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Archives for August 2025

Politics
The risky bet behind redistrictingThe risky bet behind redistricting
Politics

Latino voters will be crucial to either party’s gerrymandering plans.

By Christian Paz
Health
America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr.America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr.
Health

US vaccine consensus has officially shattered.

By Dylan Scott
The Highlight
The testosterone theory of politicsThe testosterone theory of politics
The Highlight

The hormone might be the key to understanding this moment in America.

By Leo Kim
Politics
What far-left cranks get right about the housing crisis What far-left cranks get right about the housing crisis 
Politics

America never recovered from the 2008 crash.

By Eric Levitz
The Logoff
The Trump administration won’t leave Kilmar Abrego Garcia aloneThe Trump administration won’t leave Kilmar Abrego Garcia alone
The Logoff

Abrego Garcia could face deportation to Uganda after being detained by ICE.

By Cameron Peters
Climate
This new truck is a sign that Trump won’t win his fight against EVsThis new truck is a sign that Trump won’t win his fight against EVs
Climate

Ford may just be building the electric vehicle we’ve all been waiting for.

By Umair Irfan
Policy
The “mission accomplished” problem haunting child care activistsThe “mission accomplished” problem haunting child care activists
Policy

State trust funds can come with an unexpected cost.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Podcasts
You lift bro? How America became a nation of exercise obsessives.You lift bro? How America became a nation of exercise obsessives.
Podcast
Podcasts

And why fitness culture is a quintessentially American invention.

By Jonquilyn Hill
Today, Explained podcast
Bad Bunny’s history lessonBad Bunny’s history lesson
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

How a Puerto Rican historian became Bad Bunny’s collaborator.

By Avishay Artsy and Sean Rameswaram
Podcasts
Trump’s controversial homelessness solution? Blue states have done it for years.Trump’s controversial homelessness solution? Blue states have done it for years.
Podcast
Podcasts

Some find it brutal. But if done the right way, for the right people, it can work.

By Sean Rameswaram and Devan Schwartz
Health
A public health expert keeps going viral on Instagram for delivering this very simple messageA public health expert keeps going viral on Instagram for delivering this very simple message
Health

Jessica Knurick explains how to counter MAHA when no one trusts experts.

By Dylan Scott
The Highlight
The one, big unanswered question about OzempicThe one, big unanswered question about Ozempic
The Highlight

Millions more people will be taking a GLP-1 soon. What’s the catch?

By Dylan Scott
Culture
Gen Z created a new type of man to avoidGen Z created a new type of man to avoid
Culture

Should you beware of “performative males”?

By Kyndall Cunningham
Climate
We used to stash gold in Fort Knox. What if we did the same with carbon?We used to stash gold in Fort Knox. What if we did the same with carbon?
Climate

A wild idea would treat carbon waste like cash. It could save the climate.

By Michael Mechanic
Today, Explained podcast
South Park is doing what the rest of the media won’tSouth Park is doing what the rest of the media won’t
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

The White House says South Park is irrelevant. Its record-breaking ratings tell a different story.

By Sean Rameswaram and Gabrielle Berbey