The bird that can tell humans apart
A new experiment finds these little crows send warning calls about scary humans
Bugs, mold and unwashed hands
Across the country, 230 foodborne outbreaks were reported from 1998 to 2017 in long-term care settings
A gift from an innocent man on death row
The desire to make something beautiful, to express our humanity, doesn't end with a prison sentence
Food system needs whistleblowers, too
The USDA implemented a new rule that will to do away with some of the most important whistleblowers in the system
Which state has the worst drug laws?
A new report finds that "South Dakota jails more people per capita than any other state."
Trumping the future
Which would mean no future for my three kids
Donald Trump and the dog whistle
Ian Haney López on how a "race-class narrative" that includes white people can transform democracy in America
Lessons from Latin America
The current political crisis in the United States shares similarities with political issues in Latin America
Why "Angel" had more soul than "Buffy"
The vampire spinoff, which premiered two decades ago, is a classic workplace drama
The unspoken word at the climate summit
“Offsets.”
IRS: Easier & cheaper to audit the poor
IRS acknowledges that it doesn’t have enough money and people to audit the wealthy properly. So it’s not going to.
The hypersonic race to hell
Why arms races never end
Donald Trump's world of rabbit holes
Bill Barr and Mike Pompeo went to Rome looking for conspiracy fodder. They might have dug up more than they wanted
What is loyalty to Trump really worth
The rockslide has begun, and the boulders are flying
Will GOP stand by their man? Well, yes
Beyond Mitt Romney, not one Republican on Capitol Hill has turned on Trump. After he's gone, they're finished
Behind "eating babies" rant at AOC event
Woman who confronted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at town hall apparently linked to LaRouche fringe group
Trump’s bad Nixon imitation may cost him
Whatever Donald Trump does, Richard Nixon usually did it first and better.
How the US could afford Medicare for all
Several Democrats running for president in 2020 support some version of Medicare for all.
"That waitress who thinks she can write"
"It must be nice to wait tables," an MFA student said to me one day. "You don’t have to think"
"Big Mouth" grasps childhood politics
The strength of Netflix’s animated comedy lies in the inherent change that its pubescent stars must navigate
Why Trump fired Ukraine ambassador
Diplomat Marie Yovanovitch was widely praised by colleagues. Giuliani argued she was "undermining" the Biden probe
For some nematodes, sex is a trinary
For a newly-discovered, arsenic-resistant nematode species, sex is a trinary
Here's your "El Camino" episode prep
Walter White may have gotten all the glory, but Jesse was with him most of the way. Here's a primer of his journey
Inside the IRS whistleblowers’ claims
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal says the whistleblower's complaint raises "serious and urgent concerns"