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Yes, teachers are quitting. Here’s where they’re going.
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Pentagon says U.S. special forces carried out a counterterrorism mission in Syria. The Washington Post reports on what’s known so far. You&r...
A Black coach accuses NFL of racism in explosive lawsuit
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Black former NFL coach is suing the league and several teams, alleging racism in hiring. ESPN examines the lawsuit. As Black History Month begins, m...
Families face tough choices as extra child tax credit ends
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The end of the enhanced child tax credit is forcing parents to make difficult choices. CNN tells some of their stories, while NPR crunches the numbers...
Keeping score in the congressional-redistricting fight
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
FiveThirtyEight explains what you need to know about redistricting ahead of the midterm elections. Two of the men convicted of murdering Black Georgia...
In Conversation: David Wallace-Wells makes the case for climate reparations
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Developing countries are bearing the brunt of the worst effects of our changing climate, despite contributing the least to carbon emissions. New York ...
How Russia’s military moves could raise your energy bill
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s five years since then-president Donald Trump issued a ban on travel from several Muslim-majority countries. A HuffPost investigation finds ...
How Biden’s Supreme Court pick could make history
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden has promised to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Vox looks at the leading contenders. Axios breaks down why so many Americ...
How inflation wipes out your pay raise
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With prices rising faster than wages right now, even many people who’ve gotten raises lately are struggling to pay for basic needs. The Washingt...
Why high meat prices might not just be a pandemic thing
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the deal with high meat prices? Is there more to them than just the pandemic supply-chain crunch? Reuters examines the Biden administrati...
Why federal funds for hungry kids aren’t reaching them
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A pandemic program to help low-income kids in America get enough to eat is struggling. The Washington Post reports. NBC News looks at the options Bide...
In Conversation: Nikole Hannah-Jones on the 1619 Project and reframing U.S. history
22 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for The New York Times Magazine and the creator of the 1619 Project. The project refram...
Why the “Havana syndrome” mystery still isn’t solved
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Post has details of a new CIA report that says it is unlikely that a “worldwide campaign” by a foreign power...
How Biden could respond if Putin invades Ukraine
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Reuters reports on Biden saying he thinks Vladimir Putin may “move in” on Ukraine, as well as potential actions the U.S. and allies might ...
How well has Biden handled the pandemic? Experts weigh in.
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
NPR speaks to medical experts for a report card on how President Biden has managed the pandemic in the last year. New York’s attorney general sa...
How cryptocurrency became a big political issue
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cryptocurrency is becoming a bona fide issue in American politics, influencing candidates and their campaigns. Politico has the story. Who betrayed An...
On MLK Day, new urgency over voting rights
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Post looks at how setbacks on voting rights fit among the many challenges President Biden is facing as he seeks to advance his agenda. ...
In Conversation: How one journalist helped her dad die
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re suffering from a terminal illness and have only a few months to live, should you be allowed to choose how and when to end your life? T...
Inside Afghanistan’s hunger crisis
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker reports from Afghanistan, where more than 20 million people are on the brink of famine. NBC News explains how recent deadly home fires ...
Why so many U.S. grocery shelves are empty
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CNN explains why so many Americans are finding empty shelves when they go to grocery stores. Reuters reports on how money is pouring into secretary-of...
“Wild Things" episode 1: What Went Wrong?
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Apple News Today is bringing you a special episode — the first installment of Wild Things, a new podcast series from Apple TV+. Over the course ...
The one change that could cut school shootings in half
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
School shootings hit a record high last year, fueled by children with access to guns. The Washington Post has the story. The government is warning us ...
What happens when everyone calls out sick at the same time
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Atlantic explains how the Omicron surge is hitting hospitals, which are already struggling to deal with cases from previous COVID waves. A big pro...
The unexpected impact of banning Trump from social media
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One year after Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube banned Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reports on how he and they have benefited from h...
In Conversation: Feeling burned out? Here’s how to rethink work.
08 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How’s your relationship to your job? Does it feel healthy? Sustainable? For a lot of people, it got worse during the pandemic. One survey in 202...
We understand Omicron better now. Here’s what to know.
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We know a lot more about the Omicron COVID variant than we did. NPR has the latest information on its symptoms and severity. And National Geographic h...
