What Just Happened?!
The new year approaches, marking an end to a truly unexpected trip around the sun. This week, On the Media reflects on our 2020 coverage, from the pandemic to the global uprising to the rise of the anti-majoritarian right.
With excerpts from:
- The Virality of Virality, January 31, 2020
- Epidemic Voyeurs No More, February 28, 2020
- Infectious Diseases Show Societies Who They Really Are, March 6, 2020
- Why The Toilet Paper Shortage Makes More Sense Than You Think, April 10, 2020
- Is The Pandemic Making Us Numb To One Another's Pain?, December 11, 2020
- Is This 'Unrest' or an 'Uprising'?, June 5, 2020
- Why Activists Are Demanding That Cities "Defund the Police", June 12, 2020
- Movements, Sanitized In Hindsight, June 19, 2020
- Imprecision 2020, November 5, 2020
- They Prepared for War With Antifa. Antifa Never Came., June 12, 2020
- With #SaveTheChildren Rallies, QAnon Sneaks Into The Offline World, August 26, 2020
- The Ancient Heresy That Helps Us Understand QAnon, November 20, 2020
- The Right's Long History of Ignoring the Will of the People, November 6, 2020
- Against Democracy, October 9, 2020