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Archives for December 2025

Future Perfect
The 2025 stories that prove people still run toward dangerThe 2025 stories that prove people still run toward danger
Future Perfect

Five strangers who risked everything to save someone else.

By Bryan Walsh
Politics
Why is the US bombing Nigeria?Why is the US bombing Nigeria?
Politics

Humanitarian intervention, MAGA-style.

By Joshua Keating
Culture
American women want to opt outAmerican women want to opt out
Culture

More want to leave the country than ever before. That’s not the only way they’re escaping.

By Constance Grady
Podcasts
America’s other populist, socialist big-city mayorAmerica’s other populist, socialist big-city mayor
Podcast
Podcasts

What Katie Wilson thinks national Democrats should learn from her win.

By Miles Bryan and Astead Herndon
Technology
What podcasts do to our brainsWhat podcasts do to our brains
Podcast
Technology

I quit podcasts for a month and discovered a new reality.

By Adam Clark Estes
Money
Why 2025 was hell for job huntersWhy 2025 was hell for job hunters
Money

It’s a key reason the economy felt so, so bad this year.

By Jordan Weissmann
Culture
The 12 Days of Christmas: The story behind the holiday’s most annoying carolThe 12 Days of Christmas: The story behind the holiday’s most annoying carol
Culture

A few things you may not know about the song — and the actual 12 days of Christmas.

By Tanya Pai
Life
The eternal awkwardness of winter breakThe eternal awkwardness of winter break
Life

A time for holiday cheer — and boredom.

By Anna North
Podcasts
JD Vance and the future of MAGAJD Vance and the future of MAGA
Podcast
Podcasts

JD Vance crossed many things off his to-do list this year. But what’s in store for 2026 and 2028?

By Ariana Aspuru and Noel King
Future Perfect
The end of malariaThe end of malaria
Future Perfect

How politics, not parasites, became the biggest threat in the fight against malaria

By Bryan Walsh
Future Perfect
The 10 most read stories on Future Perfect in 2025The 10 most read stories on Future Perfect in 2025
Future Perfect

De-extinction, drinking, and a whole new thing that could end the world.

By Bryan Walsh
Politics
Trump is talking about Greenland againTrump is talking about Greenland again
Politics

The fixation on Greenland once looked eccentric. Now, it seems like the distillation of his whole foreign policy.

By Joshua Keating
Technology
How to actually get kids off their phonesHow to actually get kids off their phones
Technology

Social media bans don’t have to be just for children.

By Anna North
Politics
The Supreme Court just handed Trump a rare — and very significant — lossThe Supreme Court just handed Trump a rare — and very significant — loss
Politics

Even some of the Court’s Republicans ruled that his attempt to use troops against US citizens went too far.

By Ian Millhiser
Podcasts
Will Trump pardon Epstein’s chief enabler?Will Trump pardon Epstein’s chief enabler?
Podcast
Podcasts

Understanding Ghislaine Maxwell, the heir who went on to abuse children.

By Danielle Hewitt and Noel King