Why ‘Fetal Personhood’ Is Roiling the Right
In vitro fertilization creates life, in the most literal sense. The procedure offers a chance to make a baby, with eggs that are fertilized and develop into embryos in a…
Who Will Win Control of the House in 2024? California May Hold the Key.
As Democrats look to wrest control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November, their fight will fully begin with Tuesday’s primaries in California. And their immediate trouble is not…
In Texas, a ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Brawl for Control of the G.O.P.
Rarely have intraparty battles between Republicans in Texas been as bitter, protracted and consequential as the primary contests culminating in Election Day on Tuesday. The fights have primarily focused on…
Amid Pushback, the USGS Decides to Restore Its Pesticide Database | naked capitalism
By Sara Talpos, a contributing editor at Undark and a freelance writer whose recent work has been published in Science, Mosaic, and the Kenyon Review’s special issue on science writing.…
Lack of Plan for Governing Gaza Formed Backdrop to Deadly Convoy Chaos
Israel’s reluctance to fill the current leadership vacuum in northern Gaza formed the backdrop to the chaos that led to the deaths on Thursday of dozens of Palestinians on the…
South Korea Needs Foreign Workers, but Often Fails to Protect Them
Samsung phones. Hyundai cars. LG TVs. South Korean exports are available in virtually every corner of the world. But the nation is more dependent than ever before on an import…
Oregon Is Recriminalizing Drugs, Dealing Setback to Reform Movement
Three years ago, when Oregon voters approved a pioneering plan to decriminalize hard drugs, advocates looking to halt the jailing of drug users believed they were on the edge of…
Josh Brolin Never Thought He’d End Up in Malibu
IN HIS EARLY 20s, long before he became a leading man, Josh Brolin took a writing class taught by the American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. One of the assignments was…
Inside the E.P.A. Decision to Narrow Two Big Climate Rules
President Biden’s climate ambitions are colliding with political and legal realities, forcing his administration to recalibrate two of its main tools to cut the emissions that are heating the planet.…