Why Teachers Aren’t Ready to Reopen Schools
With the possibility that millions or tens of millions of American children will not enter a classroom for an entire year, school districts face an agonizing choice: Do the benefits of in-person learn...
13 Elo 202026min
A Historic V.P. Decision
Joseph R. Biden Jr. picked Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate, making her the first Black woman and the first Asian American woman to run for vice president on a major party ticke...
12 Elo 202027min
Cancel Culture, Part 2: A Case Study
Yesterday on “The Daily,” the New York Times reporter Jonah Bromwich explained how the idea of cancel culture has emerged as a political and cultural force in 2020. In the second of two parts, he retu...
11 Elo 202032min
Cancel Culture, Part 1: Where It Came From
In the first of two parts, the New York Times reporter Jonah Bromwich explains the origins of cancel culture and why it’s a 2020 election story worth paying attention to. Guest: Jonah Engel Bromwich, ...
10 Elo 202034min
The Sunday Read: 'A Speck in the Sea'
John Aldridge fell overboard in the middle of the night, 40 miles from shore, and the Coast Guard was looking in the wrong place. This is a story about isolation — and our struggle to close the space ...
9 Elo 202048min
Jack Dorsey on Twitter's Mistakes
It’s been four years since the 2016 election laid bare the powerful role that social media companies have come to play in shaping political discourse and beliefs in America.Since then, there have been...
7 Elo 202039min
The Day That Shook Beirut
A mangled yellow door. Shattered glass. Blood.A devastating explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at the port in Beirut killed at least 135 people and razed entire neighborhoods on Tuesday. This is wha...
6 Elo 202022min
‘Stay Black and Die’
Demonstrations against police brutality are entering their third month, but meaningful policy action has not happened. We speak with one demonstrator about her journey to the front lines of recent pro...
5 Elo 202041min
