Reading Time: 2 minutes A Virginia City’s Playbook for Urban Renewal: Move Out the Poor (Dan) The author writes, “The
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Could Tripling Our Population Make Us Great Again?
Reading Time: 14 minutes America faces a daunting array of problems: homeless people on our streets, a frayed democracy, roads
The Daring Plan to Save Arctic Ice With Glass
Reading Time: 2 minutes Federal Agencies Tapped Protesters’s Phones in Portland (Dana) From the Nation: “This summer, Portland looked like
America Decides, 2020: The Electoral College, Explained
Reading Time: 5 minutes Election Day will be November 3, but there’s little agreement on anything else. In America Decides
As Concerns About Climate Change Rise, More Developers Choose Wood
Reading Time: 2 minutes Census Could Look ‘Manipulated’ If Cut Short by Trump Officials, Bureau Warned (Dana) From NPR: “Weeks
Shakespeare in Switzerland: Keeping Theater Alive
Reading Time: 5 minutes An early casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic, The New Theatre (TNT), a UK-based theater group specializing
Exciting Announcements on National Voter Registration Day
Reading Time: 4 minutes WhoWhatWhy’s Election Integrity Weekly is written by Gabriella Novello, and edited by William Dowell and Sue
At Least 8.7 Million Americans at Risk of Losing $1,200 Stimulus Checks
Reading Time: 2 minutes Adolescent Brain Immaturity Makes Pending Execution Inappropriate (Dana) The author writes, “Christopher Vialva, who was 19
Google to Ban Controversial Stalkerware Apps
Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2020 Hurricane Season Just Ran Out of Storm Names — and Then Two More Storms
Does Your School Rate? The Top Voting Campuses in the US
Reading Time: 3 minutes Students across the country are gearing up to vote, just as the pandemic weighs down on
Claims of Medical Abuse of ICE Inmates in Georgia Prompt Outrage
Reading Time: 5 minutes — OPINION — A whistleblower’s claims that immigrants at a federal detention center in Georgia were
September 19, 2020 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode
On this edition for Saturday, September 19, remembering Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died due to complications from
Susan Collins Says Republicans Should Wait to Vote on Supreme Court Replacement Until after Election
Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) said Saturday she believes Republicans should hold off on voting to replace Supreme Court Justice
September 19, 2020 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode
On this edition for Saturday, September 19, remembering Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died due to complications from
September 19, 2020 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode
On this edition for Saturday, September 19, remembering Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died due to complications from
Susan Collins Says Republicans Should Wait to Vote on Supreme Court Replacement Until after Election
Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) said Saturday she believes Republicans should hold off on voting to replace Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Warrior Until the End
Reading Time: 3 minutes Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday after battling pancreatic cancer, had long been
Breath by Breath: Living by the AQI in San Francisco Bay
Reading Time: 3 minutes Uncontrolled fires in California, Oregon, and adjacent states have coincided with similar fires raging across Russian
Earthquake ‘Hack’ Reveals Scale of Ocean Warming
Reading Time: 2 minutes North Carolina Is Already Rejecting Black Voters’ Mail-In Ballots More Often Than White Voters’ (DonkeyHotey) The
Vote Counting, the ‘Blue Shift,’ and Electoral ‘Delay’
Reading Time: 22 minutes For most of our history the Electoral College worked as intended. It wasn’t until 1992, and
COVID-19 May Severely Reduce Voter Turnout on College Campuses
Reading Time: 6 minutes Canceled voter registration drives, delays setting up first-ever campus polling sites, and the decision to vote
Online Learning’s Toll on Kids’ Privacy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation (Russ) The author writes, “Facebook ignored or was slow
World Isn’t Meeting Biodiversity Goals, UN Report Finds
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Like an Experimental Concentration Camp’: Whistleblower Alleges Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center (DonkeyHotey) The author
Detroit Gears Up for Record Mail-in Vote
Reading Time: 6 minutes Four years ago, Donald Trump was the surprise victor in Michigan, edging out Hillary Clinton by
Less than 50 Days Until the Next Presidential Election
Reading Time: 4 minutes WhoWhatWhy’s Election Integrity Weekly is written by Gabriella Novello, and edited by William Dowell and Sue
Media Often Does More Harm Than Good in Covering Elections
Reading Time: 3 minutes The upcoming November 3 election could be a first, with cable news networks covering a presidential
Voting Rights Dashed for Ex-Felons in Key Battleground State
Reading Time: 5 minutes When Florida resident Angel Sanchez was finally able to vote at age 36, it was one
Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired for Top Role at NOAA
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ransomware Could Be Biggest Threat to Upcoming Elections (Judy) The author writes, “Cybersecurity professionals have long
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upends Mailing of Absentee Ballots
Reading Time: 5 minutes A pending ruling by the partisan Wisconsin Supreme Court has the potential to change the outcome
The Last Hurrah?
