JANUARY
Ted Cruz is spearheading a new GOP effort to overturn the 2020 election
Trump’s call with Georgia’s secretary of state is a subversion of democracy
The debate over Janet Yellen’s speaking fees, explained
Why anyone could win Georgia’s runoff elections, according to the polls
Trump supporters storm the US Capitol: The latest
Will Trump be impeached or face removal under the 25th Amendment?
Why Democrats are moving toward impeachment – 12 days before Trump leaves office
Here come the consequences for the Capitol insurrectionists
Top Democratic lawmaker says an impeachment vote will come this week
Democrats introduce article of impeachment against Trump
The case for consequences
The seat of American democracy looks like a city under occupation
Corporate America takes away Trump’s toys
Deep cleaning, packing supplies, and a concession: The Trumps plan their White House exit
Dozens of police officers attended the Capitol rally. It should come as no surprise.
How Californians are resorting to crowdsourcing to get their Covid-19 vaccine
As Trump prepares for final presidential pardons, will he attempt to pardon himself?
Biden’s key national security picks had their confirmation hearings. Here’s what to know.
Joe Biden’s unique Inauguration Day, in photos
Biden will use the Defense Production Act in his anti-coronavirus effort
Biden’s planned actions on reproductive health care, explained
The 50/50 Senate is already running into trouble figuring out its rules
How the Biden administration can save the Postal Service
What’s next for Trump’s Senate impeachment trial
Joe Biden is already facing an ally problem
4 reasons we’re suddenly seeing these worrying coronavirus variants
“People are not okay”: The mental health impact of the Trump era
The scandals swirling around QAnon-supporting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, explained
Prisons have already failed to contain Covid-19. What happens when the new variants arrive?
Get vaccinated. Then keep your mask on.
FEBRUARY
Americans want Covid-19 done fast – even if it takes budget reconciliation
How neo-Nazi used the internet to instigate a right-wing extremeist crisis.
Who is Andy Jassy, Amazon’s new CEO?
The Senate vote-a-rama gets Democrats closer to approving Covid-19 relief on their own
Israel outpaced the world in vaccinations. Now it’s seeing the results
The risks of going too big on stimulus are real – but going too small could be riskier
America’s deeply unequal economic recovery, explained in 7 charts
The debate over who deserves a stimulus check, explained
Trump won’t be convicted. Impeachment is still worth it.
The 6 Senate Republicans to watch on impeachment
The debate over whether Democrats should call witnesses at Trump’s trial, explained
The real reason Trump’s impeachment defense was so bad
1 winner and 5 losers from Trump’s second impeachment trial
Two Republicans who voted for Trump’s conviction were immediately censured
Child care workers are getting left behind in the vaccine rollout
Who has died from Covid-19 in the US?
Baby bonds could shrink the Black-white wealth gap
Congress is writing up Biden’s stimulus plan. Here’s what’s in it.
What the US offer to talk to Iran means – and doesn’t – for the nuclear deal
“It’s criminal”: A Texas community left without aid in the cold
Doctors on what their dying Covid-19 patients have to endure
The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom, explained
What Democrats can learn from Mitt Romney
How creating jobs through fighting climate change could boost Biden’s popularity
“We’ve made it so complicated”: Vaccine campaigns are failing to reach the most vulnerable
Black employees say Amazon has a race problem
Democrats’ remaining options for raising the minimum wage, explained
Should we be more careful outdoors as Covid-19 variants spread
MARCH
The Republican revolt against democracy, explained in 13 charts
The race against the coronavirus variants, explained
The union vote that could change Amazon forever
House Democrats passed HR 1, their massive voting rights bill
You got a vaccine. Walgreens got your data.
Why comparing Covid-19 vaccine efficacy numbers can be misleading
You’re fully vaccinated? The CDC says you can now have friends and family over for dinner.
Top Senate Democrat says Biden should “reconsider” May 1 Afghanistan troop withdrawal
The House passes the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill, sending it to Biden’s desk
Joe Biden just signed the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill
The state of the filibuster, explained
How Chile built one of the world’s most successful vaccination campaigns
Long Covid isn’t as unique as we thought
The problem is work
Russia tried to help Trump’s 2020 reelection, US intelligence says
What we know about the Atlanta shooting that left 8 dead at Asian businesses
Joe Biden’s tax plan, explained
The uneasy intimacy of work in a pandemic year
Youth climate activists are back with new demands for countries and corporations
3.9 million years
An unholy union
What’s new for small businesses in the American Rescue Plan
We were here
AstraZeneca’s absurd and unprecedented dispute with regulators, explained
Vaccines and the future of Covid-19 testing, explained
9 questions about the humanitarian crisis on the border, answered
Democrats’ new plan for passing more bills with 51 Senate votes, explained
How the science of grief can help the estimated 5 million Americans in mourning
Everything you need to know about vaccine passports
APRIL
A pandemic year in the life of a New York City block
Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan, explained in 600 words
Why the MLB pulled the All-Star Game from Atlanta, briefly explained
15 million ruined vaccine doses mean Johnson & Johnson will take charge of Baltimore plant
Why some Democrats are quietly unhappy with the House’s big voting rights bill
Minneapolis vowed to dismantle its police department. Is change finally coming?
