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Pandemic shutdowns pushed Olympians to get creative about their training while gyms and other facilities were closed. The Wall Street Journal spoke to athletes who improvised in unusual ways, from swimming in a kiddie pool to fencing in an alley. Many women in the restaurant industry face sexual harassment. NPR looks at new research linking dependence on tipping, and job requirements to appear fri...

The Washington Post speaks to business and policy leaders who worry the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus could upend America’s economic recovery, just as federal stimulus programs run out. Many customer-service representatives regularly face both verbal abuse from customers and pressure from demanding managers. ProPublica talked with several of these workers, who shared often...

New numbers show U.S. life expectancy dropped by about a year and a half in 2020. CNBC has the latest data on COVID-19’s deadly impact on America. Talks over big-ticket infrastructure spending could finally come to a head in Congress this week. Politico explains how a risky bet by the Senate’s top Democrat could determine the fate of around $600 billion in new spending. ESPN reports on...

The Washington Post is out with new investigative reporting on how governments around the world have used powerful spyware to track journalists, activists, and executives by hacking their smartphones. As climate change drives temperatures up, USA Today looks at how farmworkers are facing increasing health hazards in the extreme heat. It’s a bad time to buy a car, new or used. Slate explains...

The Refugee Olympic Team consists of athletes who have fled their home nations. Its road to Tokyo has been challenging. Time correspondent Vivienne Walt joins us to talk about why several athletes who have left the team since the 2016 games say they felt trapped and exploited. Vox explains why DACA has been ruled illegal, and what that means for the future of this immigration policy. Hiring is pic...

Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast in the world, with four Olympic gold medals and 25 world championship wins. At age 24, she is still breaking new ground in the sport, and she will be leading the U.S. gymnastics team in Tokyo this month. And Biles has accomplished all of this tremendous success while facing many challenges in her personal life. In WSJ. Magazine, sports reporter Louise Rad...

The Atlantic explains why the term “breakthrough infections” may be creating confusion about just how well the COVID-19 vaccines are working. Families are starting to get the new child-tax-credit payments. The Washington Post breaks down a program that’s being called the biggest anti-poverty effort in decades. CNN has an update on the deadly flooding in Europe, where dozens of pe...

The price of bitcoin has been up and down in recent months. But either way, the environmental cost of mining cryptocurrency is very high. Bloomberg looks at how growing concern about all the energy consumed is leading miners to search for new power sources. Many special policies that made telemedicine easier during the pandemic are going away. Stat explains how this shift is presenting challenges...

The Miami Herald looks at how recent protests in Cuba may influence President Biden’s policy toward the country. Senate Democrats say they have agreed on a $3.5 trillion budget that they can pass without Republican support. CNN has details on what’s inside. As Britney Spears’s fight to exit her legal guardianship continues, Politico looks at how it’s driving Congress to cal...

The top U.S. military official in Afghanistan has stepped down, the Washington Post reports. Post journalist Pamela Constable discusses this symbolic end to America’s 20-year war. Texas Democrats flew to Washington, D.C., to prevent state Republicans from passing new restrictions on voting. The Texas Tribune ’s Alexa Ura explains what’s happening. For decades, the Olympics has be...

As high temperatures continue to scorch the American West, the BBC reports on how the intense heat is making it harder to fight wildfires. Texas is again at the center of the fight over the future of voting rights. As state Republicans try to pass new restrictions on voting, the attorney general is facing criticism over the arrest of a Black man accused of illegally voting because he cast a ballot...

A growing field of experts seeks to rewrite the limits of the human lifespan. The actual science that may eventually yield the keys to immortality is in its infancy, and there are several promising areas of research. But a burgeoning industry of enthusiasts and opportunists may be taking advantage of that science to push questionable treatments and products. Jacqueline Detwiler-George recently wro...

Authorities say two Americans are among those under arrest in Haiti in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, Reuters reports. The police chief says more than two dozen heavily armed commandos were part of a foreign hit squad. NPR puts the current political turmoil in context. Last year saw an increase in driving deaths in the United States, even as fewer miles were dri...

