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Biden finally raised the refugee cap. Now comes the hard part.

The US might not come close to resettling 62,500 refugees in 2021.

By Nicole Narea

Why stocks soared while America struggled

For a year that’s been so bad, it’s hard not to wonder why the stock market has been so good.

By Emily Stewart

Why Democrats’ ambitions for health care are shrinking rapidly

The Biden agenda has run into the hardest roadblock in health care: How do you pay for it?

By Dylan Scott

Why India needs oxygen more urgently than vaccines

The biggest problem may not be the supply itself as much as access to it.

By Lisa J. Hardy, Lawrence Weru, and 3 more

The Supreme Court made the GOP’s new voting restrictions possible

Voting rights mean little if the Court refuses to enforce them.

By Ian Millhiser

The coronavirus is complicating Biden’s democracy agenda

Biden’s team is considering pushing the Summit for Democracy into next year.

By Alex Ward

The Biden administration has a game-changing approach to nature conservation

The America the Beautiful initiative could redefine US conservation as we know it.

By Benji Jones

The delay-ridden agony of shopping at West Elm

We asked shoppers about pandemic furniture delays. One name kept coming up.

By Angela Lashbrook

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“Free the vaccine!”

President Joe Biden heeded calls from low-income countries to try to relax patents on Covid-19 vaccines so they can make cheaper generic versions. Big Pharma was furious.

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By Nicole Narea May 6

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Anti-vaxxers aren’t the cause of America’s dropping vaccine rates

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Donald Trump won’t be coming back to Facebook anytime soon

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Iowa is making it harder to be a low-income renter

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Online shopping changed, and we barely noticed

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