One small idea in Biden’s infrastructure plan with big benefits: Electric school buses
3 possible futures for Covid-19 in the US – with hope for a return to normal
Amazon has won a historic warehouse union election. But the battle is not over.
Supreme Court rules against California’s Covid-19 restrictions on grounds of religious liberty
Maryland just repealed its police bill of rights. Here’s what it means for reform.
Conservationists want to protect 30 percent of Earth. This is more arbitrary than you’d think.
America’s forever war may be ending
If you get an insurance bill for your Covid-19 vaccine, it’s a mistake
How effective was Derek Chauvin’s defense?
The state of the plant-based food industry
Biden’s blunt opposition to marijuana legalization
South Korea’s Covid-19 success story started with failure
Why Chauvin’s conviction matters
Why is it so hard to prosecute police? It starts with the investigation.
5 things to know about the brand new US climate commitment
4 winners and 4 losers from Biden’s climate leader summit
A coronavirus surge is overwhelming India’s health care system
Polls: A majority of Americans feel good about Biden’s first 100 days
How the UK found the first effective Covid-19 treatment – and saved a million lives
3 reasons most public masking is still important – even if you’re vaccinated
How Senegal stretched its health care system to stop Covid-19
5 winner and 3 losers from Biden’s first congressional address
How the US won the economic recovery
MAY
The J&J vaccine isn’t causing nausea and fainting, anxiety is
Sen. Tim Scott says Congress is close to a police reform deal
America’s Covid-19 endgame could be much closer than you think
The home sales boom means you might end up renting
The inadequacy of the term “Asian American”
National Geographic faced up to its racist past. Did it actually get better?
Don’t freak out about the jobs report yet
Why stocks soared while America struggled
A new report complicates simplistic narratives about race and the 2020 election
Israel’s actions in East Jerusalem are a human rights test for Biden
Myanmar’s coup is uniting a country riven by ethnic divisions. Will it last?
The CDC embraces the power of the vaccines
Los Angeles’s quixotic quest to end homelessness
“Shocked and horrified”: Gaza news bureau is destroyed on live TV
The GOP whitewash of the Capitol attack shows the need for a January 6 commission
It’s time to make sure poor indoor air quality doesn’t keep making us sick
Joe Manchin says he needs Republicans to support voting rights. He found one.
Why the Republican Party can’t reckon with Trump
What banning abortion at 6 weeks really means
Biden’s negotiations with Republicans are making some Democrats anxious
Democrats barely passed a bill to increase security at the US Capitol
The death of Ronald Greene in Louisiana police custody, explained
What will shopping look like?
Any bipartisan January 6 commission is probably doomed
In defense of the two-state solution
2020 was the summer of road trips. 2021 is the summer of resorts.
Ohio’s vaccine lottery is winner no matter what
Justice Breyer’s new warning for Democrats couldn’t have come at a worse time
Why it took 100 years for America to learn about the Tulsa massacre
Where the next coronavirus could emerge, in one map
JUNE
What Chuck Schumer can learn from Harry Reid
The 6 reasons Americans aren’t getting vaccinated
California mandated masks. Florida opened its restaurants. Did any of it matter?
What Facebook’s two-year Trump ban does and doesn’t do
China extends reach in Hong Kong over Tiananmen Square vigil
What the “Fauci Gate” emails tell us about Covid-19 and American politics
Is there a housing bubble?
Justice Kavanaugh hands down some surprisingly hopeful news for women’s equality
Why on earth is Biden’s DOJ backing Trump in rape denial case?
The new Alzheimer’s drug that could break Medicare
What the new IG report about the gassing of protesters around Lafayette Square actually says
Colombia’s protests are a product of its post-peace-deal reality
The DOJ has a plan to protect voting rights. It might not be enough.
What the Novavax vaccine means for the global fight against Covid-19
Call it authoritarianism
Biden’s big Putin bet
An epic Supreme Court showdown over religion and LGBTQ rights ends in a whimper
America’s largest evangelical denomination is at war with itself
The crisis roiling America’s largest evangelical denomination, explained by an expert
Iran has a new president. He could end up being much more than that.
