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There are a lot of moving parts at the moment, but election officials are scrambling to keep elections going amid the coronavirus. Here’s what happened this past week: Congress included $400 million for elections in its emergency $2 trillion stimulus package last week. It’s a step in the right direction, but a drop in the […]
The coronavirus already has the entire world in crisis mode. What will happen when COVID-19 coincides with seasonal natural disasters? No one knows, but it’s high time to start figuring it out.
Is $300,000 per person an extravagant amount to pay Black citizens for generational poverty originating with slavery?
The presidential primaries are nearly over — Delaware, New Jersey, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, and Connecticut’s elections will take place over the next two weeks — and it would be nice to say in the end that all of the issues we saw have been corrected in time for November. Unfortunately, and not surprisingly, that is […]
Although their rights to vote were recently restored, few former felons in Iowa and Florida registered to vote in the 2020 election.
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Hawaii may be postcard-beautiful, but the state capital is under a triple threat: rising temperatures, rising oceans, and too little rainfall.
PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org. Australia’s Barrier Reef Erupts in Color as Corals Spawn (Maria) […]
Ocean thermal energy conversion could power the world’s tropical islands, if it ever gets out of the “innovation valley of death.”
Recent research suggests that vitamin D deficiencies — suffered disproportionately by African Americans — may worsen COVID-19 outcomes. The question is: Why?
Climate change makes the dangers of natural hazards worse. Thousands of industrial facilities will be more likely to spill hazardous chemicals as flooding, storm surge, wildfire, and sea level rise intensify, a government study found.