The Week That Jumped the Shark
Reading Time: 3 minutes 2021 kicks off with an unprecedented flood of information overload and maximum disruption. Can we process it all?
Trump Squirms; Georgia Republicans Propose Voting Restrictions
Reading Time: 6 minutes Though new legislation is meant to respond to Trump’s loss, the repercussions may end up hurting Georgia Republicans and their political ambitions the most.
Republicans Glory in Electoral Dysfunction
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sen. Josh Hawley, along with Ted Cruz and nine other senators, joined House Republicans to object to certifying the Electoral College results for Joe Biden.
GA Leaders Uphold Election Results After History of Suppression
Reading Time: 5 minutes After years of being Trump’s darlings, officials in Georgia face harsh GOP criticism for certifying election results that confirm Biden’s win.
Vaccine Rollout Isn’t Exactly at Warp Speed
Reading Time: < 1 minute President Trump has bragged about the speed with which vaccines have been developed, but he left the actual rollout to underfunded state and local health departments.
This Week in Pandemic: What Possible Good Can Come of This?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to WhoWhatWhy’s weekly COVID-19 roundup. There’s a lot of virus coverage out there, so this feature will give you a dose of the latest news.
WhoWhatWhy 2021: Where Do We Go From Here?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Good journalism played a crucial role in 2020; here is what we plan to do in 2021.
WhoWhatWhy’s Top Ten Podcasts of 2020 – Part 2
Reading Time: 3 minutes Podcasts, like radio before them, have become the conversations that shape our perception of the world. The intimacy of voices in your car, in your earbuds, or in the dark has transformed how we listen and learn.
Goodbye — At Last
Reading Time: 7 minutes The American system was tested and survived the trial of 2020, battered but still largely intact.
All the News You Made Possible in 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutes Here is a look back at some of our most interesting work from a momentous year.