Category "The Upshot" - List of latest news (168 results)

13/04 How Much Vaccination Stops a Measles Outbreak?

An interactive explanation of outbreaks, vaccines and herd immunity.

13/04 Why Elon Musk Hasn’t Come Close to Finding $1 Trillion in Cuts

He seems to be realizing something that budget nerds have long known.

10/04 House Budget Resolution Vote: What’s Changed

The new resolution calls for more tax cuts and fewer reductions in spending. It would increase the federal debt by a lot more.

07/04 Can You Spend 10 Minutes With This Painting?

We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

05/04 Trump’s Tariffs: How the Math Affects Over 100 Countries

Brunei’s tariffs could be much lower. Equatorial Guinea’s could be way higher. And Australia could have no tariffs at all. It all depends on choices hidden in the Trump formula.

17/03 Current Policy Baseline: The Budget Trick That Could Make Tax Cuts Look Free

A maneuver so wonky that it might be best explained with sports cars and anime streaming.

11/03 15 Lessons Scientists Learned About Us When the World Stopped

The pandemic gave researchers a rare opportunity to study human behavior. Their work offers lessons about loneliness, remote work, high heels and more.

10/03 30 Charts That Show How Everything Changed in March 2020

It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.

04/03 The Big Government Contracts DOGE Hasn’t Touched

By not targeting major sources of spending like defense, the group has had a minimal impact on the federal budget so far but a big effect on many small companies.

25/02 The House Wants to Pass Trump’s Agenda in One Big Bill. Here’s What’s in It.

The G.O.P. bill would extend tax cuts and almost certainly make big reductions to programs serving the poor. Passing it may be hard, though.

14/02 How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State

Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.

04/02 Can You Spend 10 Minutes With This Painting?

We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

29/01 Which Federal Programs Are Under Scrutiny? The Budget Office Named 2,600 of Them.

The Trump administration ordered temporary freezes in funding for programs spanning virtually every part of the government. Here’s the full list.

28/01 2025 Republican Policy Proposals: Immigration, Taxes and More

208 policies that could become part of the congressional agenda this year.

20/01 The One Thing Americans Remember About Biden

A survey of more than 2,000 people offers an early look at his legacy.

15/01 What Happened to Enrollment at Top Colleges After Affirmative Action Ended

Three findings from the first class to enter college without race-conscious admissions.

13/01 Childhood Vaccination Rates Were Falling Even Before the Rise of R.F.K. Jr.

The declines began with the pandemic, well before routine vaccines became part of the national political conversation.

31/12 11 Data Points and Discoveries That Surprised Us in 2024

Upshot staff members share a selection of their favorite charts, documents, queries and calculations from the past year.

25/12 NFL Playoff Picture Week 17: Team-by-Team Guide

With two weeks to go in the N.F.L. season, these detailed tables and scenarios explain every team’s paths to the playoffs — and to better seeding.

22/12 Week 16 N.F.L. Playoff Picture: A Team-by-Team Guide

With three weeks to go in the N.F.L. season, these detailed tables and scenarios explain every team’s paths to the playoffs — and to better seeding.

06/11 10-Minute Challenge: Edward Hopper’s ‘Manhattan Bridge Loop’

We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

31/10 Millions of Movers Reveal American Polarization in Action

A detailed look at how — and why — voters who move are widening the gap between blue neighborhoods and red ones.

28/10 Trump’s Changing Messages on Abortion, in 660 Quotes

Donald Trump has softened his rhetoric, contradicted himself and nearly dropped “pro-life” from his vocabulary. Yet there is no evidence that his views on abortion have changed.

26/10 They Used to Be Ahead in the American Economy. Now They’ve Fallen Behind.

One economic question that really matters in an election year: Are others doing better than you?

21/10 Why Does This Building by the Subway Need 193 Parking Spots? (Yes, Exactly 193.)

New York and cities across the country reconsider decades-old parking rules.

04/10 10-Minute Challenge: A Finished, Unfinished Portrait by Alice Neel

We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

27/09 10-Minute Challenge: Hiroshige’s ‘Sudden Rain’

We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

20/09 10-Minute Challenge: ‘Canopy’

We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

13/09 10-Minute Challenge: ‘The Unicorn Rests in a Garden’

We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

26/08 When A.I.’s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself

As A.I.-generated data becomes harder to detect, it’s increasingly likely to be ingested by future A.I., leading to worse results.

