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A hitchhiker's guide to Washington’s new abnormal
What happens when the “sideshow characters” of national politics are suddenly thrust onto the main stage? And in a post-Donald Trump Washington, wher…
2 years, 7 months ago
Lonely? You're not alone.
Today, a conversation with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on how loneliness is posing a profound public health threat in the United States.
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2 years, 7 months ago
The debt deal nobody likes
The United States won’t default on its debt payments, that’s the good news. The bad news? A lot of Democrats and Republicans are unhappy with the agr…
2 years, 7 months ago
How Erdogan won after a close call in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won reelection, beating a challenge from a united opposition movement and cementing his tenure at the coun…
2 years, 7 months ago
The toll of DeSantis’s election police unit
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis created an election police unit to crack down on voter fraud. But actual convictions by this unit are rare — and the toll o…
2 years, 7 months ago
Reinventing the Disney princess business
“The Little Mermaid” has debuted with Halle Bailey playing the titular character, Ariel. Culture reporter Helena Andrews-Dyer shares why this movie m…
2 years, 7 months ago
The false quote that pit MLK against Malcolm X
The author of a new biography about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. unravels the story of how one fabricated quote perpetuated a story that King and …
2 years, 7 months ago
Does Ron DeSantis stand a chance?
As the 2024 campaign season approaches, an early favorite to clinch the Republican nomination for president, Ron DeSantis, is starting to lose his sh…
2 years, 7 months ago
The silent crisis in men’s health
Across the life span, the risk of death is higher for men and boys than women and girls. The longevity gap is the greatest it’s been in years. It’s a…
2 years, 7 months ago
He was an election official in 2020. Now he has PTSD.
Ever since the 2020 election, Arizona election official Bill Gates has struggled with PTSD. He’s one of many election workers who are still coping wi…
2 years, 7 months ago