Jarring Eyewitness Accounts Shed Light on the Cruelty of Slavery
Reading Time: 18 minutes Former Chicago Sun-Times photo editor Richard Cahan shares powerful images and comments of formerly enslaved African Americans.
Why Is Everybody So Damn Angry?
Reading Time: 21 minutes Elite institutions — from government to academia to media — are losing their authority and monopoly all over the world. Why?
Exposed: Partisan Gerrymandering Based on Race
Reading Time: 19 minutes GOP gerrymandering guru Thomas Hofeller died in 2018. His daughter Stephanie just released 70,000 files that detail his successful voter suppression efforts. Here is what these disclosures show and what they mean for US democracy.
Why Iran Is the US’s Go-To Enemy in the Middle East
Reading Time: 17 minutes Iran has been stuck in the craw of US foreign policy for 40 years. Longtime Iran expert Gary Sick looks at how we got to where we are today.
Australia’s Climate Apocalypse: Up Close and Personal
Reading Time: 14 minutes A very emotional conversation about Australia’s devastating wildfires with somebody who is living the nightmare.
To the Brink of War, With No Upside
Reading Time: 13 minutes A surprising conversation about Iran with prominent Middle East scholar Stephen Zunes.
An Experiment in Decency
Reading Time: 17 minutes A DOJ investigation into the Ferguson, MO, police department revealed how municipal fines and fees trap low-income people in a cycle of poverty and punishment. It’s happening across the US — but now San Francisco is leading major reforms.
Jeffrey Epstein: Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Reading Time: 14 minutes Dylan Howard, a high-profile tabloid journalist with a record of big scoops, puts forth never-before-told aspects of the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein.
Is 2020 the Year That AI Finally Exerts Its Promised Power?
Reading Time: 15 minutes Artificial intelligence is all the rage nowadays, but it actually has been with us for decades. A leading expert wonders if this is the year when it will change the world.
WhoWhatWhy’s Top Podcasts of 2019 — Part 2
Reading Time: 3 minutes As we put 2019 behind us, here are a few more of this year’s most memorable podcasts.