Explainers Archive
Archives for August 2022
Cheney’s Wyoming loss was predictable. Her bigger fight, against Trumpism, is now fully underway.
Yes, the Inflation Reduction Act might actually help you.
The climate act is also a health care act (and it does a few things on taxes, too).
The megadrought is costing us megawatts.
From surprise albums to Beychella to “Break My Soul”: Behind the singer’s 10-year journey to cultural dominance.
A year after Kabul’s fall and the US’s withdrawal, the economy remains in free fall, and the country faces a near-constant humanitarian disaster.
The FBI’s unsealed warrant tells us why it searched Mar-a-Lago — but not much about what it found.
Three new movies recall the 1930s gangster movie era, but with a twist.
One tiny state, one viciously divided party.
A Hollywood hairstylist on why onscreen wigs don’t look anything like they should.
The rise of the side startup.
Nathan Fielder’s wild HBO show is reality TV at its most bizarre. Or is it a documentary? Or memoir? Or something else?
We have safe, effective options — but in short supply.
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would funnel millions of dollars into saving overlooked species.
US policy toward Taiwan is all about “strategic ambiguity.” That means every trip and remark has to be just right.