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The Big Lie is the GOP’s one and only truth

Liz Cheney’s downfall shows the GOP threat to democracy is getting worse.

By Zack Beauchamp

Myanmar’s coup is uniting a country riven by ethnic divisions. Will it last?

Protesters and activists faced a reckoning about Myanmar’s past decade of civilian rule. Now they say they are fighting for a real federal democracy.

By Jen Kirby

The prospects for Democrats’ major voting rights bill look grim in the Senate

The filibuster is a problem, but it’s not the only problem.

By Andrew Prokop

Liz Cheney’s honesty about the 2020 election just got her ousted from House GOP leadership

If Trump critics end up purged from the GOP, the next electoral crisis will be even worse.

By Andrew Prokop

Got the vaccine? Experts say you can relax about your Covid-19 risk now. Really.

I asked health experts about their post-vaccination lives. Most no longer worry about their own risk of Covid-19.

By German Lopez

The many Asian Americas

Six writers on where they grew up and how it shaped their identities.

By Karen Turner

How a tiny, wobbling particle could unlock mysteries of the universe

The results of a new muon experiment are stirring up particle physics.

By Byrd Pinkerton and Noam Hassenfeld

Tesla is casting a spotlight on the government’s struggle to keep up with self-driving cars

Concerns about features like Autopilot aren’t going unnoticed in Washington.

By Rebecca Heilweil

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