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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. Blow to Republicans as Supreme Court Denies Bid to Overturn […]
Ten bills in Congress would add conservation protections to 7,000 miles of river to safeguard drinking water, biodiversity, and recreation.
A writer talks to Ukrainians in the moments before and after the Russian invasion begins, and reckons with her own childhood memories of a Soviet Ukraine.
Author and global strategist Shay Khatiri lays out his worst-case scenarios for Ukraine, Europe, and the world’s geopolitical framework.
In New York City, small but determined protests carry on.
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. Beach Towns Without Beaches: Colombia Previews Our Future (Maria) […]
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. Defense Department to Use World’s Largest 3D-printed Boat (Maria) The […]
A conversation with longtime Putin nemesis Bill Browder about sanctions, what both the Russian people and the oligarchs are experiencing, and what he sees ahead.
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. Attacks From Within Seen as Growing Threats to Elections (Maria) […]
Why civilians are the biggest losers in wars, through the lens of a Lebanese-American who survived 1980s Beirut as a child.
A look at the reasons you should lie awake at night worrying about cybersecurity, crypto, and “The Internet of Things.”
Environmental activists cite carbon emissions, forest destruction, derailment concerns, and more as reasons for their lawsuits against the planned Uinta Basin Railway, which could quadruple waxy crude oil production out of northeastern Utah.