North Dakota: Laboratory for a Suite of MAGA-Driven Election Reforms?
This activist’s package of controversial measures are rooted in Trump’s Big Lie. Do any of them make sense?
This activist’s package of controversial measures are rooted in Trump’s Big Lie. Do any of them make sense?
A new opinion poll regarding January 6, 2021, tells a troubling tale of polarization in the United States.
In an age of propaganda and general craziness, we offer a formula for good information, delivered in a compelling manner.
The elections of 2016 and 2020 were the “most important ever.” Now it’s happening again in 2024.
A look back at the year when a dinosaur-riding Jesus is honored in the US Capitol while Americans were fixated on TFGs courtroom dramas.
Often insightful, usually humorous, and always irreverent: Our Sunday editorials paired with cartoons are regularly among our most-read pieces. Here are some of our favorites from this year.
A glittering collection of quotes on the elusive nature of time by a wide variety of thinkers, from William Shakespeare to Lenny Bruce.
Republican Presidential Primary candidate Nikki Haley learned this week that only one candidate in this race can get away with saying crazy things.
Ted Rall pulls no punches. He’s a patented political pugilist, landing haymaker after haymaker, week after week. Rall’s cartoons may not float like a butterfly, but they certainly sting like a bee. Here are some of our favorites from 2023.
Every week, WhoWhatWhy’s editor-in-chief provides bracing, fresh thinking with new perspectives on the events that define our times in his Substack, “Going Deep with Russ Baker.” Here are some of our favorites from 2023.
The power of cyber weapons, the depths of our gun culture, who owns history, and the relevance of our Constitution in 2023 make up the final five of this year’s “Best Of” WhoWhatWhy podcasts.
If you’re not yet fretting about our nation’s fate, and racking your brains for every possible thing you can do about it, it’s time to start.
Often insightful, usually humorous, and always irreverent: Our editorials are regularly among our most-read pieces. Here is Part 1 of our selection of our favorites from this year.
Ukraine remained the major focus through much of 2023, until the brutal October 7 attack by Hamas shifted attention to Israel and Gaza. WhoWhatWhy was there.
Whether he’s skewering Republicans or Democrats, Jon Richards always has a sharp eye for the political hypocrisy of the moment.
Defendant Rudy Giuliani was so afraid of the horrible things America would see in his documents that he tanked his own trial rather than reveal his secrets.
The Founding Fathers put in place safeguards to keep somebody like Donald Trump from power. Those protections are all buckling or have already failed.
“Now you know how it feels to be Palestinian.”
If you thought it can’t happen here, I have an old Sinclair Lewis book to share with you…
Podcasts are the architects of our perspective in the modern age. Whether we’re behind the wheel, plugged in with earbuds, or enveloped in the night’s quiet, they steer today’s dialogues.
But reading this will make you feel very much alive.
A de facto end of support to Ukraine risks initiating a new world order — one in which America no longer counts.
Eighteen California children say the EPA fails to recognize the unique physical and mental impacts climate change has on kids.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the Insurrection Clause applies to Donald Trump following his failed coup on January 6, 2021.
The Republican Party has a house full of unpopular fashions it has to stow or get rid of before the 2024 election.
“While this agreement offers faint guidelines toward a clean energy transition, it falls far short of the transformational action we need,” said one campaigner.
Santos was only playing follow the leader!
Elon Musk presents a unique threat to democracy — and neither the media nor federal regulators are prepared to deal with the challenges he poses.
The nice thing about the flap over elite colleges is it’s so easy to dislike everyone involved.
FPOTUS believes in rule BY law, not rule OF law.
An exploration with economist Noah Smith on why public sentiment about the US economy often contrasts with hard economic facts.
These young activists are working to convert the faithful into climate crusaders.
We may still be able to salvage peace for this time by restoring and enhancing aid to our beleaguered ally.
A new congressional investigation shows that the country’s major drug stores routinely hand over the prescription information of Americans without a warrant.
When leaders gather to negotiate climate policy, they usually overlook the needs of this vast group of people.
It’s mystifying that anybody could be surprised by a new Iowa poll showing Donald Trump expanding his commanding lead in the state.
Israel is rushing to inflict the maximum damage against Hamas in Gaza before public opinion makes a ceasefire inevitable.
Paxton is so concerned about women that he wants to control the most intimate aspects of their lives.
Donald Trump might not be the brightest guy, but he has certainly figured out authoritarianism and what he needs to do for his supporters to keep on following him blindly.
In a new global power shift, defeat in Ukraine may lead to Russia and China defining a new global order in which American values are increasingly irrelevant.
What is playing out in Texas right now should horrify every American and serve as a reminder of what the GOP ultimately hopes to accomplish.
Lauren Boebert and other members of the GOP are learning an important lesson this week about the equal application of the law courtesy of Hunter Biden.
Exposing the GOP’s dark turn: How the party’s very survival now hinges on embracing autocracy over democracy and its foundational values.
The vetting process for members of the next Trump administration will be incredibly easy: 1. Was the 2020 Election stolen? 2. What are you prepared to do about it?
The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released last month, warns of wide-ranging climate impacts throughout the United States. The implications for people and the environment in the Mississippi River basin are extreme, but experts stress that it is not too late to slow the worsening effects.