Dylan Matthews
Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer
Latest articles by Dylan Matthews
After founding GiveDirectly, Niehaus is pushing the frontiers of social science research.
Flegal takes an “all of the above” approach to climate action — and she’s racking up big wins.
Congress is closer to giving cash to the poorest kids than you think.
Powerful new vaccines — and challenge trials around new drugs — are taking the fight to one of the world’s biggest killers.
World Bank veteran Masood Ahmed explains why the 80-year-old lender should make a comeback, fueling the green transition.
The big divide on premature death isn’t between college grads and non-grads. It’s between high school dropouts and everyone else.
It doesn’t have to be like this.
The founders of Anthropic quit OpenAI to make a safe AI company. It’s easier said than done.
Dean Karlan explains his plan to get USAID to take evidence more seriously.
However bad you think lead poisoning is for the world, it’s worse.