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Officer Collier Shooting: “Rosebud” Moment of the Boston Bombing?

By Russ Baker on May 23, 2013

Of all the things that don’t add up in the Boston Marathon bombing case, perhaps the strangest of them all is the killing of MIT police officer Sean Collier. It turns out that what we were told about that wasn’t true—and the actual circumstances look very strange indeed. So does the effort to turn the shooting into a major propaganda moment.

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Official Story has Odd Wrinkles: A Pack of Questions about the Boston Bombing Backpacks

By Dave Lindorff on May 20, 2013

Many people have questions about the backpacks that allegedly contained the Boston Marathon bombs. WhoWhatWhy made some inquiries—with some surprising results.

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WHO in Boston: Bombing Story Mysteries

By Russ Baker on May 14, 2013

While most everyone else in the media figures the Boston bombing story is settled, we’re just beginning to ask questions. Here are some early ones.

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JFK-RFK-MLK??? The Questions Remain

By Russ Baker on May 9, 2013

Almost nobody in the media is asking real questions—or digging up real answers—in this, the fiftieth anniversary year of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. At WhoWhatWhy, we’ve been doing what we can. Here, just for you—food for thought.

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READ THIS — Our Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy That Makes Everything Else Work

By Russ Baker on May 6, 2013

A posthumous book shows that government and the market aren’t the only choices. It turns out there’s a third way: the commons. And we all own it.

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Barrett Brown Update: New Defense Team, Feds Fish For Activists

By Christian Stork on May 2, 2013

Some sinister—and some intriguing—new developments in the prosecution (persecution?) of Barrett Brown.

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Dancing in Jaffa

By James Huang on Apr 28, 2013

Who wouldn’t like, for once, to hear a story of Israelis and Palestinians getting along? Here’s a moving program to help children in this troubled land to bridge the perennial hostility gap—literally, by touching. Put the cynicism aside for a moment and revel in this beautiful documentary trailer.

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More “Not in the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum”: The Cronyism

By Tim McDonnell on Apr 26, 2013

If you want a fairy tale account of recent history—with an engaged president taking tough choices in the public interest—hightail it to Dallas and visit the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. If you’d prefer the real story—of cronyism, incompetence, cynicism and self-dealing by the American aristocracy, read on.

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