The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision on paying NCAA student-athletes, explained
Andrew Yang and the complexities of representation
Democrats think now is their last, best chance to pass a big climate bill
What the hysteria over critical race theory is really all about
6 crucial climate actions the Senate left out of its infrastructure deal
The DOJ’s lawsuit against Georgia’s voter suppression law is probably doomed
Covid-19 made America’s long-term care crisis impossible to ignore
What the American dream looks like for immigrants
Biden’s infrastructure deal proves bipartisanship can’t deliver
The court decision freeing Bill Cosby, explained as best we can
JULY
The indictment of the Trump Organization and its CFO Allen Weisselberg, explained
3 winners and 3 losers from the just-completed Supreme Court term
The GOP backlash against corporations isn’t real – yet
How to be a good ancestor
The 25 best movies of 2021 (so far)
Political polarization is killing people
7 questions about Covid-19 booster shots, answered
3 big questions about NYC’s ranked choice experiment
“Race Norming” and the long legacy of medical racism, explained
What the assassination of Haiti’s president means for US foreign policy
How online fundraising led voters to donate more money than they realized
How American parents became obsessed with gender
The GOP voting bill that literally caused Texas Democrats to flee the state, explained
Haitian civil society leaders have a plan for the country’s future. It doesn’t involve the US.
Biden’s biggest anti-poverty plan has launched. He can still make it even better.
The surgeon general wants Facebook to do more to stop Covid-19 lies
A federal judge just declared DACA unlawful. Here’s what that means
The harrowing new reality for Alzheimer’s patients
Why a new law requiring Asian American history in schools is so significant
The Senate’s infrastructure gamble, explained
An Indigenous firefighter explains how to better manage wildfires
Did the Covid-19 Olympics have to be a mess?
The “magical thinking” Olympics
The Simone Biles scoring controversy, explained
Starbucks can’t be America’s bathroom
The courts are destroying America’s ability to fight pandemics
Cops at the schoolyard gate
The 4 main fault lines that divide the vaccinated and the unvaccinated
America’s mental health moment is finally here
Trump’s aggressive efforts to overturn election results might come to light
AUGUST
Federal eviction protections have ended, leaving renters scrambling
Congress wants to make going to the airport less miserable
Can we save the planet by shrinking the economy?
America isn’t taking care of caregivers
Covid-19 cases now fall into 3 distinct categories
How to fight climate despair
The long reach of Belarus’s repression
“There’s no going back”: The UN’s dire new climate report, explained
What’s in the new infrastructure bill – and why it’s a big deal
Democrats’ infrastructure gamble actually seems like it could be working
The delta doldrums
The IRS has a big opportunity to fix the way Americans file taxes
CDC approval of Covid booster shot offers help for some Americans
The rapid fall of Afghanistan to Taliban forces, explained
Who are the Taliban now?
Why Biden was so set on withdrawing from Afghanistan
The US needs to meet its moral obligation to Afghan refugees
What we actually know about the vaccines and the delta variant
The history of US intervention in Afghanistan, from the Cold War to 9.11
Congress’s Democrat-on-Democrat hostage standoff, explained
What are jobs for?
How Florida’s massive Covid-19 spike got so bad
A cheap, generic antidepressant has emerged as the next promising weapon against Covid-19
The lab leak hypothesis – true or not – should teach us a lesson
The helplessness of being an Afghanistan War vet
What do hurricane categories mean?
Why Hurricane Ida as been so devastating to the Gulf Coast
An alarming new Supreme Court case could unravel Roe v. Wade as soon as tonight
SEPTEMBER
The Supreme Court allows an alarming anti-abortion law to take affect
The staggering implications of the Supreme Court’s anti-abortion ruling
The evidence for violence interrupters doesn’t support the hype
Millions of Americans don’t have drinkable water. Can the infrastructure bill fix that?
What we talk about when we talk about gentrification
What an enormous global study can tell us about feeling better during the pandemic
America needs to decide how much Covid-19 risk it will tolerate
Medicare benefits are a mess. Can Democrats fix them?
How European beat the US at vaccinations
Americas is still stuck in the world 9/11 built
20 years, $6 trillion, 900,000 lives
How Walgreens’ sloppy Covid-19 test registration system exposed patient data
Americans are dying because no hospital will take them
The pandemic has created a nation of insomniacs
Does everybody need a booster shot?
AI’s Islamophobia problem
The Texas GOP sees Haitian migrants in crisis as a political opportunity
Why everybody’s hiring but nobody’s getting hired
What it’s like to seek an abortion in Texas right now
‘Covid didn’t make us poor; we already were poor”
The Afghan refugee crisis has revealed the artificial limits of America’s will to welcome
Why American keeps turning its back on Haitian migrants
The largest space telescope in history is about to blow our minds
Where are the delta-specific vaccines?
How the Christian right embraced voter suppression
An “attack on American cities” is freezing climate action in its tracks
23 species were just declared extinct. Here’s what that really means.