12/08 Nights in Las Vegas Are Becoming Dangerously Hot

In some fast-growing Sun Belt cites, “the overnight lows kind of sneak up on you.”

29/07 Paris Olympics: Who Leads the Medal Count?

Which country is doing best at the Paris Olympics? It depends on who’s counting medals — and how.

21/07 Test Your Focus: Can You Spend 10 Minutes With One Painting?

It’s very hard to slow down and look closely at something. You may find it’s worth it.

17/07 Six Questions We Asked 65 Republican Convention Attendees

How the party has changed and where it might be going, according to its most committed members.

02/07 We Counted 22,252 Cars to See How Much Congestion Pricing Might Have Made This Morning

A year’s worth of tolls is hard to picture. But what about an hour’s worth?

01/07 The Youngest Pandemic Children Are Now in School, and Struggling

Teachers this year saw the effects of the pandemic’s stress and isolation on young students: Some can barely speak, sit still or even hold a pencil.

11/05 The One Thing Voters Remember About Trump

We asked voters for the one thing they remembered most about the Trump era. Few of them cited major events like the pandemic and Jan. 6.

01/05 Florida’s Abortion Ban Will Reach Well Beyond Florida

Seven hundred miles to the nearest clinic: how one ban will reshape access in the South.

27/04 10 Years, 100 Stories: The Work That Defines the Upshot

The Upshot is 10 years old this week. Here’s a collection of our most distinctive work from the last decade.

21/04 Carbon Dioxide Levels Have Passed a New Milestone

There’s 50 percent more carbon dioxide in the air than before the Industrial Revolution.

19/04 As Trial Begins, Was Trump Benefiting From Being Out of the News?

His liabilities weren’t dominating the conversation the way they once did, perhaps helping his polling.

15/04 A Huge Number of Homeowners Have Mortgage Rates Too Good to Give Up

On a scale not seen in decades, many Americans are stuck in homes they would rather leave.

13/04 A Closer Look at a Slight Shift in the Polls

An average of recent surveys, including the Times/Siena poll, finds President Biden inching closer to Donald Trump.

08/04 What Researchers Discovered When They Sent 80,000 Fake Résumés to U.S. Jobs

Some companies discriminated against Black applicants much more than others, and H.R. practices made a big difference.

06/04 How ‘All in the Family’ Explains Biden’s Strength Among Seniors

Yesterday’s hippies have become today’s seniors — and they’re still voting Democratic.

05/04 Eclipse’s Path Is Also Leaving a Trail of High Hotel Prices

One Super 8 in Illinois advertised $949 a night. Its normal rate is $95.

30/03 Revisiting Florida 2000 and the Butterfly Effect

The evidence is strong that Al Gore would have won had it not been for an infamous ballot design in Palm Beach County.

29/03 Force of Ship Collision Was on the Scale of a Rocket Launch

A Times analysis used preliminary data to estimate the force of the impact on the Baltimore bridge. It involved “more energy than you can really get your mind around,” an expert said.

23/03 Republicans Who Do Not Regularly Watch Fox Are Less Likely to Back Trump

Survey data shows more of them believe he acted criminally.

18/03 What the Data Says About Pandemic School Closures, Four Years Later

The more time students spent in remote instruction, the further they fell behind. And, experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid.

16/03 Share of Democratic Registrations Is Declining, but What Does It Mean?

Virtually every group of voters under 70 has become less likely to register as Democrats compared with Republicans since 2019.

09/03 We Tried to Create a Diverse College Class Without Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court effectively ended race-based admissions preferences. But will selective schools still be able to achieve diverse student bodies? Here’s how they might try.

07/03 Where Nikki Haley Won and What It Means

Some affluent and highly educated Republicans could be in play for Biden as Haley steps aside.

06/03 The 2020 Election Is Back

Donald J. Trump begins the 2024 general election campaign in the lead.

02/03 The Absurd Problem of New York City Trash

Is this really how one of the world's greatest cities still deals with garbage, in the year 2024? Here’s what will be required to finally take New York’s trash bags off the street.

02/03 The Big Change Between the 2020 and 2024 Races: Biden Is Unpopular

Donald Trump has the largest national lead in an NYT poll since first running for president in 2015.

