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How war became a crime

By Dylan Matthews

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How you can help Ukrainians

By Kelsey Piper

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Most animal cruelty is legal on the farm. A judge is questioning that.

By Kenny Torrella

Is booking Airbnbs really the best way to help Ukrainians?

By Muizz Akhtar

What we can learn from Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s TV presidency

By Kelsey Piper

How the US and its allies can help Ukraine without starting World War III

By Zack Beauchamp March 3

The corporate raider taking aim at McDonald’s over the treatment of pigs

By Kenny Torrella March 3

How the era of travel nursing has changed health care

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg March 2

What the Russian invasion of Ukraine could mean for global hunger

By Siobhan McDonough and Youyou Zhou February 27

How to eat less meat: A practical guide

By Allison Rockey and Kenny Torrella January 3

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The war in Ukraine could portend the end of the “long peace”

By Bryan Walsh February 26

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The Future of Meat

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4 lessons from the life of global health visionary Paul Farmer

By Keren Landman February 25

Why we love animals — and love to eat them

By Kenny Torrella February 24

Future Perfect, explained

By Dylan Matthews October 15, 2018

How to clear the air in the most polluted cities on Earth

By Siobhan McDonough February 20

What the world got right during the Covid-19 pandemic

By Muizz Akhtar February 19

What we don’t know about war and peace

By Dylan Matthews February 16

The hidden epidemic

By Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg February 16

The future looked like it could be meat-free. Then the pandemic hit.

By Kenny Torrella February 15

New York Mayor Eric Adams is an imperfect vegan. And that’s okay.

By Kenny Torrella February 12

To make progress, we need to study it

By Kelsey Piper February 11

The Olympic ideal is about world peace. The Olympic reality is far from it.

By Bryan Walsh February 5

A bold new experiment out of Florida: Guaranteed income for the formerly incarcerated

By Siobhan McDonough February 3

This is how much meat and dairy hurt the climate

By Kenny Torrella February 1

8 tips to help you keep eating less meat in 2022

By Kenny Torrella February 1

Billions of animals are slaughtered every year — just to be wasted

By Kenny Torrella January 30

Of course pre-K and cash help kids … right?

By Dylan Matthews January 30

Can giving parents cash help with babies’ brain development?

By Dylan Matthews January 27

The extraordinary success of Covid-19 vaccines, in two charts

By Umair Irfan January 27

Omicron’s most crucial warning: A disease can move much faster than we can

By Kelsey Piper January 26

The quest to avert an asteroid apocalypse is going surprisingly well

By Brian Resnick January 26

What you need to know about Biden’s 400 million mask plan

By Muizz Akhtar January 25

What the Doomsday Clock is really counting down to

By Bryan Walsh January 21

Big Food is ready to sell you more plant-based meat

By Kenny Torrella January 21

How to sponsor an Afghan refugee family

By Sigal Samuel January 17

Nearly half the world’s kids are exposed to dangerous levels of lead

By Dylan Matthews January 14

Is Covax finally going to vaccinate the world?

By Muizz Akhtar January 13

Can randomly selected citizens govern better than elected officials?

By Dylan Matthews January 12

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

By Sigal Samuel January 11

The most interesting thing Don’t Look Up has to say about the apocalypse

By Kelsey Piper January 8

“When everything looks hopeless, you’re the hope”

By Dylan Matthews January 6