
— OPINION —
Last week we alerted you to an upcoming rally in Washington protesting the mandate requiring vaccinations for participating in activities with the vaccinated, in schools, bars and restaurants, public transit, and so forth.
NY Expands Absentee Voting Following Defeat of Ballot Measure
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/25/2022 - 13:00NY Expands Absentee Voting Following Defeat of Ballot Measure (Maria)
In the Sundarban, Climate Change Has Unlikely Effect — On Child Sex Trafficking
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/25/2022 - 11:00Mitch McConnell and Black Voters — There’s No Sugarcoating It
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/25/2022 - 07:00While you’re here enjoying Jon Richards’s latest cartoon, please take a moment to read these articles on related topics:
People Haven’t Just Made the Planet Hotter. We’ve Changed the Way it Rains.
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 01/24/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
People Haven’t Just Made the Planet Hotter. We’ve Changed the Way it Rains. (Maria)
The Great Los Angeles Train Robbery Is an Exercise in Misdirection
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 01/24/2022 - 07:00Everyone loves the Great Los Angeles Train Robbery story. America’s current fascination began with videos shared on Twitter by photojournalist John Schreiber: a vast debris field littered with opened and discarded packages, looted from boxcars sitting idle, unguarded, and unlocked on the rails in LA’s Lincoln Heights neighborhood.
The Naked Truth — Republicans Afraid to Say Emperor Trump Has No Clothes
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 01/23/2022 - 07:00While you’re here enjoying DonkeyHotey’s latest cartoon, please take a moment to read these articles on related topics:
This Week in Pandemic: Catching Depression, and Other Vital Viral Revelations
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 01/22/2022 - 11:00It’s the new year, and the much more infectious, purportedly less severe omicron variant seems to be #variant-proportions">winning the game of hide and seek.
Biden Has Some Explaining to Do
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 01/22/2022 - 07:00While you’re here enjoying Ted Rall’s latest cartoon, please take a moment and read articles on related topics:
Senate Panel Advances Antitrust Bill Aimed at Apple, Amazon, and Google
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/21/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
Senate Panel Advances Antitrust Bill Aimed at Apple, Amazon, and Google (Maria)
What’s the Real Story of the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/21/2022 - 11:00My guest on this week’s WhoWhatWhy podcast, award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman, calls the worldwide effort that produced the COVID-19 vaccines a science story for the ages.
Vaccine Skeptics to March on Washington — With a Dangerous & Confusing Message
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/21/2022 - 07:00
-REPORTED ANALYSIS-
On January 23, vaccine skeptics and mask resisters, influenced in part by podcaster Joe Rogan, will gather in Washington, DC, not far from where hordes attacked the Capitol a year ago.
Rare, Pristine Coral Reef Found Off Tahiti Coast
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/20/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
Rare, Pristine Coral Reef Found Off Tahiti Coast (Maria)
Why Does the Media Keep Blaming the Russians for JFK’s Assassination?
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/20/2022 - 13:00This story is part of our series revisiting the JFK assassination. To understand why we’re doing this, read our introduction.
The View From COVID Country: Rationing Tests and Waiting for Answers
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/20/2022 - 11:00As the coronavirus continues to surprise us with new variants, many folks are flummoxed by mandates and protocols that are vague, confusing, and changing daily. In this series, our correspondents around the country report on their region’s messaging and management of the latest stage of the pandemic.
– OPINION –
Hope Springs
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/20/2022 - 07:00Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies, with real life dialogue, were a staple of the Village Voice in its heyday. Now he’s back with his unique take on the 21st century.
While you’re here enjoying Stan Mack’s latest cartoon, please take a moment and read articles on related topics:
Why Can’t the Media Get the Story of the JFK Documents Right?
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/19/2022 - 14:31This story is part of our series revisiting the JFK assassination. To understand why we’re doing this, read our introduction.
– OPINION –
Majority of US States Eying Nuclear Power for Emission Cuts
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/19/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
Majority of US States Eying Nuclear Power for Emission Cuts (Maria)
Clean Energy Tech Needs Design Makeover: Experts
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/18/2022 - 13:00Clean Energy Tech Needs Design Makeover: Experts (Maria)
Why ‘JFK Revisited’ Is Necessary
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/18/2022 - 12:49This story is part of our series revisiting the JFK assassination. To understand why we’re doing this, read our introduction.
–OPINION–
On JFK: Washington Post Deserves Pinocchio Award
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/18/2022 - 12:32This story is part of our series revisiting the JFK assassination. To understand why we’re doing this, read our introduction.
–OPINION–
Sinema and Manchin Kiss Voting Rights Goodbye
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/18/2022 - 07:00“I think the tragedy is that we have a Congress with a Senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting.” — Martin Luther King Jr., July 1963.
Tightened Federal Water Protections Won’t Slow Some Projects
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 01/17/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
Tightened Federal Water Protections Won’t Slow Some Projects (Maria)
MLK Jr. — From ‘Give Us the Ballot’ to ‘Why America May Go to Hell’
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 01/17/2022 - 07:00In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we asked our staff to reflect on their favorite quotes from King and how they resonate today.
This dearth of positive leadership from the federal government is not confined to one particular political party. Both political parties have betrayed the cause of justice. … These men so often have a high blood pressure of words and an anemia of deeds.
It’s Time to Wage a War on Right-Wing Terror
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 01/16/2022 - 07:00Usually, when Americans remember a date (other than holidays like Christmas or Halloween), it’s because it will live in infamy. That is why even the least historically literate of us know about December 7, September 11, and now January 6. In each case, the United States was attacked.