OCTOBER
Why people who don’t trust vaccines embrace unproven drugs
The nihilism of Neil Gorsuch
When the world actually solved an environmental crisis
Why this Facebook scandal is different
We still haven’t figured out how to talk about Monica Lewinsky
Why lawmakers are fighting over the debt ceiling – again
The US is closer than ever to making major progression the climate crisis
The best- and worst-case scenarios for Covid-19 this winter
A brief history of the internet hating Jonathan Franzen
The thorny truth about socially responsible investing
A better way to legalize marijuana
The controversial plan to bring jaguars back to the US
Can the US cut drug prices without sacrificing new cures?
How TV lied about abortion
The $5 trillion insurance industry faces a reckoning. Blame climate change.
The myth of the climate moderate
Americans are ready to tax the rich
Millennials grew up hating their bodies. Does Gen Z have to be the same?
Texas’s anti-abortion law is back at SCOTUS. Here’s what’s different this time around.
The Freedom to Vote Act is almost certainly doomed
Democrats are setting up social policies for painful cliffs
The Supreme Court’s very unusual new abortion orders, explained
Who should get a Covid-19 booster shot right now?
How biological detective work can reveal who engineered a virus
What will the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races mean for Biden?
Is ignoring the pandemic a crime against humanity?
President Biden’s Plan B for the climate crisis, explained
What’s in – and what’s out of – Biden’s latest spending proposal
Are “net-zero” climate targets just hot air?
Why progressives still aren’t voting for the infrastructure bill
The horror century
NOVEMBER
An unusual alliance appears likely to fracture Texas’s abortion ban
Covid-19 vaccines for young kids are a big step toward a new normal
What Glenn Younkin’s Virginia win means for Democrats
Did critical race theory really swing the Virginia election?
The open secret to looking like a superhero
Can the Iran nuclear deal be saved?
The open secret to looking like a superhero
How to fix Facebook
5 things to know about the big climate conference in Glasgow
Ahmaud Arbery and the case for getting rid of citizen’s arrests
The lofty goals and short life of the antiracist book club
The big questions about Covid-10 booster shots
How a simple solution slashed child mortality in rural Kenyan villages
What one American’s case says about the future of the courts in Hong Kong
The bipartisan infrastructure law is both historic and not nearly enough
State have the power to make or break the infrastructure law
One of the billionaire scientists behind the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on what’s next
Oklahoma will not execute Julius Jones, but the outcome should still trouble you
The intellectual right’s war on America’s institutions
“We are going to make you beg for mercy”
King Richard and reclaiming Richard Williams’s legacy
Kyle Rittenhouse and the scary future of the American right
At-home Covid-19 tests are getting better. Experts say: Stock up for winter.
It matters that 3 white men were found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery
Lawyers left racism out of the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s death. Here’s why.
How Puerto Rico became the most vaccinated place in America
Why Democrats shouldn’t cut paid leave from their social spending bill
The lost parents to Covid-19. Are We abandoning them?
4 big questions about the new omicron variant
Congress is getting ready to do what it does best: Procrastinate
DECEMBER
It sure sounds like Roe v. Wade is doomed
How to know if omicron is as scary as it seems
Biden’s winter Covid plan is what a new normal might look like
Biden’s bewildering decision to expand a Trump-era immigration policy
The escalating costs of being single in America
The US needs a clear Covid-19 goal now more than ever
Did Democrats blow it on Roe v. Wade?
Why adoption isn’t a replacement for abortion rights
Why South Africa seems cautiously optimistic about omicron
Don’t be fooled: The Supreme Court’s Texas abortion decison is a big defeat for Roe v. Wade
My year of smells
The best $210 I ever spent: My sobriety
A good life is painful
January 6 texts from Fox hosts reveal the lie at the heart of the conservative movement
The January 6 committee’s showdown with Mark Meadows, explained
Joe Manchin cancels Build Back Better’s Christmas party
Does it still make sense for vaccinated people with Covid-19 to isolate for 10 days?
You might get a breakthrough case of Covid-19 this winter. Here’s how to prepare.
Two ways to read Manchin’s “no” on Build Back Better
6 epidemiologists on how omicron is – and isn’t – changing their holiday plans
How omicron ruined testing the week before Christmas
Case numbers? Hospitalizations? The omicron data you should track
What makes the omicron variant so strange and surprising
Botox, billionaires, and bitcoin: 2021 in charts
Democrats’ unfinished to-do list
It’s only a matter of time before omicron spreads through immigration detention
Welcome to Covid-19’s “junior year.” It’s not pretty.
Covid-19 surges spark chain reactions that strain US hospitals everywhere
Despite omicron, Covid-19 will become endemic. Here’s how.
22 predictions we made in January, and the 13 we got right
Money has never felt more fake
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