Trump’s plan to buy votes, briefly explained
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The Cornell case, explained
“In what world,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul asked on Friday, “would the police learn from a victim that she’d ...
The Trump administration’s hard-on for AI, explained
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The one thing you can do to help a whole lot of animals, explained in 4 charts
Many people, when they learn about the horrors of factory farming, become vegetarian or vegan. I’m one of those people, ...
Trump’s Smithsonian vendetta, briefly explained
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The backlash to Starbucks’s pumpkin spice latte, explained
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Trump’s strange flirtation with AI socialism, explained
A new, bipartisan idea is taking Washington by storm: collective ownership of the means of production.Last Friday, President Donald Trump ...
The new fight over raw milk, explained
Almost a century ago, public health agencies began mandating that milk be pasteurized for human consumption. We’ve been fighting about ...
The Supreme Court abortion pills case, explained
Abortion pills have been on a bit of a journey in the United States over the past few weeks.It starts ...
Graham Platner’s triumph, explained by a Maine reporter
One of the most hotly contested Democratic primaries of 2026 ended with a whimper rather than a bang Thursday, as ...
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