What if child care could make you rich?
Despite working in child care for 25 years, Crystal Romero has never seen a shift like the one taking place...
Trump’s attack on trans health care, briefly explained
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting...
What you need to know before the Epstein files come out
The “Epstein files” are maybe, finally, coming out — or at least, some of them are. Friday is the deadline...
One of Trump’s grudges now threatens America’s weather forecasts
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration....
We’re passing a dangerous global warming threshold — but we’re not doomed
For the last decade, global climate politics have revolved around a single number: 1.5 degrees Celsius. The idea was that...
The Bravofication of American government
Key takeaways A Vanity Fair profile of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, in which she describes the president...
The looming showdown over IVF, explained
President Donald Trump says he wants Americans to have more babies, and his administration is willing to try almost anything,...
The revealing pointlessness of Trump’s primetime speech
When a president gives a primetime televised speech, it is typically about something of serious import: to make the case...
Trump is breaking apart a scientific crown jewel
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting...
The low, low cost of ending extreme poverty
When it comes to fixing the world’s worst problems, it’s easy to pretend that we’re helpless. We tell ourselves that...
The 2,000-year-old debate that reveals AI’s biggest problem
Almost 2,000 years before ChatGPT was invented, two men had a debate that can teach us a lot about AI’s...
America is richer than ever. Why is it so unhappy?
Ordinary Americans today enjoy a living standard that would have awed kings for most of human history. We live in...
Everything is a mockumentary now, thanks to Rob Reiner
Between the emerging details surrounding the gruesome deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, and the inflammatory...
Is ISIS back?
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today described the deadly terrorist attack at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach as...
Republican women in Congress are tired of Mike Johnson
Frustrations are mounting in the Republican conference despite the GOP controlling the House, the Senate, and the White House. There...