Hear why January 6 was just the beginning
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One year after the Capitol attack, journalism on what happened and the enduring impact on American democracy from Vox, the Washington Post, the New Yo...
Why Chicago’s COVID school-safety fight matters nationwide
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chicago public schools are closed today as teachers and administrators fight over whether learning should be remote. CNN and the Chicago Tribune repor...
Startup star to criminal: The downfall of Elizabeth Holmes
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty on four of 11 charges in her fraud trial. The Wall Street Journal reports on the downfall of a startup founder who c...
Why 2022 might not be defined by the pandemic
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
COVID isn’t gone, but 2022 may be the first year since its arrival that isn’t defined by the pandemic. The Washington Post looks at what e...
Good-news stories you may have missed in 2021
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wally Funk tried for decades to become an astronaut, at a time before NASA allowed women into orbit. This year she finally flew to space at age 82. Th...
How the pandemic is killing non-COVID patients
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A primary-care doctor told the Wall Street Journal she’s seen more than three times as many deaths among her patients this year as in 2020. None...
What to know now that Omicron is dominant in the U.S.
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Omicron is now the dominant variant of coronavirus in the U.S. CNN reports on what doctors and governments are warning us about. A Wall Street Journal...
What’s next for Biden’s agenda after Manchin’s “no”
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Atlantic explores what Joe Manchin’s ”no” on the giant spending bill means for Biden’s economic agenda. Democrats in Georg...
In Conversation: Did Marilyn Manson hide his abuse of women in plain sight?
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the past year, more than a dozen women have accused Marilyn Manson — whose real name is Brian Warner — of psychological or sexual abuse...
Biden’s big spending bill is still stuck. Here’s why.
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Post explains why it’s looking unlikely that Democrats will pass the president’s nearly $2 trillion spending package ahead ...
Special Episode: Looking back on the making of 'Hooked'
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Apple Original podcast Hooked tells the story of Tony Hathaway. He went from working as a design engineer at the aerospace company Boeing to robbi...
Kamala Harris takes stock of a historic, turbulent year
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One year into her history-making role, Vice President Kamala Harris reacts to recent controversies and looks ahead to 2022, in an extensive interview ...
Stories of hope and resilience after the deadly tornadoes
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A tornado destroyed a Kentucky nursing home. USA Today has the story of how all its residents survived. Bloomberg looks at the major risks to the econ...
Why is the U.S. defense bill so large? No one seems to know.
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Slate columnist Fred Kaplan, a longtime observer of military spending, asks whether anyone actually looked at the $778 billion U.S. defense budget bef...
What we know about climate change and deadly tornadoes
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists are examining the role climate change may have played in the twisters that killed dozens of people in recent days. PBS NewsHour looks at wh...
In Conversation: Inside the secret prisons where migrants are tortured and beaten
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the New Yorker, journalist Ian Urbina traveled to Libya to report on an EU-funded shadow immigration system that holds migrants in brutal detentio...
Why the Starbucks union vote is such a big deal
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Wall Street Journal reports on how the Starbucks union vote is about much more than Starbucks. BBC News is covering a deadly truck crash in Mexico...
Why Biden’s spending plan may not solve the housing crisis
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a lot of money in Biden’s spending plan targeted at the affordable-housing crisis. Vox looks at why it may not do much about skyro...
Was Elizabeth Holmes’s testimony enough to save her?
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The case of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes may turn on her testimony. The Wall Street Journal looks at the moments that might sway jurors. Forbes e...
Here’s what happens if Biden’s immigration overhaul passes
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Build Back Better bill touches many areas. Yahoo News explains how it would change the American immigration system. In a crucial week for Presiden...
How Biden’s spending plan could transform U.S. health care
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Post looks at how the roughly $2 trillion spending bill Congress is debating would overhaul U.S. health care. A jail term is the latest...
In Conversation: America’s child-care system is broken. Can we fix it?
04 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic exposed something every working parent in the U.S. already knew: This country’s child-care system is broken. Even after more than $...
Why Delta is still dangerous as Omicron variant spreads
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is getting lots of attention, but many hospitals are still struggling to deal with the effects of Delta. The Wa...
The untold story of Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The story of how Mississippi ended up with only one abortion clinic matters across America, regardless of how the Supreme Court rules in Dobbs v. Jack...