28/02 One in Six Abortions Is Done With Pills Prescribed Online, Data Shows

The first nationwide count of telehealth abortions includes pills mailed to states with abortion bans by clinicians in states with shield laws.

28/02 What Does the Uncommitted Vote in Michigan Mean for 2024?

The share of Arab American and Muslim voters is small but could be decisive in a close race.

27/02 Three Theories for Why Trump’s Primary Results Are Not Matching Expectations

He has underperformed the polls in each of the first three contests.

25/02 With Pandemic Money Gone, Child Care Is an Industry on the Brink

Five months after the expiration of federal funds, running a child care business is more precarious than ever and many parents are struggling to pay tuition, two surveys show.

25/02 Delegate Math and the Futility of Haley’s Challenge to Trump

It’s not the final vote count in South Carolina that explains why the race might end so quickly. It’s the delegate count.

17/02 What a Reported Trump Plan on Restricting Abortion Would Mean

The idea, a federal ban after 16 weeks, is not very popular — nor would it stop very many abortions.

17/02 WordleBot F.A.Q.

How to understand the daily Wordle companion, which can assess your skill and help improve your results.

10/02 Is Taylor Swift Actually Increasing N.F.L. Ratings?

We looked into whether such a claim was merely a romantic notion.

09/02 For Voters, When Does Old Become Too Old?

Polling shows it’s a broad concern expressed about President Biden, not just one person’s opinion.

09/02 Parents Are Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives, and Fine With It

New surveys show that today’s intensive parenting has benefits, not just risks, and most young adults seem happy with it, too.

06/02 Biden Has Openings for a Comeback on Two Weak Points

He now has a clear line of defense on the border issue and a strong argument about the economy.

02/02 Turnout Data Reveals the Core of Democrats’ Success in Special Elections

It’s strictly about turnout among the highly engaged, not about winning over Republican-leaning voters, but still suggests a slight edge heading into November.

31/01 Can San Francisco Solve Its Drug Crisis? Five Things to Consider.

A comparison with Portugal’s approach to decriminalization shows why many liberal cities have struggled to match its success.

29/01 Today’s Teenagers: Anxious About Their Futures and Disillusioned by Politicians

More than previous generations, they are concerned about their mental health and educational prospects, new surveys show.

24/01 It’s Fair to Ask: Is the Republican Race Over?

New Hampshire was just about the ideal state for Nikki Haley. It doesn’t get better from here.

22/01 Last Exit Before Trump: New Hampshire

Tuesday’s primary election will probably decide whether there will be a race at all.

22/01 The Lost DeSantis Moment

For months, he routinely led Donald Trump in head-to-head polls and gave a possible glimpse at a post-Trump Republican future.

17/01 Even the Battle for Second Turned Out Well for Trump in Iowa

A dominant victory and little momentum for his rivals.

11/01 Christie’s Exit Should Give Haley a Chance in New Hampshire. Will It Be Enough?

A group of moderate voters is now available, but it may not put her over the top against Trump.

11/01 We Are in a Big Covid Wave. But Just How Big?

Wastewater data has become perhaps the best metric to track the spread of the virus in the U.S., but it’s an imperfect tool.

04/01 Want to Understand 2024? Look at 1948.

Americans were angry with Truman because of high prices in the aftermath of World War II, even as other economic signals looked promising.

02/01 Looking Ahead to 5 Things That Will Shape the 2024 Election

Trials, a Kennedy and the economy are among the variables to consider.

28/12 Primaries, Polls and Party Shares: It’s Time for the Mailbag.

Readers have questions, including on switching over to another side’s primary, and a quick comment on Swift.

27/12 Why Some Parents Give Their Children a Last Name Other Than the Father’s

Some American parents have been breaking the patrilineal tradition for generations, but the number who do so remains small.

26/12 Serious Medical Errors Rose After Private Equity Firms Bought Hospitals

A new study shows an increase in the rate of inpatient complications, including infections and falls, though patients were no more likely to die.

21/12 Will Haley or a Trial Bring Trump Down? For Now, Our Poll Says No.

Republican primary voters seem unbothered by a coming trial, but a new obstacle looms.

19/12 How Much Is Biden’s Support of Israel Hurting Him With Young Voters?

