Is ISIS Back on the Rise?
A recent ISIS attack on a prison in northeastern Syria became the biggest confrontation between the terrorist group and the United States and its allied forces since 2019. The attack raises a question...
3 Feb 202224min
The Trump Plan to Seize Voting Machines
Since the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a clearer picture has emerged of the steps that President Donald J. Trump and his allies took to try to keep him in power and overturn the 2020 elect...
2 Feb 202224min
Did Democrats Make Inflation Worse?
Inflation in the United States has been getting worse. In December, prices were up 7 percent from the previous year — the fastest rise in 40 years. Americans feel terrible about the economy, imperilin...
1 Feb 202226min
We Need to Talk About Covid, Part 2: A Conversation with Dr. Fauci
America, it seems, might be at a turning point in how we think about and respond to the pandemic. Yet, the U.S., at this moment, is still in the midst of crisis — thousands of people are in hospital a...
31 Jan 202235min
The Sunday Read: ‘The Joys (and Challenges) of Sex After 70’
Today, Maggie Jones explores the overlooked topic of geriatric sex. Profiling older couples for whom it is still important, she considers the obstacles and joys of having sex over the age of 70, and t...
30 Jan 202250min
‘Who Do You Want Controlling Your Food?’
During the pandemic, the price of beef shot up. Wholesale beef prices increased more than 40 percent — more than 70 percent for certain cuts of steak. The conventional wisdom was that price increases ...
28 Jan 202253min
Biden Gets a Supreme Court Pick
On Wednesday, it was revealed that Justice Stephen Breyer, the senior member of the Supreme Court’s liberal wing, will retire from the bench. Democrats, and many on the left, will have breathed a sigh...
27 Jan 202226min
We Need to Talk About Covid, Part 1
It appears that the United States may be at a turning point in the pandemic. The contagiousness of the Omicron variant has many people resigned to the fact that they probably will be infected; this va...
26 Jan 202226min
