The Many Missed Warnings Before Maine’s Mass Shooting
The mass shooting in Maine last week, which killed 18 people, was the country’s deadliest of the year. It may have also been one of the most avoidable.More than five months earlier, the Army Reserve a...
2 Nov 202324min
Lessons From an Unending Conflict
In late September, one of the world’s most intractable conflicts ended suddenly and brutally when Azerbaijan seized the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh and tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians fled their...
1 Nov 202334min
A Historic Strike (And Win) For Auto Workers
A wave of strikes that has paralyzed the auto industry came to an end on Monday, when the last of the three big car manufacturers, General Motors, reached a deal with the United Automobile Workers uni...
31 Okt 202322min
Israel's Invasion Begins
Over the weekend, the Israeli military appears to have begun an invasion of the Gaza Strip, with tanks rolling into the enclave and Israeli soldiers fighting Hamas inside. But the operation remains sh...
30 Okt 202323min
The Sunday Read: ‘Who Hired the Hitmen to Silence Zitácuaro?’
On Oct. 19, 2021, Armando Linares López was writing up notes from an interview when his cellphone buzzed with an unknown number. Linares, 49 and stocky with black hair that was just starting to show g...
29 Okt 202354min
A New Threat: Surprise Hurricanes
Hurricane Otis, which killed more than two dozen people in southern Mexico this week, exemplified a phenomenon that meteorologists fear will become more and more common: a severe hurricane that arrive...
27 Okt 202323min
Introducing ‘The War Briefing’
As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, fears are growing that the conflict could spread beyond Gaza. And with an expected Israeli ground invasion, the coming days are likely to have enormous consequence...
26 Okt 202317min
The House Finally Has a Speaker
Warning: this episode contains strong language.After 21 days without a leader, and after cycling through four nominees, House Republicans have finally elected a speaker. They chose Representative Mike...
26 Okt 202328min
