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Interviews with experts on politics and policy, technology and business, pop culture, food, science, and everything else that matters.

What it means to be a “good” Real Housewife

By Alex Abad-Santos

Are we too worried about misinformation?

By Peter Kafka

Will Trump’s tax returns change anything?

By Ellen Ioanes

The Whale screenwriter on writing about religious fundamentalism, bodies, and hope

By Alissa Wilkinson

Elon Musk’s tunnels to nowhere

By Avishay Artsy

How disappointed Taylor Swift fans explain Ticketmaster’s monopoly

By Alex Abad-Santos

“I think he’s battling with his own self”: Inside Elon Musk’s brain

By Peter Kafka

Hollywood’s Black film problem, explained by Elvis Mitchell

By Alissa Wilkinson

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The Supreme Court lost Republicans the midterms

By Zack Beauchamp

An atmosphere of violence: Stochastic terror in American politics

By Ellen Ioanes

Who would make Bolsonaro president again?

By Jen Kirby

How tech is helping us talk to animals

By Neel Dhanesha

The existence of the last slave transport ship was denied. A new documentary reveals the truth.

By Alissa Wilkinson

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What we know about Herschel Walker’s time in Trump’s failed football league

By Ben Jacobs

What Xi Jinping’s third term means for China and the world

By Muizz Akhtar

Why OPEC’s cuts shouldn’t have been a surprise — and may not hurt as much as you might think

By Michael Bluhm

Pete Buttigieg knows EV range anxiety is a thing

By Rebecca Heilweil

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October surprises may not matter in the 2022 midterms

By Jonquilyn Hill

Triangle of Sadness might be the meanest film of the year. Its director is an optimist.

By Alissa Wilkinson

Looking for a sense of belonging? Start with being a good guest.

By Alissa Wilkinson

Chips are the new oil. There are no reserves.

By Rebecca Heilweil

Riotsville, U.S.A. is a window onto the bizarre beginnings of police militarization

By Alissa Wilkinson

Do we ask too much of parents?

By Sean Illing

How a 100-year-old miscalculation drained the Colorado River

By Benji Jones

How power companies have caused and worsened wildfires

By Rebecca Leber

The questions over the queen’s role in Britain’s violent empire, explained by a historian

By Caroline Houck

Delia Owens wrote the thriller Where the Crawdads Sing. Was she also involved in a murder?

By Victoria Dominguez

It’s the end of the car as we know it

By Rebecca Heilweil

Why Iraq could be approaching another civil war, explained by an expert

By Jonathan Guyer

Are rap lyrics artistic expressions or confessions? Young Thug and Gunna will soon find out.

By Hady Mawajdeh

What if your financial future wasn’t stressful? 

By Julia Furlan

Setting boundaries is more than just saying “no”

By Julia Furlan

The ovarian “biological clock” and other reproductive health metaphors that have led science astray

By Byrd Pinkerton

Recreating The Simpsons in the post-apocalypse

By Constance Grady

The US monkeypox response is failing queer men

By Alex Abad-Santos

How to define success on your own terms

By Julia Furlan

Trading Brittney Griner for the “Merchant of Death”

By Hady Mawajdeh and Sean Rameswaram

What we mean when we say Beyoncé is “saving” house music

By Alex Abad-Santos

What keeping secrets does to you

By Sean Illing

Sri Lanka’s protests are just the beginning of global instability

By Jen Kirby