What Next | Daily News and Analysis
The problem with the news right now? It’s everywhere. And each day, it can feel like we’re all just mindlessly scrolling. It’s why we created What Next. This short daily show is here to help you make sense of things. When the news feels overwhelming, we’re here to help you answer: What next? Look for new episodes every weekday morning.
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Does NYC Want a Cop for a Mayor?
Eric Adams didn’t plan to run as the public-safety candidate. But a crime surge made him refocus his campaign.
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Is Kamala Harris Being Set Up to Fail?
Her portfolio has become a repository of huge, intractable problems.
23 min
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The NFL’s Race-Norming Problem Is All Over Medi...
They used it because it’s standard.
21 min
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TBD | The App That Sparked a Manhunt
Two weeks ago, Citizen made its first foray into real-world crime solving. It didn’t go well.
23 min
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The Battle For Voting Rights In Texas Isn’t Over
Voting rights are under assault in Texas. Democrats might be out of options.
26 min
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How the Capitol Riot Commission Died
Republican leadership made a simple choice: bad headlines now over an investigation during the midterms.
20 min
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Will the Olympics Be a Fiasco?
We’re fighting a pandemic. Why are the games still happening?
26 min
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TBD | Apple and Epic’s Battle Royale
After three weeks of testimony, the future of mobile gaming is caught in limbo.
16 min
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Why the Skyjacking Succeeded
“Repression works.”
25 min
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Does Roe v. Wade Stand A Chance?
The fight over abortion access is far from settled.
28 min
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One Woman's Year Protecting George Floyd Square
Why activists are holding onto the block where George Floyd was killed.
31 min
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A Small but Momentous Shift on Israel
Progressive critics of Israel are still a tiny minority in Congress.
22 min
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TBD | The Hackers Who Took Down the Colonial Pi...
A voyage into the weird world of the ransomware industry.
22 min
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One Senator’s Decades-Long Fight for Universal ...
For years, Patty Murray was one of the few people in Congress talking about childcare. Now she has a lot of company.
21 min
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A Cuomo Accuser on Watching Him Stay Put
What it's like to see your old boss try to outlast his scandals.
27 min
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Our Very Weird Economic Recovery
Bouncing back from the pandemic is anything but simple.
24 min
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Mask Off?
The CDC’s new recommendation has sparked a lot of questions.
25 min
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TBD | How the World’s Great Vaccination Hope Cr...
The Serum Institute of India is the world’s largest vaccine producer. Somehow, its home country is running out of doses.
20 min
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The Palestinian Perspective
From the occupied territories to D.C.
26 min
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Why Liz Cheney Had to Go
Most House Republicans would like to move past Trump. Liz Cheney is making that hard.
20 min
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Arizona’s Bonkers Recount
More than two million ballots are being examined by hand.
26 min
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I Was a Teenager in a Syrian Prison
A Syrian man’s story -- from street protests, to prisons, to an American university.
33 min
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TBD | Oversight Board to Facebook: Nice Try
The social network hoped its “Supreme Court” would decide Trump’s fate on the platform. It didn’t take the bait.
18 min
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The Gates Divorce
The future of philanthropy in a post-Gates breakup world.
24 min
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Going After the Opioid Middlemen
How one West Virginia county is trying to tear down the system of addiction.
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