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The debate over “airborne” coronavirus spread, explained

The WHO says aerosol Covid-19 transmission "cannot be ruled out." Here’s what that means.

By Brian Resnick

Some brand names have long perpetuated racism. Black Lives Matter is changing that.

From the Washington Redskins to Aunt Jemima, a racist history is primed to be toppled.

By Allegra Frank

The PPP worked how it was supposed to. That’s the problem.

America’s plan to save small business in the pandemic was flawed from the start.

By Emily Stewart

Google’s former CEO hosts an exclusive retreat in Yellowstone each July. You won’t hear much about it.

Weekend getaways like these aren’t uncommon. But they are drawing more and more scrutiny.

By Theodore Schleifer

My patient caught Covid-19 twice. So long to herd immunity hopes?

Emerging cases of Covid-19 reinfection suggest herd immunity could be wishful thinking.

By D. Clay Ackerly

“Usually, trans women are side characters”

The quiet power of Eve Lindley playing a romantic lead on AMC’s Dispatches From Elsewhere.

By Emily VanDerWerff

Democrats have a plan to automatically expand health coverage in a pandemic

Here are the highlights of the task force’s proposal.

By Dylan Scott

6 key Senate and House races to watch on Tuesday

Can Jeff Sessions survive his Alabama Senate runoff?

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President Trump commuted Roger Stone’s sentence in what Vox’s Andrew Prokop says is a particularly troubling variety of political corruption.

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Breonna Taylor was killed by police in March. The officers involved have not been arrested.

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College towns without college students have small businesses struggling

By Isabella Simonetti July 13

Robert Mueller: Roger Stone “remains a convicted felon, and rightly so”

By Zeeshan Aleem July 12

The Goya Foods free speech controversy, explained

By Zeeshan Aleem July 12

Why did liberals win so many cases before a conservative Supreme Court?

By Ian Millhiser July 12

Is evangelical support for Trump a contradiction?

By Sean Illing July 12

How to go out and not spread coronavirus this summer

By Katherine Harmon Courage July 11

Trump just commuted Roger Stone’s sentence

By Jen Kirby July 10

Amazon walks back its order for employees to delete TikTok from their phones

By Jason Del Rey and Shirin Ghaffary July 10

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By Constance Grady and Aja Romano July 10

Housing segregation left Black Americans more vulnerable to Covid-19

By Dylan Scott July 10

America still doesn’t have enough N95 masks

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Australia was a coronavirus success story. Now, an outbreak is prompting new lockdowns.

By Conor Murray July 10

The past 24 hours in Trump legal issues and controversies, explained

By Andrew Prokop July 10

This week’s movie releases are astoundingly good

By Alissa Wilkinson July 10

Lonely Island’s Palm Springs is a funny existential comedy about two dirtbags who find each other

By Alissa Wilkinson July 10

Why extreme heat is so alarming for the fight against Covid-19

By Umair Irfan July 10

What Kelly Reichardt learned from directing First Cow, her gentle masterpiece

By Alissa Wilkinson July 10

The Supreme Court’s landmark new Native American rights decision, explained

By Ian Millhiser July 10

Covid-19 testing in the US is abysmal. Again.

By German Lopez July 10

What to know about the debate over reopening America’s K-12 schools

By Anna North July 10

Masha Gessen on the frightening fragility of America’s political institutions

By Ezra Klein July 10

A therapist on what it’s like to work with patients during the pandemic

By Luke Winkie July 10

Why Facebook failed its civil rights audit

By Rebecca Heilweil and Shirin Ghaffary July 9

The appeal and futility of mask meltdown videos

By Alex Abad-Santos July 9

At last, a climate policy platform that can unite the left

By David Roberts July 9

The Supreme Court just dealt a huge blow to Congress’s power to investigate Trump

By Ian Millhiser July 9

The story behind this iconic Olympics protest

By Coleman Lowndes July 9

How “abolish ICE” helped bring abolitionist ideas into the mainstream

By Nicole Narea July 9

Joe Biden’s surprisingly visionary housing plan, explained

By Matthew Yglesias July 9

I’m an epidemiologist and a dad. Here’s why I think schools should reopen.

By Benjamin P. Linas July 9

When Black Lives Matter protests come to “Copland”

By Anna North July 9