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We need to wear better masks

Cloth masks won’t cut it against omicron.

By Ellen Ioanes

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

To get more Americans in electric vehicles, we all need to realize they can do much more than just get us around.

By Neel Dhanesha

How protests in Kazakhstan could become a geopolitical crisis

By Jen Kirby

Rapid tests, omicron, and you

By Rebecca Heilweil

The Golden Globes are this weekend, but they won’t be on TV

By Alissa Wilkinson

Fusion energy is a reason to be excited about the future

By Umair Irfan

The thirst for Jack Harlow, Gen Z’s breakout white rapper, explained

By Terry Nguyen

The shape of the omicron wave is becoming clearer

By Dylan Scott

Where have all the truck drivers gone?

By Jen Kirby

Despite omicron, Covid-19 will become endemic. Here’s how.

By Sigal Samuel

Big Tech’s employees are one of the biggest checks on its power

By Shirin Ghaffary

What do moviegoers want from the movies now?

By Alissa Wilkinson

What happens when omicron hits China

By Jonathan Guyer

What makes the omicron variant so strange and surprising

By Umair Irfan

Why the US is paying more for the military after the Afghanistan war is over

By Jonathan Guyer

How to make sense of the case and hospitalization data as omicron takes off

By Dylan Scott

Why The Matrix never stopped being relevant

By Emily VanDerWerff

Two ways to read Joe Manchin’s “no” on Build Back Better

By Andrew Prokop

Why omicron could bring the deadliest phase in the pandemic yet

By Umair Irfan

You might get a breakthrough case of Covid-19 this winter. Here’s how to prepare.

By Rachel Wilkerson Miller

How bad research clouded our understanding of Covid-19

By Kelsey Piper

Omicron is coming and lockdowns aren’t coming back. So what can we do?

By Dylan Scott

Joe Manchin cancels Build Back Better’s Christmas party

By Andrew Prokop

The January 6 committee’s showdown with Mark Meadows, explained

By Andrew Prokop

The good and bad news about the omicron variant

By Umair Irfan

The state of the shrinking Build Back Better Act

By Andrew Prokop

Inflation is surging. Joe Biden is still optimistic.

By Ellen Ioanes

It’s beginning to look a lot more expensive for Christmas

By Rani Molla and Emily Stewart

When should I get a Covid-19 test? Here’s a simple guide.

By Umair Irfan

A TikTok food star on why gas stoves are overrated

By Rebecca Leber

Germany’s new government has big plans. It might be a shock after Merkel.

By Jen Kirby

How much control should Apple have over your iPhone?

By Sara Morrison

Did Democrats blow it on Roe v. Wade?

By Andrew Prokop

The US needs a clear Covid-19 goal now more than ever

By German Lopez

What Peng Shuai’s rape accusation says about China

By Ellen Ioanes

Spotify Wrapped, unwrapped

By Kelly Pau

To catch variants like omicron, the world needs to sequence way more virus genes

By Umair Irfan

How the faltering global vaccination effort paved the way for alarming variants

By Kelsey Piper

Psychiatrists are uncovering connections between viruses and mental health. They’re surprising.

By Brian Resnick

Amazon’s strategy to squeeze marketplace sellers and maximize its own profits is evolving

By Sara Morrison

4 big questions about the new omicron variant

By Dylan Scott

Giving Tuesday, explained

By Kelsey Piper

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