Donald Trump leads him among those 18 to 29, a new poll shows.

17/12 Seven Things We Learned Analyzing 515 Million Wordles

Maybe it’s time to say goodbye to ADIEU?

14/12 More Theories on Rising Pedestrian Deaths at Night

Readers share concerns like headlight glare, streetlight design and the aging of American motorists.

14/12 Vibes, the Economy and the Election

Recent positive news may put two theories on economic disenchantment to the test.

04/12 Why Haley Is Rising Among the Rivals to Trump

She has gained with educated and relatively moderate Republicans and independents, but that is also a big liability in today’s G.O.P.

27/11 Why Biden’s Weakness Among Young Voters Should Be Taken Seriously

Almost all the polling shows the same pattern. Could the coming campaign restore Democrats’ usual advantage?

22/11 How Many Abortions Did the Post-Roe Bans Prevent?

The first estimate of births since Dobbs found that almost a quarter of women who would have gotten abortions carried their pregnancies to term.

21/11 We Did an Experiment to See How Much Democracy and Abortion Matter to Voters

Yes, the economy is important, but we found that election subversion attempts appear to matter more to voters than polling suggests.

20/11 The Great Disconnect: Why Voters Feel One Way About the Economy but Act Differently

Americans are angry and anxious, and not just about prices, which may be driving economic sentiment more than their financial situations, economists said.

20/11 The Crisis in Issue Polling, and What We’re Doing About It

A poll can be very close to the actual result but miss the key story line. We’ll try new question forms; we might even try an experiment or two.

18/11 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Nov. 11-17

“Quit” is easy, but being a word scholar is hard.

16/11 We Talked to Some Kamala-but-Not-Joe Voters. Here’s What They Said.

A slice of voters would vote for Vice President Harris but not President Biden, reflecting his challenges and opportunities.

15/11 Why Trump Seems Less Vulnerable on Abortion Than Other Republicans

He appointed judges who overturned Roe, but his vague statements on the issue may give him some leeway with voters.

13/11 Can’t Think, Can’t Remember: More Americans Say They’re in a Cognitive Fog

Adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s are driving the trend. Researchers point to long Covid as a major cause.

11/11 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Nov. 4-10

A European stroll might have helped you find this week’s hardest word.

08/11 Tuesday Was Great for Democrats. It Doesn’t Change the Outlook for 2024.

A pattern continued with success in low-turnout elections, which favors highly engaged voters. Presidential years tend to be different.

05/11 Why Biden Is Behind, and How He Could Come Back

A polling deficit against Trump across six key states is mainly about younger, nonwhite and less engaged voters. Kamala Harris performs slightly better.

04/11 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Oct. 28-Nov. 3

Some are so tough that you probably shouldn’t stew over them.

30/10 Why Less Engaged Voters Are Biden’s Biggest Problem

His weakness is concentrated among those who stayed home in the midterms but who may show up in 2024.

28/10 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Oct. 21-27

This week’s toughest challenge may have been a little bombastic.

28/10 The ‘Silver Lining to the Pandemic’ for Working Mothers

The share of women working has reached a record high, with the biggest increases among mothers of children under 5.

24/10 Despite State Bans, Legal Abortions Didn’t Fall Nationwide in Year After Dobbs

The first full-year census of U.S. abortion providers shows significant increases in abortion in states where it’s legal.

23/10 Fight for Speaker Reveals Four Types of House Republicans

Jim Jordan’s bid showed the power of the ultraconservative faction in Congress.

21/10 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Oct. 14-20

A lot of players had nonanswers for this week’s toughest word.

20/10 Cities Foster Serendipity. But Can They Do It When Workers Are at Home?

Revisiting a theory about chance collisions and innovation.

14/10 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Oct. 7-13

Don’t be distracted by shiny objects. It seems like good advice, but one was the answer to the toughest challenge this week.

12/10 The New Republican Establishment

An alternative Trumpist governing elite gets closer to ruling the party.

07/10 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Sept. 30-Oct. 6

If you’re not one for big hullabaloos, you might have missed this week’s toughest word.

02/10 The Americans Most Threatened by Eviction: Young Children

About a quarter of Black babies and toddlers in rental households face the threat of eviction in a typical year, a new study says, and all children are disproportionately at risk.

