The State of the Pandemic
The coronavirus seems to be in retreat in the United States, with the number of cases across the country down about 25 percent compared with a couple of weeks ago. Hospitalizations and deaths are also...
7 Okt 202119min
The Facebook Whistle-Blower Testifies
The Senate testimony of Frances Haugen on Tuesday was an eagerly awaited event.Last month, Ms. Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, leaked internal company documents to The Wall Street Journal t...
6 Okt 202128min
The Most Important Supreme Court Term in Decades
The latest term of the U.S. Supreme Court will include blockbuster cases on two of the most contentious topics in American life: abortion and gun rights.The cases come at a time when the court has a m...
5 Okt 202122min
What’s Behind the Ivermectin Frenzy?
Ivermectin is a drug that emerged in the 1970s, used mainly for deworming horses and other livestock.But during the pandemic, it has been falsely lauded in some corners as a kind of miracle cure for t...
4 Okt 202121min
The Sunday Read: ‘I Had a Chance to Travel Anywhere. Why Did I Pick Spokane?’
Jon Mooallem, the author of today’s Sunday Read, had a bad pandemic.“I began having my own personal hard time,” he writes. “The details aren’t important. Let’s just say, I felt as if I were moldering ...
3 Okt 202131min
‘They Don’t Understand That We’re Real People’
This episode contains strong language.A month ago, Texas adopted a divisive law which effectively banned abortions in the state. Despite a number of legal challenges, the law has survived and is havin...
1 Okt 202137min
The Democrats Who Might Block Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
The first year of a Congress is usually the best time for a president to put forward any sort of ambitious policy. For President Biden, whose control of Congress is fragile, the urgency is particularl...
30 Sep 202130min
Controlling Britney Spears
Britney Spears is one of the biggest celebrities on the planet — she makes millions of dollars performing, selling perfumes and appearing on television. At the same time, however, her life is heavily ...
29 Sep 202131min
