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Colorado Disaster Was Something Much Scarier Than a Wildfire

By 01/03/2022

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.   Colorado Disaster Was Something Much Scarier Than a Wildfire (Maria) […]

Did Trump Spokesman Hide Assets on January 6?

By 01/06/2022

It certainly is strange that Taylor Budowich took time out from the chaos of the day to create a new corporate entity — and later made that entity a party to a lawsuit to protect his financial records from congressional scrutiny.

NY Expands Absentee Voting Following Defeat of Ballot Measure

By 01/25/2022

NY Expands Absentee Voting Following Defeat of Ballot Measure (Maria) The author writes, “New Yorkers can again choose to vote by absentee rather than face the risk of catching COVID-19 at polling sites through the rest of 2022 under a bill that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Friday. The Assembly passed the bill 100-45 on Wednesday, […]

Battery-Powered Trains Are Picking Up Speed

By 02/08/2022

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.   Battery-Powered Trains Are Picking Up Speed (Maria) The author writes, […]

To Be or Not to Be: Russia’s UN Political Appointees on the Spot

By 03/17/2022

Tatiana Valovaya, a political appointee who heads the United Nations Office in Geneva, represents one of the world’s most important humanitarian, trade, and conflict resolution hubs. And yet, while the UN’s specialized agencies from UNHCR to WHO have denounced the carnage in Ukraine, Valovaya is silent, which highlights the UN’s already deteriorating credibility as an institution that defends human rights.

Stephen Wilhite, Inventor of the Meme-Favorite GIF, Dies at 74

By 03/25/2022

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.   Stephen Wilhite, Inventor of the Meme-Favorite GIF, Dies at 74 […]