Explainers Archive
Archives for October 2022
Despite his antics, Walker outperformed low expectations.
Three theories for a mysterious string of deaths in Putin’s Russia.
Redesigned Covid-19 vaccines could save thousands of lives, but few are getting them.
Animal welfare has suffered as humanity has improved, but there’s hope on the horizon.
Parsing the old, white, educated, libertarian, anti-tax, pro-choice politics of New Hampshire.
America’s STI crisis is actually a maternal care crisis.
New York’s admirable — and awkward — efforts to legalize weed.
A broken governance structure, climate disasters, and the legacy of a colonialist past have combined for a perfect storm.
The scope of federal pardons is relatively limited. But descheduling the drug could be another story.
Florida has seen plenty of hurricanes. Why was Ian so deadly?
Pondering the unknowability of the unthinkable.
Four years after Khashoggi’s killing, the rehabilitation of MBS is complete.
Merrill v. Milligan could eliminate one of the few remaining nationwide safeguards against rigged legislative maps.