01/10 A Brief History of Consequential Deaths in Congress

Lawmakers’ deaths have sometimes helped to flip partisan control. With an aging, narrowly divided Senate, it could be a possibility again.

26/09 What Polling After the First Debate Tells Us About Round 2

Nikki Haley received a small lift, but another good performance Wednesday may simply splinter the opposition to Donald Trump.

23/09 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Sept. 16-22

A certain monomania, the No. 2 word in this week’s list, can help get you to the top in this game.

21/09 It’s Not a Race, Yet, in the Republican Primary

Donald Trump is polling about as well as any candidate in the modern history of contested presidential primaries.

16/09 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Sept. 9-15

This week featured the toughest word since this feature started in April.

15/09 Why Are Democrats Losing Ground Among Nonwhite Voters? 5 Theories.

There’s no shortage of solid hypotheses, and the best explanation may be a combination of them.

11/09 Trump’s Electoral College Edge Seems to Be Fading

Democrats appear resilient in the battleground states despite a nationwide loss of nonwhite support. New issues may be one reason.

09/09 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Sept. 2-8

The cream rose in finding this week’s most challenging word.

09/09 Does Obamacare Explain Medicare’s Spending Slowdown?

Readers offered theories of their own on a big budget mystery.

07/09 The Plight of the N.F.L. Running Back

A combination of factors has devalued one of the marquee positions in all of American sports.

06/09 Consistent Signs of Erosion in Black and Hispanic Support for Biden

It’s a weakness that could manifest itself as low Democratic turnout even if Trump and Republicans don’t gain among those groups.

05/09 The Ground-Floor Window Into What’s Ailing Downtowns

City centers may have to be reimagined to solve the problem of vacant storefronts.

02/09 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Aug. 26-Sept. 1

“Honey” easily attracted Bee adherents, but players had only isolated success with “abbacy.”

28/08 A New Trial Date. A New Primary Season.

A March trial could become the center of gravity of the G.O.P. primary, structuring the campaigns of Donald Trump and his rivals.

26/08 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Aug. 19-25

There’s nothing tragic about missing this week’s toughest word, other than the word itself.

25/08 The U.S. Regulates Cars, Radio and TV. When Will It Regulate A.I.?

Congress has tended to be slow to respond to revolutionary technologies.

25/08 In Reversal Because of A.I., Office Jobs Are Now More at Risk

Technology disruption typically affected blue-collar occupations. Now white-collar workers may feel the brunt of changes.

24/08 The Race for Second Place: Making Sense of the G.O.P. Debate

Ron Desantis’s performance can be interpreted as akin to a front-runner’s — in the race for No. 2 behind Donald J. Trump.

23/08 The First Debate and the Race for Second Place

Being No. 2 could be especially important next year, and Ramaswamy has been gaining on DeSantis.

19/08 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Aug. 12-18

To play this game, you can’t have a thin skin, but this week it helped to be familiar with one.

19/08 These Voters Share Almost No Political Beliefs, but They Agree on One Thing: We’re Failing as a Nation

In a recent poll, some Democrats and most Republicans share a sense of doom.

12/08 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Aug. 5-11

This week, Spelling Bee players chose to quit to get ahead.

10/08 It’s Not Reagan’s Party Anymore

Ronald Reagan’s “three-legged stool” coalition supported the G.O.P. for decades. Our latest poll leaves little doubt that Donald J. Trump has put an end to that era.

05/08 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, July 29-Aug. 4

To reach Genius, you had to milk this week’s toughest word for all it was worth.

04/08 Is Trump Leaving an Opening in Iowa?

The former president’s poll numbers are still strong. But the caucuses could be his rivals’ best chance to make him look vulnerable.

01/08 Can the Race Really Be That Close? Yes, Biden and Trump Are Tied.

A Times/Siena poll suggests a slight Biden edge among voters who don’t like either candidate.

31/07 Why Trump Is So Hard to Beat

The first Times/Siena poll of the G.O.P. primary shows he still commands a seemingly unshakable base of loyal supporters.

29/07 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, July 22-28

At minimum, you needed to be familiar with what a quorum was.

29/07 How Did We Do? A Review of 2022 Before Our First Poll of 2023.

Trying to learn from a strong midterm run as we start surveying the G.O.P. primary.