How activists are preparing for a post–Roe v. Wade America
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Supreme Court hears a major abortion case, Politico looks at how activists on both sides of the issue are already planning for a world where Ro...
The brutal shadow system keeping migrants out of Europe
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In an extensive investigation, the New Yorker takes a look inside the coastal patrols and brutal, secretive detention centers that Libyan forces use t...
What we know — and don’t — about the Omicron variant
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are lots of questions about the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The Atlantic breaks down what we know so far. And Fox News interviews Na...
Who gets to claim self-defense in fatal shootings?
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Closing arguments have concluded in the trial of the three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was out jogging. Th...
How a $2 trillion plan could transform the social safety net
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
House Democrats passed President Biden’s $2 trillion spending plan to revamp the country’s health-care, climate policy, education, and tax...
In Conversation: Jelani Cobb on the backlash to critical race theory
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb says conservatives weaponizing critical race theory aren’t acting in good faith. He speaks with Apple News To...
Why it’s time to check in on Europe’s unusual border crisis
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The House has approved a bill containing around $1.9 trillion in social spending. The key part of President Biden’s agenda faces obstacles in th...
House votes largely on party lines to censure Paul Gosar
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The House censured Rep. Paul Gosar after he posted an anime video depicting him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The Washington Post has the sto...
Fears for U.S. medical system as health-care workers quit
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doctors and nurses are quitting at alarming rates, raising questions about the future of the U.S. medical system. The Atlantic tells their stories. If...
What the jury must decide in the Rittenhouse trial
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The New Yorker explains what jurors have to decide in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. Mugshots can stay online forever, embarrassing people for years. ...
People with disabilities say flying is routinely dehumanizing
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Amid rising tensions between the U.S. and China, presidents Biden and Xi are to gather for a virtual summit. The Wall Street Journal has the story. Wh...
In Conversation: Does blood hold the key to the fountain of youth?
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
People have been searching for a way to delay or even reverse the effects of old age for centuries — and new research shows that our own blood m...
Election workers feel threatened, scared, and ignored
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A Reuters investigation into Trump supporters who threatened election workers finds that many of the harassers remain unrepentant, and that law enforc...
How police officers punish their own
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There was emotion and tension in the courtroom as Kyle Rittenhouse testified at his homicide trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Chicago Tribune has the ...
Starbucks pushes back against efforts to unionize
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, the National Labor Relations Board will mail union ballots to Starbucks employees at three locations in New York. Bloomberg explains that it co...
The clean-water crisis that huge new spending may not fix
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Congress has approved major funding to fix aging water infrastructure. But frustrated people in Jackson, Mississippi, are skeptical their dilapidated ...
Experts fear Astroworld won’t be the last deadly concert
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The deadly crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival was just the latest fatal concert incident. Safety experts tell the Washington Post it won’t b...
In Conversation: How an opioid addiction drove one engineer to rob banks
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Tony Hathaway was arrested outside of a KeyBank in Seattle, police and the FBI had been looking for him for months. Hathaway had robbed 30 banks ...
"Hooked" episode 1: The Fatal Funnel
06 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Apple News Today: In Conversation is bringing you a special episode — the first installment of Hooked, a new podcast series from Apple TV+. &nbs...
Could your neighborhood be a cancer hot spot?
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones” where residents breathe high levels of carcinogens. ProPublica revea...
Island nations, at risk of disappearing, urge climate action
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rising sea levels are an existential threat to island nations. CNBC looks at how their leaders are stepping up the fight to get big countries to do mo...
Here’s what the GOP’s Virginia win could mean nationally
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Politicians across America are studying Tuesday’s races for clues on how to win in next year’s midterms. Politico has key takeaways. And t...
The people who clean up after climate disasters
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Police reform is on the ballot today in Minneapolis, where George Floyd’s murder ignited a new debate over the role of law enforcement. FiveThir...
What to know as Supreme Court considers Texas abortion ban
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today the Supreme Court hears cases challenging the new Texas law that prohibits almost all abortions. SCOTUSblog explains what to watch. The CDC is e...
In Conversation: Kids were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. How could that happen?
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nashville Public Radio’s Meribah Knight speaks with Shumita Basu about her reporting for ProPublica on the juvenile-justice system in Rutherford...
