The Sunday Read: ‘The Case of the Vanishing Jungle’
In 2002, a survey revealed there were just 1.6 Sumatran tigers per 100 square kilometers in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, one of the last habitats for the critically endangered animal. In the f...
22 Aug 202147min
Why Apple Is About To Search Your Files
Two years ago, a multipart Times investigation highlighted an epidemic of child sexual abuse material which relied on platforms run by the world’s largest technology companies.Last week, Apple reveale...
20 Aug 202130min
The Interpreters the U.S. Left Behind in Afghanistan
This episode contains strong language.Weeks ago, as the Taliban undertook a major military offensive in Afghanistan, the U.S. accelerated its evacuation of Afghans who aided them and feared retributio...
19 Aug 202143min
A Devastating Earthquake in Haiti
This weekend, a major earthquake hit Haiti. It is the second crisis to befall the Caribbean nation is just over a month — its president was assassinated in July.The earthquake’s aftermath has been dir...
18 Aug 202122min
America’s Miscalculations, Afghanistan’s Collapse
The last few days in Afghanistan have been chaotic as the Taliban retake control of the country.The debacle can be traced to a number of assumptions that guided the execution of the U.S. withdrawal fr...
17 Aug 202123min
The Fall of Afghanistan
This episode contains strong language. On Sunday, the president of Afghanistan fled the country; the Taliban seized control of Kabul, the capital; and the American-backed government collapsed.One outs...
16 Aug 202123min
The Sunday Read: ‘I Write About the Law. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner?’
In 2019, Emily Bazelon, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, began communicating with Yutico Briley, an inmate at a prison in Jackson, La.Mr. Briley first reached out to Ms. Bazelon after h...
15 Aug 20211h 3min
A ‘Code Red for Humanity’
This episode contains strong language. A major new United Nations scientific report has concluded that countries and corporations have delayed curbing fossil-fuel emissions for so long that we can no...
13 Aug 202126min
