How Roe’s Demise Could Safeguard Gay Marriage
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Democrats introduced a bill to prevent the right to gay marriage from meeting the same fate as the right to abortion.The bill was expected to go nowhere, but it has w...
26 Jul 202226min
Death of a Crypto Company
Born in response to the 2008 financial crisis, cryptocurrency was supposed be a form of money that eliminated the traditional gatekeepers who had overseen the tanking of the economy.But a crash in val...
25 Jul 202229min
The Sunday Read: ‘The Books About Sex That Every Family Should Read’
How do you teach your child about sex? It’s a perennial question that has spawned hundreds of illustrated books meant to demystify sexual intercourse.But for the Canadian author Cory Silverberg, there...
24 Jul 202226min
Utah’s ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’
The Great Salt Lake is drying up.Soaring demand for water, exacerbated by drought and higher temperatures in the region, are shrinking the waters, which play such a crucial role in the landscape, ecol...
22 Jul 202232min
The Case Against Donald Trump
A series of blockbuster hearings from the Jan. 6 committee has put growing pressure on Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to bring criminal charges against former President Donald J. Trump over the e...
21 Jul 202239min
How Abortion Bans Are Restricting Miscarriage Care
Across the United States, Republicans emboldened by the overturning of Roe v. Wade are passing laws intended to stop medical staff from providing an abortion.But those same laws may also be scaring he...
20 Jul 202229min
Broken Climate Pledges and Europe’s Heat Wave
A record-breaking heat wave is currently washing over Europe. In parts of Britain, the mercury has hit a freakishly high 100 degrees Fahrenheit or more.While that is happening, both Europe and the Uni...
19 Jul 202226min
When Biden Met M.B.S.
In the past, President Biden has called Saudi Arabia a “pariah” for its human rights abuses and said that he would never meet with its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.But Mr. Biden’s ...
18 Jul 202228min