How China and the U.S. are falling short on climate action
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of the global environmental summit in Scotland, National Geographic looks at numbers showing that many of the world’s largest polluters ar...
Paid leave appears dead in Congress. Here’s what that means.
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CNN reports on President Biden’s outreach to Democrats on Capitol Hill, as he works to push his economic and climate agenda forward. In the Atla...
Democrats want billionaires to pay up in new tax plan
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats have tax proposals to raise money for big new spending. Bloomberg explains how one plan goes after billionaires. Thousands of American worke...
Here’s what to watch in next week’s governor’s races
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Next week’s governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey will be watched for national implications. Vox explains what to look out for, and ...
What’s driving the extreme weather on the West Coast
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
USA Today reports on the furious storm unleashed from a “bomb cyclone” slamming the West Coast, bringing fierce winds and hazardous floodi...
In Conversation: Think the stock market is rigged? You may be right.
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Data shows high-level execs often get unusually good returns trading their own companies’ stocks. But regulators say insider trading is hard to ...
Why the world is watching Congress’s climate-change moves
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
World powers are watching to see if the U.S. can pull off major action on climate change ahead of a global summit, Time reports. Countless murders wer...
Democrats ramp up unusual legal fight with Steve Bannon
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trump ally Steve Bannon has defied a subpoena from the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Democrats are set to hold him...
The problem of cops who won’t get vaccinated
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Police officers are dying of COVID at alarming rates, but some are pushing back hard against getting vaccinated. USA Today looks at how communiti...
Why time may be running out for Biden’s climate plan
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden’s climate agenda seems to be in trouble, the Guardian reports. The Atlantic says he cannot declare victory on climate without on...
Murder trial begins in the killing of jogger Ahmaud Arbery
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, was shot and killed while jogging in 2020. As the murder trial begins, NPR reports from the Georgia community where his ki...
In Conversation: Delivery workers feel exploited. They’re fighting back.
16 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Delivery workers are a vital part of New York City’s infrastructure, so much so that during the pandemic, they were hailed as heroes. But this c...
What’s holding up federal aid to renters?
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Congress approved $47 billion to pay back rent and prevent evictions. NPR explains why so little of that money has made it to the millions of people w...
The latest moves in the Capitol-attack investigation
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The House committee probing the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol subpoenaed a former Justice Department official described as having been at the c...
Why so many American workers are on strike right now
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Supply-chain issues and labor shortages mean companies are fighting for workers. Time reports on how growing numbers of employees are testing their po...
NFL coach out after revelations of offensive emails
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Gruden is stepping down as Las Vegas Raiders coach following revelations of racist, antigay, and misogynistic emails. The Wall Street Journal has ...
Why U.S. child care is in crisis and what to do about it
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Day-care providers are struggling with a worker shortage while federal relief has been slow to help. USA Today looks at what’s happening, as wel...
In Conversation: Is bipartisanship dead?
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the past few decades, it seems like Congress has been stuck in a perpetual state of gridlock. Lawmakers may say they want to work together, but wh...
Journalists share Nobel Peace Prize for press-freedom fight
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Nobel Peace Prize went to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their work fighting for press freedom under dangerous circumstances. BBC ...
A new twist in the fight over the debt ceiling
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A judge has the controversial Texas abortion ban on hold. The Texas Tribune explains why it’s not clear the new ruling will actually increase ac...
What role did pharmacies play in the opioid crisis?
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NPR reports on a high-profile civil trial that focuses on the role pharmacy chains may have played in America's deadly opioid epidemic. Several people...
Understanding the global impact of the Facebook outage
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have started to come back online after a massive outage. CNN and the Washington Post have more on the cause and the ...
Pandora Papers reveal how elites hide vast fortunes
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Post reports on the newly revealed Pandora Papers, which detail an opaque financial universe where global elites shield their riches fr...
In Conversation: Bob Woodward and Robert Costa on the final months of Trump’s presidency
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What was it like inside the White House when Donald Trump lost — then denied losing — the election? Journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Co...
The government didn’t shut down, but Dems are divided
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Congress avoided a government shutdown on Thursday, sending a stopgap spending bill to President Biden’s desk with funding for another nine week...
Lawmakers go to bat over looming shutdown deadline
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. government faces a looming shutdown if Congress can’t pass a spending bill by midnight tonight — but that didn’t stop lawma...