How a Derailed Train Galvanized an Ohio Town, and Congress
On Feb. 3, a nearly two-mile long freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, a town of about 4,700 people.The railroad company and local officials decided to do a c...
6 Mar 202327min
Sunday Special: An Episode of ‘The Coldest Case in Laramie’
Today, we’re taking some time out of our regularly scheduled programming to share the first episode of “The Coldest Case in Laramie.” In the new series from The Times and Serial, Kim Barker, a Times i...
5 Mar 202324min
Why Russia Is Taking Thousands of Ukrainian Children
As Russian troops pushed into Ukraine, children who were fleeing newly occupied territories were swept up. Many became part of a Russian effort to portray itself as a charitable savior. The children w...
3 Mar 202330min
Will the Supreme Court Let Biden Cancel Student Debt?
In August, President Biden announced a loan cancellation plan that would erase an astonishing $400 billion in student debt — one of the most ambitious and expensive executive actions ever.Now, in a fa...
2 Mar 202324min
A Threat to Abortion Pills. Plus, the U.S. Shares Secrets
In 2000, the F.D.A. approved the medication abortion drug mifepristone. Now a federal judge in Texas is set to rule on a case filed by anti-abortion groups urging the agency to revoke its approval of ...
1 Mar 202331min
Why So Many Buildings Collapsed in Turkey
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 left more than 50,000 people dead. The sight of rescuers combing the rubble has prompted questions about why so many buildings seeme...
28 Feb 202320min
Why Election Denialism Might Cost Fox News $1.6 Billion
After the 2020 election, wild theories ran rampant on the right of an election stolen from Donald Trump through a coordinated conspiracy. The news channel Fox News became one of the loudest voices amp...
27 Feb 202322min
The Sunday Read: ‘Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction’
In February, the first lawsuit against Tesla for a crash involving its driver-assistance system, Autopilot, will go to trial. The slew of trials set to follow will be a costly fight that the company’s...
26 Feb 202348min
