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Social Media Had Gun-Level Immunity. That Just Ended

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Release Date: 04/03/2026

1,500 Companies, $4 Trillion, and No One’s Allowed to Look Under the Hood show art 1,500 Companies, $4 Trillion, and No One’s Allowed to Look Under the Hood

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The biggest companies shaping how we ride, rent, borrow, and think are private — and private means they owe you nothing. A former SEC director on the economy you’re not allowed to see. Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org

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After 250 Years: The American Origins of Fascism show art After 250 Years: The American Origins of Fascism

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What if the roots of fascism weren’t European at all, but embedded in America’s founding struggles over democracy and race? Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org

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The AI debate is endless. One writer decided to measure it by asking not how smart the machines are, but how humane they are.  Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org

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Building the Future, Not Arguing About It show art Building the Future, Not Arguing About It

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We spend our time arguing about change. The future may belong instead to the people who quietly build it. Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org

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Progress Should Be Our Most Important Product show art Progress Should Be Our Most Important Product

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The future is arriving faster than ever. So why are we more anxious than excited? A conversation about progress, innovation, and American ambition. Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org

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Past Its Sell-By Date? America at 250 show art Past Its Sell-By Date? America at 250

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Five scholars, one uncomfortable question on America’s 250th: Is our democracy’s trouble a rough patch — or built into the 18th-century design itself? Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org

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As America Becomes a Gerontocracy, Its Future Keeps Getting Delayed show art As America Becomes a Gerontocracy, Its Future Keeps Getting Delayed

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What if the real crisis isn’t aging leaders, but an aging democracy where power never seems to change hands? Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org

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Can AI Actually Be the Tool That Brings Government Back to Life? show art Can AI Actually Be the Tool That Brings Government Back to Life?

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The real threat to democracy isn’t AI. It’s a government that never learns to use it. Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org

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Before the Trillions, There Was Once Joy in Silicon Valley show art Before the Trillions, There Was Once Joy in Silicon Valley

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A veteran of three tech eras on how the innocence was lost — and whether AI actually might win it back, through what he calls “enlightened AI.” Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org

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Russia’s Descent Into Madness: Slowly, Then All at Once show art Russia’s Descent Into Madness: Slowly, Then All at Once

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Putin didn’t seize a democracy — he hollowed one out. Twenty-five years inside Russia’s slow spiral, and what it tells us about our own moment. Read More: www.WhoWhatWhy.org

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