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- Why are fewer Black Americans getting GLP-1s?
GLP-1s have become the newest celebrity miracle drug, with famous athletes like Serena Williams and Charles Barkley sharing that they’ve used it for weight loss. Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have become a status symbol. But before they were famous, GLP-1s were developed to treat Type 2 diabetes, a disease that occurs when a person’s
- A little-known law could upend the dairy industry
This story is part of a series supported by Animal Charity Evaluators, which received a grant from EarthShare. Deep-blue, regulation-happy California is not usually imagined as factory farm country. But the state leads the US in agricultural output, and it is, by a wide margin, America’s top producer of dairy, one of the most brutal
- How Cornell has deepened college women’s nihilism about campus assault
Josephine Campos, 19, was feeling optimistic when she started her sophomore year at the University of Vermont. After spending the last few years focusing on herself, she was ready to date. She was going to be intentional, explore her options on the apps and at parties, put herself out there. But in September, when news
- Could this bacteria save coral reefs from the heat?
As extreme heat destroys more coral reefs, scientists are racing to find new — and sometimes unexpected — ways to keep them alive. Some are trying to encourage corals to reproduce more, while others are testing for heat fitness using picnic coolers. A recent study has a new approach, and it comes from an unexpected
- Democrats made three big economic promises. They’ll need to break one.
The Democratic Party just won its largest congressional majorities in more than a decade. In the House specifically, if current vote tallies hold, it will boast more seats next year than at any time since 1992. Now what do they do with that power? In the near term, the extraordinary scale of the Democrats’ midterm
- HIV was supposed to kill them. Now they could help scientists find a cure.
Paul Boakye was 22 when he was diagnosed with HIV. It was winter 1986, five years after the world first became aware of the deadly disease that would become known as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). After receiving the news, Boakye was certain he was going to die young. “I distinctly remember a doctor telling
- Hegseth escapes impeachment — for now
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has narrowly escaped impeachment — for now. What’s happening? On Tuesday evening, the House voted to refer an impeachment resolution against
- Hegseth’s “maximum lethality” comes back to haunt him
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. In a matter of days, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could join a very exclusive club: Only two other Cabinet members have ever been impeached by the House…and one of them died 136 years ago.
- What to know about the Republican-led effort to impeach Pete Hegseth
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may be on track to become just the third Cabinet member in history to be impeached, after Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against him on Monday. Some articles of impeachment, which accuse Hegseth of high crimes and misdemeanors, focus on Hegseth’s conduct during the Iran war, including
- Robots could transform breast surgery forever
“Wait, I can feel that?” Ami Brasure remembers thinking. For most of us, the experience that dazzled her couldn’t be more ordinary: You’re standing around, maybe in your kitchen or living room, drinking something a little too carelessly, and before you know it, the liquid is dribbling down your chin and trickling down your chest
- Christians are now getting freaked out by Trump
Every week, millions of Christians gather to worship and remember the tenets of the faith: belief in God, in Jesus Christ as his son and their savior, and in the Holy Spirit. Many utter the words of the Lord’s Prayer each week, and in doing so, ask that God forgive our sins, as we forgive
- Trump’s mixed messages on immigration
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Is Donald Trump’s immigration agenda about to get even more draconian — or less? What’s happening? As of Monday, immigration hardliner Stephen Miller — and
- Why the Nvidia spy scandal is so important
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. The movie version of Jensen Huang’s jaw-dropping affair basically writes itself. Cast BD Wong as 63-year-old Huang, the CEO of one of the world’s most valuable companies and a close friend of President Donald
- Can this progressive YIMBY fix one city’s ludicrous housing prices?
It’s notoriously hard to govern Los Angeles, a city that gives its mayor less direct authority over the government than in a city like New York or Chicago. But even so, it’d be hard to do much worse than Karen Bass. Elected mayor of LA in 2022, Bass campaigned on promises to solve the city’s
- Trump wants an immigration deal. He could start with caregivers.
Unlike projecting how many jobs AI may eliminate over the next 10 years, or what a country’s birth rate might look like, there’s far less debate among policymakers about how large America’s older population will be in a decade’s time, and how many of them are likely to need direct care for disabilities. By 2036,
- Two cities just voted to get Flock cameras out. It’s only the beginning.
As Flock cameras have quietly multiplied across the country in recent years, public concern about privacy, surveillance, and abuse of the technology by law enforcement has sparked nationwide backlash. This led to a number of cities pausing, not renewing, or canceling their contracts with Flock Safety, the leading company behind the controversial AI-enabled automated license
- Why animals are smarter than we think
When I was growing up, one of my favorite things to hear from an adult was that I was smart. It made me feel special — like I was capable of doing things that other people weren’t. In hindsight, that pride came with baggage: pressure to do well academically, and a sense of competition that
- Did the midterms kill MAGA?
In 2015, Donald Trump descended a golden escalator and launched a presidential campaign that reshaped American politics. More than a decade later, with his record-low approval ratings and the US embroiled in a war with Iran, he asked voters to treat the 2026 midterms as a referendum on him. “Please pretend I’m on the ballot.
- How Democrats can make good on their new mandate
The midterm elections were great for Democrats everywhere, but some triumphed even more decisively than others: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, for example, cruised to reelection with roughly 63 percent of the vote. Voters pushed Republicans out — and kept Democrats like Moore in power — in part because of their concerns over a handful of
- You’re going to hate shopping in an AI economy
When was the last time you had to call customer support with a problem? Can you remember how it went? If you’re like most Americans, the answer is “probably not very well.” And that may be understating it: As of 2025, according to the “National Customer Rage Survey” — yes, it’s a real thing —