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Air pollution is much worse than we thought

Ditching fossil fuels would pay for itself through clean air alone.

By David Roberts

Most candidates run to the center in the general election. Biden is moving left.

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the Democratic Party’s leftward shift.

By Ezra Klein

Kamala Harris’s controversial record on criminal justice, explained

Harris has characterized herself as a reformer. But some critics disagree.

By German Lopez

The surprising benefits of contemplating your death

Now is the perfect time to face your fear of mortality. Here’s how.

By Sigal Samuel

Harris is the choice Biden needed to win over Silicon Valley

The California senator has glad-handed with tech elites for decades.

By Theodore Schleifer

The Covid-19 pandemic could be the last straw for high drug costs

New polling shows voters are ready for aggressive actions on prescription drug prices.

By Dylan Scott

Twitter is finally helping people shut out “reply guys”

You can now limit who is allowed to respond to your tweets, which Twitter says is helping reduce harassment.

By Shirin Ghaffary

America’s uniquely bad Covid-19 epidemic, explained in 18 maps and charts

The US’s coronavirus epidemic is among the worst. Here’s what you need to know.

By German Lopez

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The dictator vs. the homemaker

The longtime leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is facing nationwide protests and accusations that he stole Sunday’s election. His opponent, a 37-year-old homemaker who entered the race in place of her imprisoned husband, has fled the country.

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Joe Biden chooses Kamala Harris as his running mate

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Why Democrats are holding out for more comprehensive stimulus

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How Trump’s mail voting sabotage could result in an election night nightmare

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Do you really need to worry about your security on TikTok? Here’s what we know.

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How a homemaker with no political experience took on Europe’s longest-serving dictator

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The Supreme Court’s enigmatic “shadow docket,” explained

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Apple's Lisa Jackson on racial justice

A special interview with the Apple exec on her definition of racial justice and how she plans to merge her background in environmental sustainability with the company’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative.

Wisconsin’s primaries are setup for the real battle in November

By Andrew Prokop

Can a college course in moral philosophy convince people to eat less meat?

By Dylan Matthews

How the beauty industry is surviving the pandemic

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The TikTok drama shines a spotlight on the rare tech investor who backs Trump

By Theodore Schleifer

A top Hong Kong pro-democracy figure was arrested. Beijing isn’t playing around.

By Jen Kirby

Lebanon’s entire government has resigned after a weekend of violent protests

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The global coffee crisis is coming

By Sam Ellis

A devastating indictment of the Republican Party from a GOP insider

By Ezra Klein

The American right’s favorite strongman

By Zack Beauchamp

“Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor”: The power and the peril of a catchphrase

By Aja Romano

Want to fix policing? Start with a better 911 system.

"911 call takers are gatekeepers for the entire criminal justice system. We need to start treating them that way."

By Roge Karma

America is failing Black moms during the pandemic

By Anna North

Performative masculinity is making American men sick 

By Alex Abad-Santos

Ilhan Omar faces a well-funded primary challenge in her first reelection bid

By Cameron Peters

Polls: Biden leads Trump in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

By Zeeshan Aleem

Protesters across Thailand call for new elections following the arrest of pro-democracy activists

By Zeeshan Aleem

Democrats call Trump’s coronavirus relief orders “paltry” and “absurdly unconstitutional”

By Zeeshan Aleem

Trump just signed 4 executive orders providing coronavirus relief. It’s not clear if they’re all legal.

By Zeeshan Aleem

How an Iowa summer resort region became a Covid-19 hot spot

By Emily Mendenhall

Thousands of protesters in Beirut call for “the fall of the regime” in the wake of the blast

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