It’s fair to say that the threat from Japan was effectively dealt with after a few years, tens of thousands of US casualties, an outlay of a few trillion dollars (adjusted for inflation), and two nuclear bombs dropped.
Newsom Lies in Rejecting Sirhan Parole in RFK Assassination
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 01/15/2022 - 11:00Elite Universities Teach Lesson in Price Fixing
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 01/15/2022 - 07:00Many of the nation’s top universities have been placed on the dishonor roll. Accused of colluding on financial aid limits are: Brown, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern, Notre Dame, the University of Pennsylvania, Rice, Vanderbilt, and Yale
The Growing Menace of QR Code Scams — and How to Stay Safe
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/14/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
The Growing Menace of QR Code Scams — and How to Stay Safe (Maria)
Climate Catastrophe, the Fall of America, and a New World Order
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/14/2022 - 07:00The history of empires is a repetitive tale of overweening ambition, followed sooner or later by crushing defeat.
Understanding this process is the work of our guest on this week’s WhoWhatWhy podcast, Alfred McCoy, chair of the history department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change.
A Vast New Ocean Sanctuary in South Atlantic
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/13/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
A Vast New Ocean Sanctuary in South Atlantic (Maria)
Damned If You Don’t: Vanishing Salmon and the Klamath River Dam Removal Project
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/13/2022 - 07:00For thousands of years, the Yurok have gathered along the Klamath River in northern California to honor the life-affirming runs of wild salmon. But these days their annual festivals have come to feel more like funerals than celebrations. There are so few salmon in these waters that the Yurok Tribe has had to resort to importing them from Alaska.
US Election Workers Vulnerable Without New Voting Rights Law
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/12/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
US Election Workers Vulnerable Without New Voting Rights Law: Democratic Lawmakers (Maria)
Cargo, With a Side of Hornets, Flies, and Crabs
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/11/2022 - 14:00This story by Tim Lydon originally appeared in The Revelator and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.
Net Neutrality Will Make a Comeback in 2022
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/11/2022 - 13:00Net Neutrality Will Make a Comeback in 2022 (Maria)
The Naked Truth About Republican Sen. Ron Johnson
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 01/11/2022 - 07:00Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson invokes a higher authority to explain his opposition to vaccines. “Why do we think we can create something better than God in terms of combating disease?” he asks.
Even NASA Seems Surprised by Its New Space Telescope
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 01/10/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
Even NASA Seems Surprised by Its New Space Telescope (Maria)
How Bloody Protests Actually Helped Kazakhstan’s President Gain Real Power
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 01/10/2022 - 07:00The protests began on the second day of the new year in Zhanaozen, a sun-parched, heavily polluted town in the steppe of southwestern Kazakhstan that feeds off a depleting oil field in the nearby Caspian Sea and a Soviet-era uranium mine.
Zhanaozen is where police mowed down a crowd of striking oil workers in 2011, killing at least 14 people and wounding hundreds, and where ethnic clashes resulted in as many as 200 deaths in 1989 during the twilight of the USSR.
Dr. Oz’s Prescription for Pennsylvania: Trumpism
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 01/09/2022 - 07:00The Fear of the Fear of Death in ‘Don’t Look Up’
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 01/08/2022 - 15:05There are two kinds of people in America: those who believe that Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up is real and is caused by human activities; and those who think the film is fabricated leftist fear-mongering, and that any movie that does (or does not) occur is just part of a natural cycle of filmmaking.
Trump’s Lost Cause a Winner?
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 01/08/2022 - 07:00Donald Trump’s always shown he can win even when losing, and Republicans have bought it once again.
Scientists Study Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday’ Glacier
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/07/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
Scientists Study Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday’ Glacier (Maria)
A Hopeful Look at How Global Migration Moves the World Forward
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 01/07/2022 - 07:00If you think the world has gotten unfathomably complicated, you’re not alone. As we careen through the third decade of the 21st century we face political upheaval, revolution, civil war, international conflicts, refugee flows, climate change, economic and technological disruption, a COVID-19 pandemic, rising levels of debt, demographic imbalance between the old and the young, racial conflict, and a tsunami of disinformation.
Did Trump Spokesman Hide Assets on January 6?
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/06/2022 - 13:00WhoWhatWhy has learned that on January 6, 2021, Taylor Budowich, a Republican operative, aide to Donald Trump Jr., and future spokesperson for Donald J. Trump, took time out from what was a singularly frenetic and explosive day to incorporate a company in California.
Budowich would later find himself under investigation for his role leading up to the Capitol assault that day in Washington.
Google Is Buying a Company for $500M to Boost Cloud Security
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/06/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.
Google Is Buying a Company for $500M to Boost Cloud Security (Maria)
Trump’s Elephant Does Forget
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/06/2022 - 10:00It's January 6, but for Republicans nowadays denial isn't just a river in Egypt.
January 6 Was a Bigger Threat to Democracy Than September 11
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 01/06/2022 - 07:00 -OPINION-
Roger Stone: Widespread Disorder Was Planned for 2016, Had Trump Lost
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/05/2022 - 13:43In November 2020, I heard from Len Colodny, a journalist, author, and old friend (now deceased), about something the GOP operative Roger Stone had told him. Both he and I knew Stone, and I was aware that Stone, who has a reputation for exaggeration, tended to be right often enough in his claims not to dismiss them.
Off-Season ‘Cover’ Crops Expand as US Growers Eye Low-Carbon Future
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/05/2022 - 13:00PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.