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Archives for May 2025

World Politics
Trump was supposed to lead a global right-wing populist revolution. That’s not happening.Trump was supposed to lead a global right-wing populist revolution. That’s not happening.
World Politics

Even other right-wing populists can’t count on Trump’s support.

By Joshua Keating
Down to Earth
An extreme ocean heat wave did something remarkable to these fishAn extreme ocean heat wave did something remarkable to these fish
Down to Earth

This is what happens when you put a clownfish in hot water.

By Benji Jones
Future Perfect
One chilling forecast of our AI future is getting wide attention. How realistic is it?One chilling forecast of our AI future is getting wide attention. How realistic is it?
Future Perfect

Rapid changes from AI may be coming far faster than you imagine.

By Kelsey Piper
The internet is littered with advice. What’s it doing to your brain?
Even Better

How to contend with an onslaught of guidance in an uncertain, lonely world.

By Eliza Brooke
Philanthropy
Bill Gates shows what the end of perpetual philanthropy looks likeBill Gates shows what the end of perpetual philanthropy looks like
Philanthropy

Why billionaires need to give more — and give faster.

By Benjamin Soskis
Politics
Two terrible truths about the antisemitic murders in DCTwo terrible truths about the antisemitic murders in DC
Politics

How violence like this became thinkable — and what it means for the future of Palestine.

By Zack Beauchamp
The Logoff
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” briefly explainedTrump’s “big, beautiful bill,” briefly explained
The Logoff

House Republicans just voted to cut taxes and Medicare.

By Cameron Peters
Health
The cruelest cut in the Republican budget bill, explainedThe cruelest cut in the Republican budget bill, explained
Health

Why people who work could still lose their health insurance.

By Dylan Scott
Policy
There’s a better way to help underpaid workers than “no tax on tips”There’s a better way to help underpaid workers than “no tax on tips”
Policy

Tipped workers need a raise, not a tax cut.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Culture
What’s behind the WAG renaissance?What’s behind the WAG renaissance?
Culture

From F1 influencers to Taylor Swift, WAGs are in a new golden age. So why do they feel so old-fashioned?

By Kyndall Cunningham
Supreme Court
The religious right just suffered a rare setback in the Supreme CourtThe religious right just suffered a rare setback in the Supreme Court
Supreme Court

One of the GOP justices must have defected in a case about religious schools, but the Court didn’t reveal who it was.

By Ian Millhiser
Policy
The reconciliation bill is Republicans doing what they do bestThe reconciliation bill is Republicans doing what they do best
Policy

The GOP remains a conspiracy to steal from the poor and give to the rich.

By Dylan Matthews
Donald Trump
The ugly truth about Trump’s big, beautiful billThe ugly truth about Trump’s big, beautiful bill
Donald Trump

Trump is promising tax cuts and a new golden age. Here’s what’s really inside it.

By Andrew Prokop
Today, Explained newsletter
The most divisive part of the GOP’s big bill, explainedThe most divisive part of the GOP’s big bill, explained
Podcast
Today, Explained newsletter

Why the GOP put SALT on the table.

By Sean Collins and Devan Schwartz
Culture
Christian nationalists decided empathy is a sin. Now it’s gone mainstream. Christian nationalists decided empathy is a sin. Now it’s gone mainstream. 
Culture

What wouldn’t Jesus do?

By Aja Romano