Reading Time: 7 minutes With multiple firestorms creating chaos around Donald Trump’s election campaign, it is easy to forget that
September 12, 2020 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode
On this edition for Saturday, September 12, wildfires continue to scorch parts of California and the Pacific Northwest as evacuation
September 12, 2020 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode
On this edition for Saturday, September 12, wildfires continue to scorch parts of California and the Pacific Northwest as evacuation
Title IX Lawsuit May Create More Problems than It Solves
Reading Time: 9 minutes In May, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced changes to the Department of Education’s Title IX, a
Georgia Elections Chief Accused of Voter Intimidation
Reading Time: 3 minutes During a press conference Tuesday, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, claimed to have found “potentially
Twitter Expands Misinformation Rules Ahead of US Election
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hypnosis Helped Put This Texan on Death Row. The Supreme Court Could Soon Decide His Fate.
Think 2020’s Disasters Are Wild? Experts See Worse to Come
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fire Destroys Greek Camp Leaving 13,000 Without Shelter (Dana) The author writes, “Fires have destroyed Greece’s
America Decides 2020: Provisional Voting, Explained
Reading Time: 4 minutes President Trump ignored the pleas of election officials across the country and once again, during a
The Trump Administration Began Scaling Back the Census Count. A Judge Stopped it — for Now
Reading Time: 2 minutes Is Trump Planning a Coup d’État? (Russ) The author writes, “This summer, shortly after scores of
Another COVID-19 Side Effect: Less Competition, Higher Prices
Reading Time: 8 minutes The fight against COVID-19 requires many tools, ranging from the simple and obvious (masks and gloves)
Please, Don’t Commit a Felony by Voting Twice
Reading Time: 4 minutes WhoWhatWhy’s Election Integrity Weekly is written by Gabriella Novello, and edited by Dana Rohinsky and Sue
‘Wrong-Way’ Migrations Stop Shellfish From Escaping Ocean Warming
Reading Time: 2 minutes How Trump and COVID-19 Have Reshaped the Modern Militia Movement (Dan) From FiveThirtyEight: “In the video,
Labor Day: Art from the Great Depression
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Great Depression was characterized by unemployment, homelessness, hunger, bankruptcies, home foreclosures, dust, drought, and inequality
COVID-19 Is Dividing the American Worker
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Future of Labor in Post-Pandemic America (Peg) From the American Prospect: “On the one hand,
Mark Zuckerberg Gets Paid to Serve You Lies
Reading Time: < 1 minute The cartoon above was created by DonkeyHotey for WhoWhatWhy from these images: Mark Zuckerberg caricature
September 5, 2020 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode
On this edition for Saturday, September 5, nation-wide protests against racial injustice continue this Labor Day weekend, election disinformation threatens
September 5, 2020 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode
On this edition for Saturday, September 5, nation-wide protests against racial injustice continue this Labor Day weekend, election disinformation threatens