A View of the Beginning of Time
Ancient galaxies carpeting the sky like jewels on black velvet. Fledgling stars shining out from deep within cumulus clouds of interstellar...
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Episodes
Latest firstHow Sri Lanka’s Economy Collapsed
In recent days, the political crisis in Sri Lanka has reached a critical point, with its president fleeing the country and protesters...
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Could the Midterms Be Tighter Than Expected?
For months, leaders of the Democratic Party and President Biden have been bracing for huge losses in the upcoming midterm elections. Today,...
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Can Elon Musk Get Out of Buying Twitter?
Last week, Elon Musk announced that he was pulling out of his $44 billion agreement to purchase Twitter. Today, we explore why a company...
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On Abortion Laws, It All Goes Back to 2010
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the court’s conservative majority argued it was simply handing the question of abortion to...
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground’
Warning of imminent ecological catastrophe, the Earth Liberation Front became notorious in the late 1990s for setting fire to symbols of...
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The Final Days of Boris Johnson
After a flurry of ministerial resignations and calls from members of his own party for his departure, Boris Johnson agreed on Thursday to...
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An Anti-Abortion Campaigner on the Movement’s Historic Win
After Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, a group of conservative lawyers embarked on what would become a decades-long mission to reverse the...
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How Brittney Griner Became a Political Pawn
Brittney Griner, the American W.N.B.A. star who has been detained in Russia since February, recently sent a letter to President Biden. “I’m...
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The Promises and Pitfalls of the New Gun Law
President Biden has heralded the recent gun safety bill as the most significant federal attempt to reduce gun violence in 30 years.But...
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An Abortion Rights Champion of the 1970s on Life Before and After Roe
A little over 50 years ago, Nancy Stearns, a young lawyer, was presenting a case in New York with a bold legal assertion: that the right to...
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How Long Will Europe Support Ukraine?
At the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European leaders painted the battle in stark moral terms, imposing harsh sanctions against...
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An Explosive Jan. 6 Hearing
On Jan. 6, 2021, when supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, Cassidy Hutchinson was at work in the White House alongside her boss,...
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The New U.S. Abortion Map
In the days since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, states have rushed to either ban, restrict or protect abortion.The different...
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Inside Four Abortion Clinics the Day Roe Ended
This episode contains strong language and mentions sexual assault.The Supreme Court decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade sent...
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The Sunday Read: ‘How Houston Moved 25,000 People From the Streets Into Homes of Their Own’
Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic of The New York Times, traveled to Houston to observe an approach to chronic homelessness that...
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Special Episode: Roe v. Wade Is Overturned
This episode contains strong language.The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a ruling that eliminates women’s constitutional right to...
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One Elite High School’s Struggle Over Admissions
A bitter debate about the criteria for enrolling students at Lowell, in California, has echoes of the soul-searching happening across the...
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Bonus: A Major Ruling on Guns
In the most sweeping ruling on firearms in decades, the Supreme Court struck down a New York law today that had placed strict limits on...
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The Supreme Court Case That Could Doom U.S. Climate Goals
While coming rulings on abortion and guns have garnered lots of attention, the Supreme Court is also set to make another major decision in...
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