
Dylan Matthews
Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer
Latest articles by Dylan Matthews


What shark attacks in 1916 could tell us about the midterms in 2022.


80 percent of young adults still live within 100 miles of where they spent their teenage years.


Forty years ago, the Fed pushed the economy into a recession to stop inflation. Here’s how it played out.


New studies raise questions about the full effect of direct cash payments. But the real need is research on how to make such programs more politically feasible.


A Google engineer became convinced a large language model had become sentient and touched off a debate about how we should think about artificial intelligence.


Help, I can’t stop rewatching this 11-year-old corporate thriller nobody saw in theaters.


Two economic historians explain what made the Industrial Revolution, and modern life, possible.


Or, how the NRA won.


Meet the person who wants to bring effective altruism to Congress.


“Automatic returns” could vastly simplify tax season for millions of people.