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Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are in on the Joke

What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.
Comment

Flash Floods and Climate Policy

As the death toll climbs in Texas, the Trump Administration is actively undermining the nation’s ability to predict—and to deal with—climate-related disasters.
Letter from the Southwest

Recovering the Dead in Texas’s Flash-Flood Alley

In the wake of disaster, people are relying on the volunteer fire department, the backbone of the Hill Country.
Fault Lines

Elon Musk’s “America Party” Might Be Worth Taking Seriously

The billionaire’s latest venture into U.S. politics points to cracks in the two-party system—even if it might flop.
Letter from Trump’s Washington

Did Trump Really Just Break Up with Putin?

It’s never easy to tell which flip or flop the flip-flopper in the White House means.
The Lede

Why a Devoted Justice Department Lawyer Became a Whistle-Blower

In the first Trump Administration, “they didn’t say ‘Fuck you’ to the courts,” Erez Reuveni said.
The Lede

Is There Still Time to Be Hopeful About the Climate?

Scientists have long insisted that we can and must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees—and some still do, even as that grim milestone nears.
Annals of a Warming Planet

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.