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For a second time this year, we compiled a list of lawmakers who are most brazenly seeking attention.
Welcome to Saturday Hashtag, a weekly place for broader context.
A story from the WhoWhatWhy Archive that will never grow old.
Not democracy’s end but the Gilded Age reborn. Trump’s McKinley obsession reveals imperial ambitions and endless corruption.
In addition to throwing shards of glass into the abyss, it’s time to start homing in on what you specifically can bring to this fight. We all have something.
Rapidly traveling between climate zones, all with different average temperatures, humidities, and oxygen levels, will place additional stress on players, staff, and spectators.
Purging the Pentagon and putting all deadly force in the hands of ultra-loyalists is about one very alarming thing.
We lost a comedic prophet 31 years ago: Bill Hicks, who, with wit and rage, preached about the need for us to evolve. We didn’t listen.
Even though Elon Musk just loves tweeting about DOGE’s “successes,” the White House really doesn’t like to answer questions about who is in charge.
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.
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.