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Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s America

He coined "the cruelty is the point". In his collection of essays, Adam Serwer sees Trump administration as an outgrowth of the inequalities the United States was founded on.

Air Date: July 22, 2021 10:00 am

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Lance Corporal, a 4-year-old fox, in a backyard
NPR
Community

The newest TikTok stars are exotic pets, but experts say that’s a problem

TikTokkers are increasingly captivated by videos of exotic pets like servals and foxes. But viewers won't know whether an exotic pet is owned legally.

5 years ago

Ray Feldmann, who lives blocks away from the Capital Gazette's former office where five people were killed in a 2018 mass shooting, stands in front of the building Monday, June 21, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. He holds a shirt with a quote from Chase Cook, a staffer at the newspaper who is no longer there after taking a recent buyout, who made the comment in a tweet after the attack. Opening statements in the second phase of the gunman's trial to determine whether he is criminally responsible due to mental illness are scheduled for Tuesday, June 29. Jarrod Ramos already has pleaded guilty to all 23 counts against him. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Courts & Law

Newspaper gunman insanity case starting after three years

Opening statements in the second phase of a trial are scheduled for Tuesday to determine whether Jarrod Ramos was legally sane at the time of the mass shooting.

5 years ago

Television host Conan O'Brien smiles towards the audience at Sanders Theatre on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016.  O'Brien, who graduated from the school in 1985, shared a conversation with Harvard President Drew Faust and an audience of guests. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

After 28 quirky years, Conan O’Brien is leaving late night

Conan O'Brien keeps saying this goodbye is a good thing.

5 years ago

Conrad Benner takes a selfie in front of Alloyius Mcilwaine's
Community

N.I.C.E behind the scenes: Conrad Benner on brand-building, audience development, and the future of journalism

Christopher Norris and Eric Marsh, the duo behind WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, talk with Conrad Benner about milestones and the future.

5 years ago

A headshot of Melony Roy
Community

Melony Roy named news/digital director at WHYY

Melony Roy has been promoted to news/digital director at WHYY. As director of digital news, Roy also had been serving as interim news director.

5 years ago

Tamara Russell smiles while sitting on a couch
Community

Reflecting on one year of ‘Mad or nah?’

Christopher Norris and Eric Marsh talk with N.I.C.E. partner Tamara Russell, aka P.O.C., about the creation of “Mad or nah?” and its impact on communities.

5 years ago

FILE - In this June 28, 2018, file photo, a police officer stands outside The New York Times building in New York. The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained the phone records of four New York Times journalists as part of a leak investigation, the newspaper said Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Courts & Law

Justice Dept. says it’ll no longer seize reporters’ records

The policy shift abandons a practice decried by news organizations and press freedom groups.

5 years ago

(Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Facebook suspends Trump accounts for 2 years

Facebook also plans to end a contentious policy championed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that automatically exempted politicians from certain moderation rules on its site.

5 years ago

Community Conversations
Community

Neighbors and Newsrooms Summit: Building collaborations that better inform and engage South Jersey

WHYY’s Neighbors and Newsrooms Summit was made possible by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

5 years ago

Community

N.I.C.E Behind the Scenes: A people-first future for journalism

Christopher Norris, WHYY’s Managing Editor for Community and Engagement, and Eric Marsh, WHYY’s Community Outreach Organizer, discuss the future of journalism.

5 years ago

Members of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit are pictured behind crime scene tape
Community

‘Mad or nah?’: Residents react to Philly Weekly’s gun violence contest

Tamara Russell, aka P.O.C., hit the streets to see how residents feel about Philly Weekly’s gun violence contest, which asks readers to guess the city’s homicide total.

5 years ago

Listen 4:38
A QAnon sign is pictured outside
NPR
Community

How religion, education, race and media consumption shape conspiracy theory beliefs

The survey of 5,149 adults living across the U.S. released on Thursday finds a strong correlation between consuming right-wing media sources and accepting conspiracy theories.

5 years ago

Black Lives Matter protesters led by Romel Clark (center) march through Fishtown on June 2, 2020. (Layla A. Jones/WHYY)
Real Black History
Community

How reporting while Black during a summer of uprisings changed us

An episode of Real Black History provides a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like for Black reporters covering issues that affect our own communities.

Air Date: May 26, 2021

Listen 25:10
Microsoft is officially pulling the plug on Internet Explorer in June 2022. (Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Internet Explorer, the love-to-hate-it web browser, will die next year

Microsoft is officially pulling the plug on perhaps the most-hated web browser that once dominated the competition. Internet Explorer will be put to rest in Summer 2022.

5 years ago

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