‘The Kids Are Casualties in a War’
As the highly infectious Omicron variant surged, a high-stakes battle played out between Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago and the city’s teachers’ union about how to keep schools open and safe.We chart...
13 Jan 202231min
Russia and the U.S. Face Off Over Ukraine
The diplomatic talks in Geneva this week are of a kind not seen in a long time: an effort to defuse the possibility of a major war in Europe.President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has amassed military ...
12 Jan 202227min
This Covid Surge Feels Different
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has a reputation for causing mild illness, yet it’s fueling a staggering rise in hospitalizations across the country. In some of the early hot spots for the vari...
11 Jan 202221min
The Rise and Fall of the Golden Globes
This year’s Golden Globes ceremony was muted. Instead of a celebrity-filled evening, broadcast on NBC, the results were live tweeted from a room in the Beverly Hilton. It was the culmination of years ...
10 Jan 202228min
The Sunday Read: ‘What if There’s No Such Thing as Closure?’
In her new book, “The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change,” Pauline Boss considers what it means to reach “emotional closure” in a state of unnamable grief.Hard to define,...
9 Jan 202236min
Jan. 6, Part 3: The State of American Democracy
After the election on Nov. 3, 2020, President J. Donald Trump and his allies tested the limits of the U.S. election system, launching pressure and legal campaigns in competitive states to have votes o...
7 Jan 202237min
Jan. 6, Part 2: Liz Cheney’s Battle Against the 'Big Lie'
This episode contains strong language. In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming was the only Republican leader calling on President Donald Trump to move on from his ...
6 Jan 202246min
Jan. 6, Part 1: ‘The Herd Mentality’
Who exactly joined the mob that, almost a year ago, on Jan. 6, breached the walls of the U.S. Capitol in a bid to halt the certification of President Biden’s election victory?Members of far-right extr...
5 Jan 202248min
