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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Derek Chauvin on Trial
This will not be a simple prosecution.
20 min
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TBD | The Failing Lifeline for Low-Income Ameri...
A Reagan-era program designed to provide phone access for the poor has hardly changed in 40 years.
20 min
1478
Good Luck Voting in Georgia Next Election
After the presidential elections, state republicans want to change the rules they made.
28 min
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A National Wave of Anti-Trans Bills
The coordinated flood of legislation isn’t new. But now, it’s targeting kids.
24 min
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Biden’s First Foreign Policy Test
It wasn’t really what he wanted.
21 min
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Texans Can't Catch a Break
What it’s like to live from disaster to disaster.
22 min
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TBD | Australia’s Kinda-Sorta Win Over Big Tech
A new type of legislation could change the way governments and big tech do business.
19 min
1483
A Biden Pick in Trouble
Neera Tanden’s OMB nomination is hanging by a thread.
26 min
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The Marines’ Sexual Assault Problem
Years of scandals seem to have wrought little change.
25 min
1485
Should Student Debt Be Canceled?
Diving into one solution to several problems.
24 min
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Will Andrew Cuomo Say Sorry?
Even on the cusp of having his emergency powers revoked, a mea culpa is probably not in the cards.
22 min
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TBD | Why Texas Went Dark
The state is no stranger to extreme weather. But not like this.
20 min
1488
What Rush Limbaugh Left Behind
He embodied what the right has come to stand for: not a substance, but a style.
27 min
1489
A Year of Anti-Asian Violence
These kinds of attacks are not new.
23 min
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When the Vaccine Skeptic Is Your Dad
How to change a ‘pandejo’s’ mind.
22 min
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TBD | How Clubhouse Cracked China’s Firewall
Two weeks of extraordinary conversations led to an inevitable result.
21 min
1492
The Fight to Unionize an Amazon Warehouse
Amazon may be at a tipping point.
21 min
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The Most Powerful Man in Washington?
Just how much sway does Joe Manchin have?
22 min
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Trump on Trial — Again
Impeachment, round two.
25 min
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Philly’s Vaccine Distribution Mess
How the city’s vaccine distribution plan went haywire.
26 min
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TBD | India Turns Off the Internet
India ranks second in the world in mobile internet subscribers. It ranks first in shutdowns.
17 min
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A Sexist Recession
The pandemic has not hit everyone equally.
23 min
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Where Are the Checks?
A stimulus status update.
24 min
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The Marjorie Taylor Greene Problem
Is the GOP willing to do anything?
20 min
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Why is Everyone Mad at Gavin Newsom?
It’s a bad time to be governor.
23 min