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Archives for August 2025

Today, Explained podcast
The Covid revenge policyThe Covid revenge policy
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Trump brought us the Covid vaccine. Now he’s trying to take it away.

By Sean Rameswaram and Avishay Artsy
The Gray Area
Why China can build so quickly and America can’tWhy China can build so quickly and America can’t
Podcast
The Gray Area

China’s engineers vs. America’s lawyers.

By Sean Illing
Life
The real problem with kids’ diets todayThe real problem with kids’ diets today
Life

How MAHA is trickling down to Gen Alpha.

By Anna North
Future Perfect
Is AI lying? (And other reader questions, answered.)Is AI lying? (And other reader questions, answered.)
Future Perfect

A very Future Perfect newsletter mailbag.

By Izzie Ramirez, Sigal Samuel and 2 more
20 years after Katrina, New Orleans is back where it started
Climate

The walls built to protect New Orleans after Katrina are failing.

By Jake Bittle
Politics
Trump’s DC police takeover has unsettling implications for 2028Trump’s DC police takeover has unsettling implications for 2028
Politics

Trump officials might be experimenting with creating something like a national, MAGA-loyal police force. That would be dangerous.

By Andrew Prokop
Future Perfect
How to make the hardest choices of your lifeHow to make the hardest choices of your life
Future Perfect

From picking a career to picking a spouse, one radical philosophical idea will guide you.

By Sigal Samuel
Explain It to Me
The one-sided intimacy of being a fanThe one-sided intimacy of being a fan
Explain It to Me

Parasocial relationships get a bad rap. How should you relate to your favorite celebrity?

By Aja Romano
Podcasts
Mark Zuckerberg is burning billions to chase the holy grail of AIMark Zuckerberg is burning billions to chase the holy grail of AI
Podcast
Podcasts

The metaverse didn’t stick. Can “superintelligence”?

By Gabrielle Berbey and Sean Rameswaram
Video
Why fire “season” is now all year longWhy fire “season” is now all year long
Play
Video

And how wildland firefighters are trying to keep up.

By Dolly Li
Health
The bigger story behind the mass exodus of CDC leadershipThe bigger story behind the mass exodus of CDC leadership
Health

The CDC is collapsing. Will America’s health follow suit?

By Dylan Scott
Vox Press Room
Vox Announces Elias Isquith Joins as Senior Editor for Policy, Politics, and IdeasVox Announces Elias Isquith Joins as Senior Editor for Policy, Politics, and Ideas
The End of HIV
Botswana’s incredible HIV success story, explained in one chartBotswana’s incredible HIV success story, explained in one chart
The End of HIV

Here’s how this African country is winning the fight against childhood HIV.

By Sara Herschander
ChatGPT isn’t just for cheating anymore
Even Better

AI in the classroom doesn’t have to be a catastrophe.

By Adam Clark Estes
Culture
A MAGA influencer says there’s no space for her in women’s media. Is she right?A MAGA influencer says there’s no space for her in women’s media. Is she right?
Culture

The weird lie animating the right-wing womanosphere.

By Constance Grady