Pundits are acting apocalyptic about pandemic education policy and the midterms. The evidence paints a far shakier picture.

Biden’s approval rating on the virus is bleak, but Democrats’ fortunes in 2022 could quickly change if the pandemic becomes endemic.

The person you’re trying to fool with that phony card is likely just an overtired bartender or HR administrator newly deputized into our chaotic public health infrastructure.

There are structural reasons people are swayed by anti-vaccine propaganda. Sneering at the unvaccinated won't solve them.

A highly contagious variant, quarantines, closures, and fast-changing rules: It was supposed to be a calm fall, but we’re looking at a new year that could look a lot like the last.

Teachers unions were accused of being obstinate and compromising education. The real story is a lot more complex.

How the pandemic put a grotesque new face on the political normalization of brutality.

If we let cases continue to surge, we’ll be stuck in this pandemic for much longer.

Americans are increasingly frustrated by the obligation to ride out a global disaster on their own. They have every reason to be.