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Weed was the real winner of the 2020 election

Americans are turning against the war on drugs.

By Madeline Marshall

What Joe Biden won — and what he didn’t

Biden beat Trump. So what now? Ezra Klein explains.

By Liz Scheltens and Adam Freelander

Can Trump steal the election?

By Laura Bult November 8

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By Joe Posner and Mona Lalwani December 17, 2018

How the US counts votes

By Liz Scheltens November 3

Millions of Americans can’t pay rent

By Liz Scheltens November 2

Whose vote counts?

Who the Electoral College really benefits

By Madeline Marshall and Adam Freelander October 31

Why LGBTQ rights hinge on the definition of “sex”

By Laura Bult October 29

The Instagram aesthetic that made QAnon mainstream

By Christophe Haubursin October 28

Why American public transit is so bad

By Laura Bult October 23

The technology that’s replacing the green screen

By Phil Edwards October 23

How America could lose its allies

By Sam Ellis October 20

How robots made this food commercial look effortless

By Phil Edwards October 14

The biggest radioactive spill in US history never ended

By Ranjani Chakraborty and Melissa Hirsch October 13

How US schools punish Black kids

By Liz Scheltens October 8

How colorized photos helped introduce Japan to the world

By Coleman Lowndes October 7

How beaches and pools became a battleground for US civil rights

By Ranjani Chakraborty and Melissa Hirsch October 1

A fake ad from the 2016 election claimed encouraged people to “vote” by text.

A fake ad from the 2016 election claimed encouraged people to “vote” by text.

The future of the vote

What voter suppression looks like online

By Joss Fong September 30

How the US keeps poor people from accessing abortion

By Laura Bult September 24

How the Beirut explosion was a government failure

By Sam Ellis September 21

Whose vote counts?

What long voting lines in the US really mean

By Madeline Marshall and Melissa Hirsch September 17

Could you make the cut?

Could you make the cut?

How reality TV shows cast the right people

By Phil Edwards September 11

How America can leave fossil fuels behind

By Danush Parvaneh and David Roberts September 10

How to be a cloud detective

By Bridgett Henwood September 4

A robin looks over its hatchlings as they open their mouths for food.

A robin looks over its hatchlings as they open their mouths for food.

Why bird nests aren’t covered in poop, explained to kids

By Estelle Caswell September 3

What Black Lives Matter means to an 11-year-old

By Liz Scheltens September 1

Leonardo’s catapult

Leonardo’s catapult

How Leonardo da Vinci’s catapult worked

By Phil Edwards September 1

The bigger stakes of the TikTok debate

By Joss Fong and Christophe Haubursin August 29

Whose vote counts?

When voting rights weren’t for all women

By Laura Bult August 27

Why face masks became political in the US

By Madeline Marshall August 25

The next pandemic could come from factory farms

By Danush Parvaneh August 18

Why people are volunteering to get Covid-19

By Laura Bult August 12

The global coffee crisis is coming

By Sam Ellis August 10

The big lesson from South Korea’s coronavirus response

By Mac Schneider, Christina Thornell, and 2 more August 6

How “forever chemicals” polluted America’s water

By Christophe Haubursin and Mac Schneider August 4

Facebook showed this ad almost exclusively to women. Is that a problem?

By Joss Fong July 31

Tony Hawk grabs his skateboard mid air

Tony Hawk grabs his skateboard mid air

Tony Hawk breaks down skateboarding’s legendary spots

By Estelle Caswell and Christophe Haubursin July 27

The most notorious act of protest for women’s suffrage

By Coleman Lowndes July 27

A classic slow-motion scene in “The Matrix.”

A classic slow-motion scene in “The Matrix.”

How slow motion changed movies

By Phil Edwards July 23

Why Washington, DC, isn’t a state

By Kimberly Mas and Madeline Marshall July 17

The story behind this iconic Olympics protest

By Coleman Lowndes July 9

Humans are making pandemics more likely

By Danush Parvaneh July 7