The problem with the US surrogacy system
For some couples, surrogacy is a miracle: an opportunity to have a child even if they’re unable to conceive one…
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Trump’s bizarre new transit plan could hurt the families who need it most
The Trump administration’s transit policies won’t “make travel family-friendly again” in the ways that matter most. |…
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The rise and fall of a MAGA princess
President Donald Trump and US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle in the White House on March 26, 2026. | Aaron…
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Trump’s revenge campaign comes for Ilhan Omar
Homeland Security Investigations outside the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar on October 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. | Andrew…
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Florida’s uniquely horrifying death penalty system
The execution chamber in the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville in 1984. | Jerry Cabluck/Sygma via Getty Images…
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Two US cities could soon ban one of the world’s most controversial foods
An employee holds fatty duck liver — or foie gras — at Hudson Valley Farms in upstate New York. | Pro-Animal Future In…
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How housing victories in San Diego, Austin, and Atlanta could spread nationwide
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has helped advance the city’s broader effort to build or preserve 20,000 affordable homes…
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Why the right turned on Indian Americans
Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, at a campaign event in Vandalia, Ohio, on October 3,…
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The liver transplant system tried to fix its sex bias. Did it work?
In theory, getting a donor liver in the United States when you need one should be an extremely equitable process: The…
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Your kid wants to go vegan. Should you let them?
Hi readers! Shayla Love here, science journalist and longtime fan of Your Mileage May Vary. I’m honored to be subbing…
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The company behind Skittles might be to blame for your big vet bills
Nova, a 6-month-old Australian shepherd, gets vaccinated at the Community Animal Medicine Project, a low-cost…
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The Trump administration plans a public killing
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks from a stage in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on October 6, 2026. | Win McNamee/Getty…
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America’s good hurricane luck is about to run out
People look out at the waves churning in the ocean as Hurricane Isaias approaches. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images This story…
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Who are the violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank?
A destroyed car sits outside a burnt home in the West Bank village of Jalud on September 29, 2026. | Erik Marmor/Getty…
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AI’s leaders (probably) aren’t faking their fear
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told the UN that if “managed poorly,” AI models “could be a risk to humanity as a whole.” |…
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Antarctica’s penguins are sending us a distress signal
Chinstrap and macaroni penguins nesting on the volcanic slopes of Zavodovski Island. | Nicole Richters via British…
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No one wants to be “Data Center Dave”
Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Virginia. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images This story appeared in Today,…
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Is this the cure for Alzheimer’s?
Scientists in the US and Europe are exploring whether an experimental surgery can treat Alzheimer’s disease. |…
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What if making your neighborhood safer means breaking the rules?
Across the country, civic paralysis has compelled a legion of guerrilla urbanists to take their city’s matters into…
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The rise of gas station opioids
Products containing kratom from the brand Feel Free on sale at a tobacco store in Huntington, New York. | Alejandra…
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How one city made gains on school integration without trying
Most of America’s major cities have made little to no progress reducing racial segregation in their public schools over…
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How October 7 changed everything
Israelis visit the Nova music festival memorial site to mark the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attacks. |…
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There’s a silver lining to your unhappiness
What can an economist teach us about misery? I had that question in mind while reading the new book The Opposite of…
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Why is the right obsessed with Indians all of a sudden?
A person sits on the lawn outside the Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple in Frisco, Texas, on October 22, 2022. | Andy…
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The cruelty of a beloved American pastime
An angler reels in a ladyfish from the Atlantic Ocean at the Dania Beach pier in Florida. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images…
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Will Trump’s diesel order do anything?
Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order on diesel access at a rally in in Grand Island, Nebraska, on October 5,…
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The real reason the Russia plague case should scare you
A researcher at a BSL-4 in Hungary during the Covid-19 pandemic. | Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images A woman’s…
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Democrats are poised to take the House. Then what?
House Democrats rally on the steps of the US Capitol on November 12, 2025, in support of renewing Affordable Care Act…
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Movies may soon get more boring
An activist protests the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery in Hollywood on September 22, 2026. | Genaro…
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America’s tallest, most spectacular trees are getting…heat stroke?
A redwood tree grove at Roberts Regional Recreation area in Oakland, California. | Smith Collection/Gado via Getty…
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What you should know about the Russian “plague lab”
People stroll along the river in Irkutsk, Russia, where the recent death of a lab technician prompted quarantines. |…
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The Supreme Court is looking for a way to kill climate lawsuits
Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts. | Win McNamee/Getty Images Inside Chief Justice John Roberts are…
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What color is a tennis ball?
A while back, I was at physical therapy, and the topic of tennis came up. Someone said something about yellow tennis…
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The Senate’s new permitting plan could change how America gets energy for a generation
Congress has a new bipartisan plan to lower your power bill. | David Paul Morris/Bloombe There’s no place like Kansas,…
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Gen Z is warming to socialism. But they’re still not sure what it means.
Zohran Mamdani, then-New York City mayoral candidate, and Letitia James, far left, New York's attorney general, carry a…
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When does trying to have a healthier baby become eugenics-y?
Editor’s note, October 4, 8 am ET: We’re bringing you some of our best-loved Your Mileage May Vary columns while Sigal…
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