The Sunday Read: ‘The Social Life of Forests’
Foresters once regarded trees as solitary individuals: They competed for space and resources, but were otherwise indifferent to one another.The work of the Canadian ecologist Suzanne Simard upended th...
6 Dec 202048min
The President and Pre-Emptive Pardons
The power to pardon criminals or commute their sentences is one of the most sacred and absolute a president has, and President Trump has already used it to rescue political allies and answer the pleas...
4 Dec 202025min
‘Something Terrible Has Happened’
This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault.When the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy this year, it created a final window for claims of sexual abuse against the organization’s lead...
3 Dec 202035min
Biden’s Cabinet Picks, Part 2: Antony Blinken
What kind of foreign policy is possible for the United States after four years of isolationism under President Trump?Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of state, has an int...
2 Dec 202027min
Biden’s Cabinet Picks, Part 1: Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen, who is poised to become secretary of the Treasury, will immediately have her work cut out for her. The U.S. economy is in a precarious state and Congress is consumed by partisan politics...
1 Dec 202027min
When and How You’ll Get a Vaccine
For Americans, months of collective isolation and fear could soon be winding down. A coronavirus vaccine may be just weeks away.According to Dr. Moncef Slaoui, head of Operation Warp Speed, the federa...
30 Nov 202024min
A Day at the Food Pantry
On a day early this fall, Nikita Stewart, who covers social services for The New York Times, and the Daily producers Annie Brown and Stella Tan spent a day at Council of Peoples Organization, a food p...
25 Nov 202035min
A Failed Attempt to Overturn the Election
Pressure and litigation appear to have been the pillars of President Trump’s response to his general election loss.His team filed a litany of court cases in battleground states. In some, such as Georg...
24 Nov 202025min
