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Donald Trump, Peterbilt Motors Company, Denton, TX
Opinion US Politics

Trump Earns Iowa’s Prestigious ‘Man of the Century’ Award

Klaus Marre 10/23/26

Donald Trump’s streak of amazing accomplishments and feats continued Thursday night. He is now state Rep. Joe Mitchell’s (R-as though there were any doubt) “Man of the Century.” 

Two men, arguing, politics
Podcast

Have We Lost Sight of What Politics Is For?

Jeff Schechtman 10/23/26
Black Jeopardy skit on Saturday Night Live
Culture Opinion US Politics

Why the 10th Anniversary of ‘Black Jeopardy With Tom Hanks’ Matters

Klaus Marre 10/22/26
DIGGER, Official final trailer, screenshot
Arts Environment

‘Digger’ Has a Lot Of Haters. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.

Frida Garza 10/22/26
People protest, Paris, 2026
International Rights & Liberties

As Discontents Flare Up, Fascists Feed on the Flames

Neal Gabler 10/21/26

Deep Dives

Jack boot, mail-in ballot, voter suppression

Trump Advised: Do Anything Necessary to Retain Power

Russ Baker
Hacking, computer code, election equipment.

Push Comes to Shove: The Unspeakable Threat to Election 2026

Jonathan D. Simon
Donald Trump, supporters, rally

Trump Supporters Are Beginning to Question What They Enabled

Russ Baker
DC, Election 2020, campaign signs

Red State Legislators Work to Throttle Direct Democracy

Glenn Daigon

Government Integrity

JD Vance, press conference, alleged fraud
Government Integrity

Republicans Would Probably Rather Talk About Even Epstein Than Trump’s Corruption

Klaus Marre 10/21/26

Americans have taken note of the unprecedented government corruption and self-dealing taking place in this administration, which poses a real problem for the GOP.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Medal of Science
Government Integrity Opinion

Billionaires Broke US Politics; It’s High Time for Americans To Fight Back

Klaus Marre 10/18/26
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Government Integrity Ukraine

Bestie Bailout: Trump Gives a Helping Hand to Putin and the Finger to Congress

Klaus Marre 10/17/26

Elections

Vote, sign, Election, Primary, Voting,
Elections

Trump Is Building an Election Trap: Millions of Americans May Not See It in Time

Thom Hartmann
Donald Trump, JD Vance, Kash Patel, Markwayne Mullin, Todd Blanche
Elections

Will a Midterm Loss Lead Republicans To Step Up Voter Suppression Efforts?

Klaus Marre
Donald Trump, Blue wave, approval rating.
Elections

Why Computerized Election Theft Is Worse Than Martial Law

Jonathan D. Simon
ballot, drop boxes, West Hollywood
Elections

The 2026 WhoWhatWhy Voting Guide

WhoWhatWhy Staff

Environment

DIGGER, Official final trailer, screenshot
Arts

‘Digger’ Has a Lot Of Haters. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.

Frida Garza 10/22/26

In trying to capture the absurdity of the climate crisis, Alejandro G. Iñárritu made something weird, messy, and downright thrilling.

Chinstrap Penguin, Half Moon Island, Antarctica
Environment

Climate Crisis Likely Caused World’s Largest Penguin Colony to ‘Crash’

Stephen Prager 10/20/26
Passengers, Fall River line, train, Boston
Environment

The Future of Commuter Rail Could Be Taking Shape in Boston

Benton Graham 10/15/26

International

People protest, Paris, 2026
International

As Discontents Flare Up, Fascists Feed on the Flames

Neal Gabler
Zero-Click cyberattacks
Apprentice Stories

There’s a New Global Cybersecurity Threat Outpacing Regulation, and It’s Not AI

Audrey Hill
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, joint news conference, Anchorage, AK
Ukraine

Angry at Ukraine, Trump Defies Congress and Waives Sanctions on Russia

William T. Dowell
Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Roosevelt Room
International

