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Global Climate Strike, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2019
Environment Journalism & Media

The 89%: Media Collaboration Calls Attention to Climate Change’s Silent Majority

Olivia Rosane 04/24/25

“If, in fact, a majority of people in your community care about climate change, and yet elected officials aren’t responding to that, that’s a deficit in democracy,” one of the project’s organizers said.

Protest sign, Donald Trump, “Putin’s President”
Ukraine

Trump to Ukraine: Get Over Wanting Your Country Back

Klaus Marre 04/23/25
Adolescence, directed by Philip Barantini, 2025
Culture US Politics

The Agonizing Work of Art That Helps Explain Trump’s America

Neal Gabler 04/23/25
Water, hydration, homeless, Phoenix
Environment

Four Ways Your Community Can Save Lives During This Summer’s Heat Waves

Samantha Harrington 04/23/25
Pope Francis, attending, Canonization of Blessed Popes
International

The Passing of a Genuinely Christian Pope

William Dowell 04/23/25

Justice

Donald Trump, podium, speaking, pointing
Rights & Liberties

Trump Rips Supreme Court in Social Media Rant

Klaus Marre 04/21/25

Donald Trump’s latest rant indicates that his administration will remain on a collision course with the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the rule of law.

Justice Alito. Dobbs decision, leak
Courts

Alito Is an Unserious Man but a Serious Problem

Klaus Marre 04/20/25
Tony Evers, Gubernatorial, Campaign
Courts

Many Wrongs Don’t Make a Right in Wisconsin

Klaus Marre 04/19/25

Economy

Donald Trump, tariffs
Economy

WhoWhatWhy Obtains Secret White House Memo Explaining Trump Tariffs

Klaus Marre
Black and White, Donald Trump, Auto, Tariffs, Announcement
Economy

Trump Blinks, Provides Market with Much-Needed Certainty (That He Is Clueless)

Klaus Marre
Donald Trump, Tariffs, Global Economy
Cartoon

Economic Pediatrics

Jon Richards
Donald Trump, pointing, flag
Economy

You Break It, You Own It: Don’t Let Republicans Blame Trump Crash on Dems

Klaus Marre

Environment

Global Climate Strike, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2019
Environment Journalism & Media

The 89%: Media Collaboration Calls Attention to Climate Change’s Silent Majority

Olivia Rosane 04/24/25

“If, in fact, a majority of people in your community care about climate change, and yet elected officials aren’t responding to that, that’s a deficit in democracy,” one of the project’s organizers said.

Water, hydration, homeless, Phoenix
Environment

Four Ways Your Community Can Save Lives During This Summer’s Heat Waves

Samantha Harrington 04/23/25
Global Climate Action Summit, protest, San Francisco
Environment US Politics

What Do Climate Protests Actually Achieve? More Than You Think.

Kate Yoder 04/22/25
Donald Trump, signs, executive actions, coal industry
Environment US Politics

A Closer Look at the ‘Climate Superfund’ Laws Trump Is Threatening to End

Martina Igini 04/17/25
Joy Banner, Jo Banner, Descendants Project
Environment Justice

A Legacy of Resistance Lives on in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

Ned Randolph 04/15/25

One Small Thing

Planned Parenthood, Action Fund
Culture

One Small Thing: Gather Your Groups Around You

Darlena Cunha 04/09/25

It’s time for small things to become bigger. When we collect like-minded people around us and work together, we can accomplish BIG things by each doing our part, however small, on something important.

Boycott Amazon, Target, Walmart, lunchbox
One Small Thing US Politics

One Small Thing: Never Underestimate Yourself

Darlena Cunha 03/29/25
Join hands, do something
Culture One Small Thing US Politics

One Small Thing: In the Fight Against Fascism, You Are Enough

Darlena Cunha 03/22/25

Journalism & Media

Global Climate Strike, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2019
Environment

The 89%: Media Collaboration Calls Attention to Climate Change’s Silent Majority

Olivia Rosane
Pam Bondi at CPAC
Journalism & Media

Trump’s Surrogates Serve Up an Embarrassing Display of Nonsense on Sunday Shows

Klaus Marre
Peter Theil, Rupert Murdoch, Charles Koch, Larry Ellison
Journalism & Media

Front Page Deception: How the Headlines Distort the Stories

Sean Ogden
Karoline Leavitt, Donald Trump, Trial
Journalism & Media

Leavitt Wants to Turn White House Briefing Room Into a Safe Space

WhoWhatWhy Staff

Elections

Voting, Curtains, Bovey, MN

House Passes Major Voter Suppression Legislation

WhoWhatWhy
Tesla, Takedown, Protest

Did Elon Musk Cheap Out on Wisconsin?

