Eyewitness Accounts Shed Light on the Cruelty of Slavery
Former Chicago Sun-Times photo editor Richard Cahan shares powerful images and comments of formerly enslaved African Americans.
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Biden Faces a New Epidemic of Gun Violence
COVID-19 and uncertainty about the future have triggered a surge in gun violence that will challenge the new administration.
Unity Is Probably Impossible
A look at why facts, data, and truth have little to do with what we believe.
Insects Are Vanishing at an Alarming Rate — but We Can Save Them
Domestic Terrorism: A More Urgent Threat, but Weaker Laws ; 2021 Will Be the Year of Guaranteed Income Experiments ; and More Picks 1/12
WhoWhatWhy’s Top Ten Podcasts of 2020 – Part 2
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.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Trump Election Lawsuit
A conservative judge crossed party lines to cut off any legal avenues for further challenges to the results as the electoral college confirmed Biden’s victory.
Florida’s Governor Hopes You Pay No Attention to the Men With Guns
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to target fired coronavirus data scientist.
The Ten Dumbest Congressmen
How dumb can a congressperson be? This story on investigative journalism during the 1970s can only begin to answer that question. (You didn’t think we were referring to anyone in Congress today, did you?)
US Greenhouse Gas Emissions See Historic Plummet
Police Unions Are Losing the War on Criminal Justice Reform ; Gym Trainer Exposed 50 to COVID-19, but No One Got Sick Because of Ventilation ; and More Picks 11/20
The Hispanic Republican Vote
A look at how the Republican party, long associated with draconian immigration and racial policies, continues to gain Hispanic voters.
How to Preserve the Privacy of Your Genomic Data
Kentucky State Police Training Included Hitler’s Guidance ; Venice’s Controversial Inflatable Floodgates Save the City ; and More Picks 11/10
High Anxiety as MN Police Union Recruits Poll “Challengers”
First there was an effort to hire former special ops soldiers, now it’s retired cops.