Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
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05/12/2023
Opinion: There’s no mystery about why the U.S. has so many gun deaths
The tragic mass shooting last weekend in a Dallas suburb took place as I was leaving the country to visit Britain. I might as well have taken one of Elon Musk’s rockets and landed on a different planet.
05/11/2023
Opinion: The End of Title 42 (for real this time).
Title 42 will officially end at midnight. What does this mean for U.S. immigration policy, Mexico, and migrants along the border? Today, we break it down.
05/11/2023
Opinion: Choose the Activism That Won’t Make You Miserable
The best way of trying to change the world is the one that will offer you happiness too.
05/11/2023
Workers Are Happier Than They’ve Been in Decades
Labor shortages and shifting expectations lead to improvement for millions, survey shows.
04/27/2023
Reason, Optimism and the Limits of Wokeness | Professor Steven Pinker
In this conversation, John is joined by Professor Steven Pinker, world renowned cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist and public intellectual.
05/11/2023
Mpox no longer a global health emergency, WHO says
Mpox is no longer a global health emergency, World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared at a press briefing Thursday.
05/11/2023
Opinion: We Worked on the U.S. Pandemic Response. Here Are 13 Takeaways for the Next Health Emergency.
The highly disruptive phase of the pandemic is over and the United States, as of Thursday, is ending its public health emergency.
05/11/2023
New York City passes law barring weight discrimination
New York City has passed a bill outlawing discrimination based on weight, joining a growing movement in the US to make size a protected trait on par with race and gender.
04/30/2023
Field of fresh cow pats welcomes first dung beetles to be rewilded in France
Sixty of the keystone species released near Bordeaux to feast on waste from wild cattle and help restore a vital habitat on the Atlantic coast.
05/02/2023
Opinion: Can the Capitol hold a much bigger House? Yes, here’s how it would look.
In recent installments of my series on renovating our democracy, I have argued that increasing the size of the U.S. House of Representatives can help us achieve more inclusive, responsive and energetic governance while reconnecting members to their constituents.
05/02/2023
Opinion: Biden’s vaccine project needs to be more like Operation Warp Speed
President Biden’s new $5 billion public-private partnership known as Project Next Gen is meant to accelerate the development of new coronavirus vaccines and treatments, much as Operation Warp Speed created some of the first vaccines against the coronavirus.
04/29/2023