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Welcome to Saturday Hashtag, a weekly place for broader context.
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.
The dangerous game of private, back-channel diplomacy has long corrupted American elections. How the 1980 October surprise still haunts American politics.
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.
Wells Fargo and others pledged to achieve net-zero and invest in sustainable financing. Instead, they kept funding fossil fuels.
The election will decide whether Donald Trump gets the opportunity to impose his dark vision on our nation.
This tool promotes election integrity by providing evidence-based transparency, potentially curbing misinformation related to election fraud.
There’s a dearth of information on the health of lakes in marginalized communities.
We know some hideous convulsion is coming in November sure as we know that Christmas is coming in December.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is fighting the Sunshine State’s pro-choice measure with all the means at his disposal… even shady ones.
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.