Jonathan D. Simon
North Carolina, state flag

America’s Most Undemocratic State Strikes Again

Klaus Marre
Wisconsin, Seal, Stained glass

Musk Leads GOP’s Gerrymander Gaslighting Campaign in Wisconsin

Klaus Marre

Education

Jews for Free Speech, Mahmoud Khalil, Protest
Education

Could Fighting Antisemitism Cause More Antisemitism?

Rabbi Joseph A. Edelheit 04/18/25

Who exactly is President Trump protecting when he punishes colleges and universities which he says tolerate antisemitism?

Seal of the President, Harvard University
Education Politics US Politics

My First Harvard Donation in Nearly 50 Years: They Can Thank Trump

Jonathan D. Simon 04/16/25
State University of New York
Education Environment

How Colleges Can Become ‘Living Labs’ for Combating Climate Change

Caroline Preston 08/08/24

Art

Dominant curve, Wassily Kandinsky, painting, 1936
Art

‘Watchful Waiting’ in Central Park: A Poem

Gerald Jonas
Bob Dylan, Festival de Pedralbes
Art

What Everybody is Missing about Bob Dylan’s JFK Song

Richard Eskow
Comedian, Bill Hicks, Laff Stop, Austin, Tx, 1991
Art

Comedy at a Crossroads: Why the World Needs Bill Hicks More Than Ever

Brian Baccus
Surfaces meeting, Wassily Kandinsky
Art

MULTI – VERSE

Gerald Jonas

International

Protest sign, Donald Trump, “Putin’s President”
Ukraine

Trump to Ukraine: Get Over Wanting Your Country Back

Klaus Marre 04/23/25

Donald Trump keeps insisting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the reason why the war in his country continues to wage, and not his pal Vladimir Putin, who could end the conflict any time he wants.

Pope Francis, attending, Canonization of Blessed Popes
International

The Passing of a Genuinely Christian Pope

William Dowell 04/23/25
Homs, Syria, neighborhoods, damaged, destroyed, war
International

Between Fear and Reconciliation: Syrian Christians Contemplate Their Future

Joseph Roche 04/16/25
+Europe party, protest, Palazzo Chig
International US Politics

Needed: International Anti-Fascist Coalition

Russ Baker 04/07/25
Marine Le Pen, inaugurating, Brigitte Bardot street
International

Banning Marine Le Pen From Future French Elections Could Backfire

Jean-Marc Illouz 04/05/25

Podcast

Concrete support piers, California High-Speed Rail

The Progressive Paradox: Why America Can’t Do Big Things

Jeff Schechtman
Tariff, notice, warning, Canada, shop

Economic Misunderstanding, Tariffs, and the “Moron Risk Premium”

Jeff Schechtman
US Capitol, American, Canadian, flags

O Canada, Our Home Is Under Threat… From America

Jeff Schechtman
NIMBY notice, Battenhall, Worcester, England

Moving Nowhere Fast: How Housing Froze the American Dream

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Donald Trump, Fascist, Gaza, False Antisemitims

Exposing Trump’s Antisemitism Trap

Jon Richards
Khalil, Yunseo Chung, Badar Khan Suri, Columbia University protests

Graduate-Level Threats

Ted Rall
Donald Trump, El Salvador, gulag, immigrants

Generalissimo Trumpo Thinks He Is Above the Law

DonkeyHotey

Editors' Picks

science, nature, biodiversity, species survival, oldest animals

Wisdom of the Elders: Why Oldest Animals Are Key to Survival — And Under Threat

Whowhatwhy Editors
climate crisis, global warming, Canada's Arctic, transformation

Brutal Cold of Canada’s Arctic Was Once A Defense; Warming Climate Changed That

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, Earth Day, NASA, annual planet celebration

Earth Day 2025: Why We Celebrate The Planet That Keeps Us Grounded

Whowhatwhy Editors
climate crisis, clean energy, renewables, World Economic Forum, report, solar power

Clean Power Surpassed 40% of Global Electricity Generation in 2024: Report

Whowhatwhy Editors
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