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2096 episodes transcribedThroughout the pandemic, businesses of all sizes have faced delays, product shortages and rising costs linked to disruptions in the global supply chai...
This episode contains strong language and descriptions of violence.A Times investigation has uncovered extraordinary levels of violence and lawlessnes...
This episode contains descriptions of violence and a suicide attempt.When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August, our producer started making cal...
Many Americans pay more for child care than they do for their mortgages, even though the wages for those who provide the care are among the lowest in...
An enormous infusion of money and effort will be needed to prepare the United States for the changes wrought by the climate crisis.We visited towns in...
Over the past decade, Eric Coomer has helped make Dominion Voting Systems one of the largest providers of voting machines and software in the United S...
The C.I.A. sent a short but explosive message last week to all of its stations and bases around the world.The cable, which said dozens of sources had...
The coronavirus seems to be in retreat in the United States, with the number of cases across the country down about 25 percent compared with a couple...
The Senate testimony of Frances Haugen on Tuesday was an eagerly awaited event.Last month, Ms. Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, leaked inter...
The latest term of the U.S. Supreme Court will include blockbuster cases on two of the most contentious topics in American life: abortion and gun righ...
Ivermectin is a drug that emerged in the 1970s, used mainly for deworming horses and other livestock.But during the pandemic, it has been falsely laud...
Jon Mooallem, the author of today’s Sunday Read, had a bad pandemic.“I began having my own personal hard time,” he writes. “The details aren’t importa...
This episode contains strong language.A month ago, Texas adopted a divisive law which effectively banned abortions in the state. Despite a number of l...
The first year of a Congress is usually the best time for a president to put forward any sort of ambitious policy. For President Biden, whose control...
Britney Spears is one of the biggest celebrities on the planet — she makes millions of dollars performing, selling perfumes and appearing on televisio...
This episode contains strong language.Brig. Gen. Khoshal Sadat, a former Afghan deputy minister for security, has held some of the highest ranks in th...
Increasing numbers of Haitian migrants have been traveling to the border town of Del Rio, Texas, recently, in the hope of entering the United States.B...
Throughout 2020, multiple strangers came at Monthanus Ratanapakdee seemingly out of nowhere. An old man yelled at her in Golden Gate Park — something...
After 16 years in power, Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, is walking out of office one of the most popular politicians in the country.In thos...
New York, like many other states, is enmeshed in the process of redrawing legislative districts.The outcome of the reconfiguring could be crucial in d...
