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We can make birth safer for Black mothers. Here’s how.

What doulas, midwives, and policymakers are doing to end the maternal mortality crisis.

J.K. Rowling’s transphobia: A history

An exhausting — if not exhaustive — timeline of J.K. Rowling’s transphobia.

How Trump’s hush money trial went from an afterthought to the main event

The trial on the least important topic may be the most important to the 2024 election.

The charitable deduction is a complex, broken mess. There’s a better way.

Companies sometimes match donations to charity. What if the government did too?

Israel beat Iran — for now

Iran’s Saturday attack on Israel was a military failure. But things could still get a lot worse.

Alec Baldwin’s Rust, the on-set shooting, and the ongoing legal cases, explained

Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.

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Why Iran attacked Israel

The Economist’s Gregg Carlstrom explains. Jerusalem-based journalist Noga Tarnopolsky explores whether the unprecedented attack hurts or helps Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Amazon is filled with garbage ebooks. Here’s how they get made. 

The Supreme Court’s confusing new anti-trans decision, explained

Vox podcasts tackle the Israel-Hamas war 

How should I plan for retirement when the future is so uncertain?

Every year, tuberculosis kills over a million people. Can a new vaccine turn the tide?

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The history of Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion ban

Iran’s retaliatory attack against Israel, briefly explained

Life is hard. Can philosophy help?

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Don’t sneer at white rural voters — or delude yourself about their politics

You probably shouldn’t panic about measles — yet

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Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, explained

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Why it’s so hard to feel “enough” — and what to do about it

A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

College enrollment is up. The financial aid mess could bring it crashing down.

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“Civil War” has little to say about America — but a lot to say about war

The Chinese backlash over Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, explained

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Abortion and the erosion of privacy

Do Americans still have a right to privacy?

What the evidence really says about social media’s impact on teens’ mental health

Why we never stopped talking about OJ Simpson

What to do if you’re worried about “forever chemicals” in your drinking water

Why is there so much lead in American food?

Florida and Arizona show why abortion attacks are not slowing down

How “industry plants” became the internet’s hottest conspiracy

You can’t understand Israel-Palestine without understanding Arab Jews

The Vatican’s new statement on trans rights undercuts its attempts at inclusion

The messy legal drama impacting the Bravo universe, explained

Why car insurance rates are so high

X-Men ’97 is Marvel’s best argument for an X-Men animated feature

America is full of abandoned malls. What if we turned them into housing?

Language doesn’t perfectly describe consciousness. Can math?

The rise of the scammy car loan

How one city pulled public transit from the brink — and what the rest of the country can learn from it

Are young voters really embracing Donald Trump?

How 2,000 elderly Swiss women won a landmark climate case

Arizona’s ban spotlights the fraudulence of Trump’s “moderation” on abortion

What the Ohio train derailment teaches us about poisoning public trust

Mega drive-throughs explain everything wrong with American cities

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