President Donald Trump attends Mike Pence’s acceptance speech for the vice presidential nomination during the Republican National Convention at Fort McHenry National Monument on August
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Rapid $1 Covid-19 tests exist. Why can’t we get them?
A sign advertising a rapid coronavirus test on the new Abbott ID Now machine at a ProHEALTH center in Brooklyn, New York, on August 27.
Trump claims crime is up in US cities. The truth is more complicated.
Chicago police officers investigate an officer-involved shooting outside the department’s 25th district station on July 30. | Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via Getty Images Trump has
How to decarbonize America — and create 25 million jobs
Employees of a solar energy company mount a photovoltaic panel onto a steel rack on top of one of seven public school rooftops on April
The night the NBA suddenly stopped — and why it matters
Los Angeles Lakers’ star players Anthony Davis, and LeBron James kneel during the national anthem before Game 3 of the NBA first-round playoff series against
The new Elena Ferrante novel is a bleak portrait of teen girl self-hatred
The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante. | Europa Editions The Lying Life of Adults is Elena Ferrante’s first novel since her doxxing. It’s
Hurricane Laura’s flooding and other impacts on the ground: What we know
James Sonya inspects the remains of his uncle’s barbershop in Lake Charles, Louisiana. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images The storm’s wind speed, deaths, damages, and ties
Hurricane Laura was already a deadly storm before it reached the US
Women walk through flood waters from Tropical Storm Laura in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on August 23. | Dieu Nalio Chery/AP The storm killed over 20 people
Why so few Republican senators in competitive races spoke at the RNC
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) speaks during a press conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on June 30,
A second Trump term would mean severe and irreversible changes in the climate
Flames erupt from brush along the road near Lake Berryessa, California. | Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images No joke: It would