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The lesson America refuses to learn about Covid-19 and the economy

American workers are forced to white-knuckle it once again.

By Emily Stewart

The Christian right brings a Supreme Court case it actually deserves to win

The case presents a genuinely difficult free speech dispute.

By Ian Millhiser

A syllabus for a new world

Art reminds us that survival after apocalypse is insufficient.

By Alissa Wilkinson

The Supreme Court can’t get its story straight on vaccines

The Court is barely even pretending to be engaged in legal reasoning.

By Ian Millhiser

How seditious conspiracy charges change the January 6 narrative

Stewart Rhodes is facing the most serious charges yet in connection with January 6.

By Ellen Ioanes

Omicron is exploding. Here’s what to do if you’re exposed.

How to handle quarantining, testing, and masking after Covid-19 exposure.

By Sigal Samuel

After the Beanie Baby bubble burst

What happens when the frenzy ends and the world doesn’t value your valuables?

By Emily Stewart

This is what long-term immunity to Covid-19 might look like

Antibodies aren’t the whole story.

By Umair Irfan

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The 35-year-old president-elect in Chile loves tattoos, Taylor Swift, and progressive policies. Gabriel Boric will now try to overhaul the government as Chile rewrites its constitution.

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Texas shows the dangers of indifference to omicron

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Why 5G is threatening to cause flight delays

By Rebecca Heilweil January 12

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How the 1918 flu pandemic ended

What the deadliest pandemic in history can tell us about Covid-19

Biden changed his mind on the filibuster. It’s not enough.

By Li Zhou January 11

Stop calling workers “low skill”

By Jerusalem Demsas January 11

The misery of the Hype House

By Rebecca Jennings January 11

A new era for the American worker

By Rani Molla January 11

Rapid tests, omicron, and you

By Rebecca Heilweil January 10

Why the US photographed its own WWII concentration camps

By Coleman Lowndes January 10

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By Emily VanDerWerff January 10

Colors: Where did they go? An investigation.

By Emily VanDerWerff January 10

Time is running out. Here’s how the climate movement can level up.

The high-risk, high-reward stakes of building a more radical movement.

By Rebecca Leber January 10

The West has a few bargaining chips to stop Russia from invading Ukraine

By Ellen Ioanes January 9

Why one of the most vaccinated places in America couldn’t avoid omicron

By Nicole Narea January 9

Want to know how to save nature? Ask Indigenous scientists.

By Sarah Sax January 9

We need to wear better masks

By Ellen Ioanes January 8

We’re one step closer to self-farming farms

By Adam Clark Estes January 8

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By Kelsey Piper January 8

Electric cars aren’t just vehicles. They’re big batteries.

By Neel Dhanesha January 8

Chuck Schumer is forcing Democrats to pick a side on the filibuster

By Li Zhou January 8

How protests in Kazakhstan could become a geopolitical crisis

By Jen Kirby January 8

The Supreme Court appears ready to slash Biden’s vaccine mandate for workers

By Ian Millhiser January 7

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