27/07 How Big Is the Legacy Boost at Elite Colleges?

In the same week as a civil rights inquiry into Harvard, new data shows legacies are slightly more qualified yet are four times as likely to get into top schools.

22/07 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, July 15-21

If you succeeded in getting this week’s toughest word, don’t be shy — feel free to trumpet it.

21/07 Hard Questions if Biden’s Approval Doesn’t Follow Economy’s Rise

This is about the time when many presidents see their standing turn around, including Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

07/07 Kennedy, Christie and the Supreme Court: Are They Changing the Race?

A painful ruling from the court can sometimes free a party from an unpopular stance.

04/07 American Cities Have a Conversion Problem, and It’s Not Just Offices

Piles of regulations, or “kludge,” and a culture of “no” are limiting the ability to turn building blocks into something new.

28/06 Are Democrats Actually Winning Older Voters?

Some intriguing signs that the party may be doing better among seniors than is commonly thought.

27/06 If Biden Wanted to Ease U.S.-China Tensions, Would Americans Let Him?

In polls, Americans’ views of China are starting to resemble their views of the Soviet Union decades ago. That could make it harder to mend ties.

27/06 The Uneven Effect of Remote Work, in One List

This ranking of jobs by percentage of remote work also helps explain why the pandemic has left more scars in certain areas.

24/06 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, June 17-23

In pursuit of Queen Bee, it was good to find “king” and hard to find “nankeen.”

21/06 Mailbag: Does Trump Represent Half the Country?

Settling a marital dispute, and a question that gets at a tension within today’s conservatism — in this month’s reader mailbag.

21/06 Child Care Disruptions Expected as Record Funding Nears an End

Three million children could be affected as the largest investment in child care in U.S. history expires in September.

17/06 Everyone Says Social Media Is Bad for Teens. Proving It Is Another Thing.

Parents, scientists and the surgeon general are worried. But there isn’t even a shared definition of what social media is.

17/06 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, June 10-16

One of the words was so tough you could say it was radioactive.

14/06 Fox, Trump and Millennial Movement

To follow the impact of the indictment, it may be best to watch Fox News and not the polls.

10/06 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, June 3-June 9

Most players cracked the code, but there was one tough bird.

10/06 A.I. or Nuclear Weapons: Can You Tell These Quotes Apart?

Many experts on artificial intelligence are warning of its potential dangers and calling for regulation, just as others once did with the atomic bomb.

07/06 Do Christie and Pence Make It 2016 Again? Not Yet.

A bigger field in the G.O.P. primary could chip away at DeSantis’s chances of overtaking Trump.

06/06 See the States That Have Passed Laws Directed at Young Trans People

More than 20 Republican-led states have passed bills regulating the lives of transgender children and adolescents since the start of 2021.

03/06 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, May 27-June 2

Did you reach the highest level, or were you at sea?

01/06 Millennials Are Not an Exception. They’ve Moved to the Right.

Over the last decade, almost every cohort of voters under 50 has shifted rightward.

27/05 Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, May 20-26

Were you “blocked” from reaching Queen Bee?

24/05 For One Group of Teenagers, Social Media Seems a Clear Net Benefit

Despite the surgeon general’s warning about its risks for youth in general, researchers and teenagers say it can be a “lifeline” for L.G.B.T.Q. youth.

17/05 A U.S. Experiment on Single-Payer Care Just Ended

The system for one disease, Covid, had similarities to “Medicare for all.”

12/05 Two Schools of Polling Are Converging: Reflecting on a Tumultuous Decade

Should polling change or stay the same? It doesn’t seem a hard call.

12/05 Little-Noticed Part of G.O.P. Bill Could ‘Make It Impossible to Regulate’

House Republicans want every major rule to come up for a vote. That could be a recipe for no regulations at all.

10/05 An Outlier Poll on Trump vs. Biden That Still Informs

A seven-point Trump lead in an ABC/Post survey is an aberration but points to some Biden weaknesses.

06/05 Unwanted Epidurals, Untreated Pain: Black Women Tell Their Birth Stories

Regardless of income or education, Black mothers have worse birth outcomes.

05/05 The Devolution of Ron DeSantis

After a promising start, he has become bogged down in issues that have divided and hurt Republicans in the past.