Trump Endorses Netanyahu in Race Where People Still Like Him

Klaus Marre

Editors' Picks

tech, cybercrime, international coalition, hacking allegations, 3 Chinese companies

Hackers Exploited Web Scripting Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched

Whowhatwhy Editors
Science, biodiversity, wildlife conservation, Colorado overpass. collisions reduced by 91%

Colorado Wildlife Overpass Cut Vehicle-Animal Collisions by 91%

Whowhatwhy Editors
Elections, U.S. midterms, voting, ballot marks, disqualification, false rumor debunked

Poll Workers May Mark Your Ballot. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Worry

Whowhatwhy Editors
Science, genetics, DNA, data breach, 23andMe, $6M California settlement

California Settles 23andMe Data Breach Claims for $6 Million

Whowhatwhy Editors

Economy

Ouroboros Tree of Life
Economy

Saturday Hashtag: #InfluenceLinchpin

Sean Ogden 10/17/26

Welcome to Saturday Hashtag, a weekly place for broader context.

Capitalism Isn't Working, Occupy London protest
Economy US Politics

Donald Trump Is the Quintessence of Ruthless Capitalism, and He May Be Its Doom

Neal Gabler 10/17/26
Donald Trump, delivers remarks, economy, Mount Airy Casino Resort
Economy

Final Pre-Election Jobs Report Adds to GOP’s Woes

Klaus Marre 10/02/26

Culture

Black Jeopardy skit on Saturday Night Live
Culture

Why the 10th Anniversary of ‘Black Jeopardy With Tom Hanks’ Matters

Klaus Marre
DIGGER, Official final trailer, screenshot
Arts

‘Digger’ Has a Lot Of Haters. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.

Frida Garza
Theseus, Pakthenon, Handbook of Archaeology
Arts

Triptych for B, Part I: An End To Grieving

Gerald Jonas
Donald Trump, walks from, Oval Office
Journalism & Media

Who Has the Best Words, Trump or Obama? Time (Magazine) Will Tell

Klaus Marre

Justice

People protest, Paris, 2026
International Rights & Liberties

As Discontents Flare Up, Fascists Feed on the Flames

Neal Gabler 10/21/26

Will violence, disorder, and chaos play into the hands of France’s far right?

Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, signs, bomb, Iran
Justice

From Gregg to Hegseth: America’s Long Fall From Grace

Jonathan D. Simon 10/10/26
Supreme Court Building, Washington DC, District of Columbia, Supreme Court Building
Courts Elections

SCOTUS Greenlights Use of Flawed Database to Determine Voter Eligibility

Klaus Marre 09/25/26
Trump, Blanche, DOJ, “Just Us”
Courts Journalism & Media

Judge’s Block of Trump’s WH Press Ban Also Highlights Limits of US Legal System

Klaus Marre, Jon Richards 09/24/26
Ehud Barak, Macklemore, Ed Sheeran, Robert Kraft
Epstein Technology US Politics

Saturday Hashtag: #MacklemorePaperTrail

Sean Ogden 09/19/26

Podcast

Two men, arguing, politics

Have We Lost Sight of What Politics Is For?

Jeff Schechtman
People in line, sorting

What One Subway Death Reveals About a Country That Stopped Listening

Jeff Schechtman
Illustration, Enjoy Capitalism

How Fast Food Became the Laboratory for Modern Capitalism

Jeff Schechtman
sharing the same brain? Collaboration, AI,

AI Is Making Work Sadder: And What Happens When Everyone Shares the Same Brain?

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Donald Trump. Natalie Harp, renovating, East Potomac Golf Links

Par for the Course

Jon Richards
Donald Trump, Central Casting, White House Press Secretary

Now That Katie Zacharia Has Returned to Not Practicing Law, What Will Trump Do?

DonkeyHotey
Pete Hegseth, Bible, public executions

An Idea for ‘Christian’ Hegseth: Why Not a Crucifixion Instead?

Jon Richards
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