Paul Krugman on Why the Economy Is Doing Better Than We Think
From rising gas prices and inflation to the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. economy has experienced all sorts of turbulence recently. But it hasn’t all been a bad news story: The U.S. unemployment rate r...
11 Apr 202230min
How Elon Musk’s ‘Soft Power’ Might Shape Twitter’s Future
Elon Musk promoted himself from avid Twitter user to major stakeholder on Monday. Musk, the head of Tesla and SpaceX, who has over 80 million followers on the platform, now also owns a 9.2 percent sta...
7 Apr 202232min
‘Trump Is Gone, and We Still Have the Problems’: Michael Lewis Makes Sense of Our Bungled Covid Response
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been the face of America’s Covid response and has been praised and vilified for his expertise. But who are all the other people who have worked behind the scenes at agencies like...
4 Apr 202235min
What Putin’s Propaganda Looks Like from Russia and Ukraine
The Russia-Ukraine War has been a dangerous time for journalists: Russian troops have kidnapped Ukrainian journalists working in contested territories, and the Kremlin has doubled down on censorship d...
31 Mar 202242min
Why Facebook's 'Hubris and Arrogance' Astound This Attorney General
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has sued the Trump administration, Uber, Juul, Exxon Mobil, the Sacklers, and more — and has made a national name for herself in the process. Now she’s inve...
28 Mar 202231min
The Corporations Passing — and Failing — the Ukraine Morality Test
McDonald’s, BP, Netflix and hundreds of other companies have enlisted in the West’s pushback against Vladimir Putin. Since the start of Russia’s invasion, several hundred U.S. companies have announced...
24 Mar 202227min
How Apple, Not Government, Became Tech’s Biggest Regulator
Big Tech has been amassing power and wealth for decades. So why is it taking the U.S. government so long to catch up? Congress, whose members can barely agree on lunch, is now contemplating a number o...
21 Mar 202241min
How Kathy Griffin Survived Cancer and Cancellation
Whether it’s Andrew Cuomo or Dave Chappelle, everyone these days, it seems, is blaming “cancel culture” for career problems. But five years ago, Kathy Griffin was a canary in the coal mine, being can...
17 Mar 202247min
