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The growing scientific evidence for masks to fight Covid-19, explained
It’s true the evidence for masks was weak before. That’s changed.
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Congress is running out of time to extend expanded unemployment insurance
Lawmakers have a tight deadline for working out a compromise that could affect as many as 33 million workers.
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Covid-19 vaccine trials are showing promising results. A lot can still go wrong.
Not all experts are optimistic we’ll have a vaccine by the end of the year.
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The Trump administration backed down on its attempt to kick out foreign students
Returning foreign students will be able to take online-only course loads and remain in the US this fall.
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Tommy Tuberville wins the Alabama GOP Senate primary, defeating Jeff Sessions
The former Auburn University football coach will face Democrat Doug Jones in November.
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What would Rumi do in a pandemic?
Muslim mystics believed suffering and solitude can make us better people.
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Trump reduced fines for nursing homes that put residents at risk. Then Covid-19 happened.
The Obama administration cracked down on nursing homes with infection control problems. Trump reversed course.
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The soothing beauty of Shipwreck YouTube
Watching the Titanic sink in real time is the only thing to soothe my frazzled nerves.
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The Washington Football Team
The District of Columbia's football team is abandoning the name it adopted almost a century ago. Paul Chaat Smith, a curator at the National Museum of the American Indian, hopes the country is at long last ready to reckon with its past.
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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.
