
How Health Care Affordability and Access Could Change under Harris or Trump
Both Trump and Harris pledge to make drug prices affordable and health care accessible. Here’s how their policies differ

How Health Care Affordability and Access Could Change under Harris or Trump
Both Trump and Harris pledge to make drug prices affordable and health care accessible. Here’s how their policies differ

How Hurricane Helene Is Disrupting Voting Access
With voting underway, election officials in flood-ravaged North Carolina must mail new ballots and replace destroyed polling places after Hurricane Helene


Hurricane Helene Survivors Face a Second Disaster: Few Have Flood Insurance
Only 2 percent of households in parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina that were flooded by Hurricane Helene can get insurance payments

The Next President Faces Tough Nuclear Weapons Deadlines
Whoever wins the 2024 presidential election will face heightened nuclear geopolitics, deadlines on nuclear deals with Russia and Iran and decisions on a $2-trillion weapons-modernization effort

Conservative Project 2025 Would Leave Hurricane Helene Survivors with Little Aid
The conservative Project 2025 playbook for a possible Trump presidency calls for cutting aid for disasters such as Hurricane Helene

NASA Needs a ‘Lunar Marathon’ to Match China on the Moon
We are in a new and different kind of moon race, one the U.S. is losing. To win, says a former NASA official, we need new strategies

Combating Misinformation Runs Deeper Than Swatting Away ‘Fake News’
“Fake news”-style misinformation is only a fraction of what deceives voters. Fighting misinformation will require holding political elites and mainstream media accountable

Elon Musk Owes His Success to Coming in Second (and Government Handouts)
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, owes his superstar success to self-satisfied competitors who blew obvious opportunities

How a Zombie Law Could Ban Abortion Nationwide If Trump Is Reelected
Using the Comstock Act to nationally ban abortion would defy modern public opinion and the law’s historical interpretation, experts say

Cutbacks to U.S. Antarctic Science Risk Geopolitical Shifts at the South Pole
Reductions to American research at the South Pole could affect the politics of the southernmost continent

Buy Experiences instead of Possessions to Build Social Connection
Shared experiences, more than material things, bring people together

Lawmakers’ Dodgy Critical Mineral Designations Won’t Boost Clean Energy
Congress appears interested in passing mining legislation. But bills that would expand access to hard-rock minerals across the U.S. ignore supply chain standards and environmental consequences