A measles exposure warning issued by the Alabama Department of Public Health this week is not an isolated scare — it is a local symptom of a national public health failure. The central fact is this: measles, a disease that…
When the Supreme Court stripped away the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022, Betsy Pleasants was already deep in research on how the Covid-19 pandemic had disrupted abortion access. She pivoted fast — and what she built in response…
Singapore is suffocating. One of the wealthiest and most meticulously governed city-states on earth — home to 6.21 million people and an economy generating more than $650 billion annually — has this week earned the grim distinction of being the…
The United States Department of Defense has offered North Carolina-based semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed up to $1.5 billion in conditional financing to expand domestic production of advanced chips critical to drones, radar systems, electronic warfare, and missile defense — a move…
A Check in the Mail, Just Before Election Day The direct deposit notification will land in roughly 20.8 million bank accounts this week — $90, deposited automatically, no application required. For a Medicare enrollee managing rising grocery bills, surging energy…
A disease that the United States had effectively eliminated a quarter century ago is back, spreading through under-vaccinated communities with a ferocity that has now forced New York Governor Kathy Hochul to declare a statewide disaster emergency. The declaration, the…
The Buffalo Bills opened their gleaming new Highmark Stadium — a $2.2 billion publicly subsidized arena — with considerable fanfare, but a basic question has dogged the franchise from the start: where does a fan get a free drink of…
National Republicans are escalating their financial commitment to Ohio’s U.S. Senate race at a pace that reveals genuine anxiety, not confidence. The Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, announced Friday an additional $14…
The Trump administration moved decisively on Thursday to launch the nation’s first federally funded school voucher program, releasing long-awaited Treasury Department regulations that will govern a scheme set to redirect billions of dollars in federal tax revenue toward private schools…
Amazon has committed to purchasing nuclear power for the next two decades under a landmark agreement with Constellation Energy, a deal that will channel more than $3 billion into energy infrastructure and reflects the growing pressure that data centers and…