The latest story in ProPublica’s series The Secret IRS Files looks at how billionaire owners of professional sports teams can legally avoid paying taxes. Reporter Justin Elliott joins the show to talk about what the investigation uncovered. The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is tearing through the U.S., putting unvaccinated people in special danger. Bloomberg looks at why...

The highly contagious delta variant is now the dominant coronavirus strain in the United States. The L.A. Times explains why Black residents are suffering from higher rates of hospitalizations. Food prices are surging to the point where they could could change the diets of people around the world and rock the global political landscape, according to the Washington Post . Star American sprinter Sha...

Tropical Storm Elsa is threatening to bring heavy rain and possible tornadoes to Florida, potentially complicating the search for missing people in the collapsed condo tower in Surfside. CNN has an update. NPR looks at FEMA data showing that lower-income Americans are less likely to receive federal disaster assistance. The Biden administration wants to review thousands of Trump-era deportations, i...

A’Ziah King, also known as Zola, went viral on Twitter back in 2015. Her series of 148 tweets detailed a mostly true story about a trip down to Florida for an exotic-dancing gig that went awry. A film, titled ‘Zola’ and directed by Janicza Bravo, has now been made based on that viral Twitter thread.  Allison P. Davis, a features writer at New York Magazine, recently profiled Zola. Davis detai...

It could now be more difficult to challenge local election rules under the Voting Rights Act, following a 6-to-3 Supreme Court decision upholding voting provisions that Democrats and civil-rights groups argue disproportionately hurt voters of color. SCOTUSBlog and Vox analyze the ruling. The Biden administration is pausing federal executions. The Wall Street Journal explains how this reverses the...

Bill Cosby is out of prison after a court vacated his 2018 indecent-assault conviction. NBC News speaks to legal experts for an explanation of this surprising turn in one of the highest-profile criminal cases of the #MeToo era. A grand jury in Manhattan has filed criminal indictments against the Trump Organization and its CFO, the Washington Post reports. Sources tell the Post the charges relate t...

If you’ve tried to fly lately, you’ve probably had to deal with cancelations, delays, and extremely long waits. Vox explains why airlines are struggling to get back to business. Trees provide critical shade that keeps communities cool. The Guardian reports that unequal tree distribution means higher temperatures in many neighborhoods where the majority of residents are people of color....

The heat wave that’s breaking temperature records in the Pacific Northwest is a health risk. Bill McKibben in the New Yorker details how extreme heat tests the physical and mental limits of our bodies. There’s been an explosion of college applications. USA Today reports that selective schools had some of their most diverse applicant pools in history after they stopped requiring standar...

As teams look for survivors of the Florida condominium collapse, the Wall Street Journal speaks to a veteran rescuer to understand how the search through the rubble is working. And NPR reports on previous warning signs of structural problems in the building. The U.S. blood supply is getting dangerously low, worrying surgeons and ER doctors. USA Today explains why the problem is one of both supply...

MacKenzie Scott became one of the richest people in the world after her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019. Now Scott is working on giving away the majority of her fortune. She has already donated more than $8.5 billion in less than a year. Belinda Luscombe, editor at large at Time, recently wrote a profile of Scott — and how she is upending the world of philanthropy with her unique st...

A series of discoveries is shedding light on historical abuse of Indigenous children forced into school systems in North America. The Toronto Star reports on hundreds of unmarked graves found at a former school in Canada, as well as news that the U.S. is to investigate the issue . The Biden administration is banning imports of solar-panel materials from a Chinese company accused of using forced la...

Britney Spears wants her freedom back. The L.A. Times has the story of the star’s much-anticipated court appearance, which confirmed what fans have long suspected: She’s unhappy with and angry at the legal conservatorship that governs her life. Legislation to overhaul how the U.S. military handles serious crimes like murder and sexual assault is gaining momentum, NPR reports. As childr...