In the pandemic, reports of rat sightings have risen dramatically. But is it all in our heads?

The HBO series written by Jesse Armstrong isn’t often described as a crime show. That’s because its main characters are billionaires.

Police around the country have claimed to overdose on fentanyl merely from handling the drug. What’s really going on?

Twenty years ago, you could get a vaccine for Lyme disease. Now you can’t. What happened?

Is the field of dentistry rife with overtreatment?

A prolific seller of “all-natural” sexual enhancement pills was shut down by the FDA. So why can you still buy Stiff Nights all over the place?

This summer, catch up on our favorite episodes of “The Politics of Everything.”

Everyone streams music. Musicians make pennies. Is Spotify to blame?

A celebrity candidate is leading in New York City’s mayoral race. Should we be worried?

On junk food, cash crops, Oatly, and how to fix what’s broken in our food system

Why do the Tories keep winning?

How Steve Bannon led the vanguard of the Capitol riots

How did “working across the aisle” become the goal and not merely the means?

An anatomy of error

Has Russia been zapping American embassies with a secret weapon?

After decades of being about to catch on, remote work may have finally arrived for good. But at what cost to our privacy and sanity?

The first Covid-19 vaccines have arrived. But when will life as we knew it finally resume?