A flesh-eating parasite that the United States spent decades eradicating, and even longer trying to keep at bay, has now shown up in Texas. Federal officials confirmed this week that New World screwworm, a fly whose larvae burrow into living tissue, had been found in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County in Southwest Texas. It […] Read more ›
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Universal pre-K, an ambitious social program usually championed by progressives, has been in place in one of the most conservative US states since 1998. Oklahoma’s universal pre-K program was just the second in the country (behind Georgia) and has since become a model for how these programs can boost school readiness, economic well-being, and community […] Read more ›
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This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. We often hear about the isolation of contemporary American family life — the parents forced to go it alone, the kids stuck inside, the disappearing village. But there’s another trend pushing American childhood in a more communal direction: […] Read more ›
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This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. We often hear about the isolation of contemporary American family life — the parents forced to go it alone, the kids stuck inside, the disappearing village. But there’s another trend pushing American childhood in a more communal direction: […] Read more ›
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Reports of the GOP establishment’s death have been somewhat exaggerated. In his second term, President Donald Trump has filled his administration with many hard-line ideologues, personal loyalists, and more recent converts to his cause — spurring many to conclude that this was a fully MAGA White House. But, going against that trend, certain establishment figures […] Read more ›
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You’ve probably seen bespectacled Mark Zuckerberg recently. The billionaire has been on a media tour wearing his Ray-Ban Meta glasses and talking about the future of AI. Zuckerberg has a specific vision of that future and how everyone should be using this new technology. Though he is not a super-popular guy, Zuckerberg, by dint of […] Read more ›
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More than a million Americans have died of Covid-19, while the global death toll stands at over 15 million. It has been a horrifying and largely unnecessary tragedy, one that risks repeating itself as new diseases like bird flu knock on our door. But for all that the world has lost in the last few […] Read more ›
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Cigarettes are a public health nightmare: both highly addictive and highly dangerous. By the middle of the 20th century, nearly half of Americans were smokers, putting themselves at risk of lung cancer, emphysema, and other chronic and deadly health problems. And while smoking rates have fallen significantly over the decades, 29 million people in the […] Read more ›
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Michael Eliason was an undergraduate studying architecture at Virginia Tech University when he went to live for a year in Germany. While interning in Freiburg in 2003, he worked on projects including apartment buildings four or five stories tall. After returning to the US and graduating, Eliason began his architecture career in Seattle, where he […] Read more ›
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President Donald Trump is looking to additional faraway countries to deport immigrants — another escalation of his immigration crackdown. He has already sent immigrants to an El Salvador megaprison that is notorious for human rights abuses. Those deported include Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the government admits it wrongfully sent to El Salvador and has so […] Read more ›
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Editor’s note: Following a loss in federal court, Judge Jefferson Griffin ended his legal battle to unseat North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs on May 7. The story that follows was originally published April 14. On Friday, four Republican members of the North Carolina Supreme Court issued an order attempting to disenfranchise more than […] Read more ›
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Conservatives frequently accuse liberals of being out of touch with Americans. It’s an accusation that stings partly because there’s truth behind it: Real evidence suggests that liberal institutions, the Democratic Party chief among them, inhabit a moral universe distinct from that of the median voter. Yet far less attention has been paid to the disconnect […] Read more ›
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Editor’s note, May 7: The papal enclave to replace Pope Francis begins May 7, when the cardinals will assemble and vote on the next leader of the Catholic Church. If there’s one succinct way to describe Pope Francis’s stewardship of the Catholic Church over the last 12 years, it might best be done with three […] Read more ›
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In January 2024, I wrote a big piece on a relatively new, and very promising, approach to fighting respiratory diseases like Covid, tuberculosis, and flus. It’s called “far-UVC,” a type of ultraviolet light, at wavelengths of roughly 200 to 235 nanometers, that can kill the vast majority of airborne pathogens it targets, without damaging human […] Read more ›
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The United States is in the middle of what’s shaping up to be the worst measles outbreak of this century. The outbreak began within a small religious community in West Texas in January, but it has since spread across four states in the Southwest. Two school-aged children and one adult have died so far. The number […] Read more ›
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On Tuesday, May 13, a three-judge panel of the US Court of International Trade will hear a lawsuit asking it to strike down President Donald Trump’s recently imposed tariffs. The case is known as V.O.S. Selections v. Trump. The trade court, a New York-based federal court that hears lawsuits related to US trade laws, will […] Read more ›
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Conservatives frequently accuse liberals of being out of touch with Americans. It’s an accusation that stings partly because there’s truth behind it: Real evidence suggests that liberal institutions, the Democratic Party chief among them, inhabit a moral universe distinct from that of the median voter. Yet far less attention has been paid to the disconnect […] Read more ›
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Being able to predict the future seems nice. I would’ve liked to know that my S&P 500 index funds would peak in mid-February and then fall off a cliff in April. It would’ve been helpful for my reporting in the lead-up to the inauguration to know just how far the Trump administration would go to […] Read more ›
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Among all the mental calculations and decisions we make each day as complex social beings, we choose, actively or implicitly, to trust. By staying in our relationships, we trust our partners won’t betray us. By showing up at the stop, we trust that the bus will arrive. By making the reservation, we trust our friends […] Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Today Joshua Keating and I are focusing on a surprising ceasefire agreement between the US and the Houthis, a pact that signals a new direction in the […] Read more ›
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Editor’s note, May 6: The Supreme Court issued a brief order temporarily blocking a lower court’s decision, which had prevented President Donald Trump’s ban on trans military service from taking effect. This means that trans service members are likely to be forced out of military service very soon. All three of the Court’s Democrats, Justices […] Read more ›
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