The Killing of bin Laden’s Successor
On Monday, President Biden announced that the United States had killed Ayman al-Zawahri in a drone strike in Afghanistan. Al-Zawahri was the leader of Al Qaeda. A long time number two to Osama bin Lad...
2 Aug 202218min
How Monkeypox Went From Containable to Crisis
In mid-June, cases of monkeypox were in the double digits in the United States. There were drug treatments and vaccines against it. There didn’t seem to be any reason for alarm.But in the weeks since,...
1 Aug 202224min
The Sunday Read: ‘Inside the Push to Diversify the Book Business’
For generations, America’s major publishers focused almost entirely on white readers. Now a new cadre of executives is trying to open up the industry.The journalist Marcela Valdes spent a year reporti...
31 Jul 20221h 8min
The Rise of the Conservative Latina
For decades, Republicans have sought to make gains with a critical voting block: Latinos.Last month, when Mayra Flores was elected to Congress from Texas, she finally showed them a way to gain that su...
29 Jul 202230min
How Expecting Inflation Can Actually Create More Inflation
To fight historic levels of inflation, the Federal Reserve this week, once again, raised interest rates, its most powerful weapon against rising prices.The move was intended to slow demand, but there ...
28 Jul 202228min
How Deshaun Watson Became the N.F.L.'s Biggest Scandal
This episode contains details of alleged sexual assault. In the past year, more than 20 women have accused the star N.F.L. quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct.Despite the allegations, Wats...
27 Jul 202232min
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
