Politicians are descending on the Keystone State, which will help determine which party wins the Senate—and the White House.

• Emma Green
• 4:50 AM ET

A hater repents—sort of—and gives thanks for the unorthodox candidate.

• Andy Kroll
• 6:00 AM ET

The country has a whole arsenal of unique drugs locked behind the U.S. embargo.

• Sarah Zhang
• 4:30 AM ET

The presidential nominee’s campaign has brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream in ways not recently seen—and his party may pay the price for years to come.

• Julian E. Zelizer
• 4:50 AM ET

The campaign should boil down to one question: Which candidate is better equipped to manage the North Korean threat without triggering catastrophe?

• Jeffrey Goldberg
• 9:22 AM ET

Doris Bobadilla talks about being the first self-identifying Hispanic female to be admitted into law practice in Mississippi, and how that still drives her today.

• Bourree Lam
• Nov 5, 2016

A discussion on the sources of Russian conduct

• Peter Pomerantsev and Arkady Ostrovsky
• Nov 6, 2016

For centuries, Medusa has been used to criticize powerful women. So it’s no surprise the mythological Gorgon has re-emerged this election cycle.

• Elizabeth Johnston
• Nov 6, 2016

America’s favorite highway usually evokes kitschy nostalgia. But for black Americans, the Mother Road’s lonely expanses were rife with danger.

• Candacy Taylor
• Nov 3, 2016

In a letter on Sunday, FBI Director James Comey wrote that newly discovered emails do not change the FBI’s prior conclusion that Hillary Clinton should not be charged with a crime.

• David A. Graham
• Nov 6, 2016

During a time of political fatigue, a community project hopes to stimulate public interest in the 2016 election with a range of interactive activities.

• David Giffels
• Nov 6, 2016

Public support for capital punishment has declined in recent years, but the issue continues to be a point of contention, as some advocate for its repeal and others push for its reinstatement.

• Paige Brettingen
• Nov 6, 2016

Before the 2016 race ends, advocates for automatic registration are already eyeing new efforts in Illinois, Nevada, and elsewhere.

• Russell Berman
• Nov 6, 2016

The Republican nominee has changed the conversation around sexual assault—and prompted women to come forward with stories of their own.

• Danielle Berrin
• Nov 6, 2016

In Wisconsin, Mike Pence pitches Donald Trump to the reluctant Republicans he needs most.

• Russell Berman
• Nov 6, 2016

The artist James Moran preserved a small postindustrial Pennsylvania city’s history—and bygone prosperity—on canvas. In 2016, his paintings of an imagined past are particularly resonant.

• Charles F. McElwee III
• Nov 5, 2016

Firms in places with more tolerant laws, new research indicates, attract more talented workers and file more patents.

• Richard Florida
• Nov 4, 2016

Since Donald Trump said “there are no jobs” in 2015, the U.S. has created 3 million of them.

• Derek Thompson
• Nov 4, 2016

Chicago’s dramatic, title-clinching World Series win garnered ratings reminiscent of the pre-steroids and pre-cord-cutting era.

• Adam Chandler
• Nov 4, 2016

Questioning a basic orthodoxy

• Alana Semuels
• Nov 4, 2016

October’s numbers are good: The U.S. economy created 161,000 jobs last month, and wages are rising steadily.

• Bourree Lam
• Nov 4, 2016

An outdated, hazy understanding of race led a federal court to approve of employers’ rules against the hairstyle.

• A.B. Wilkinson
• Nov 3, 2016

With paper ads in massive decline, legacy newspapers like The New York Times are slowly returning to the business models that dominated the ’30s—the 1830s.

• Derek Thompson
• Nov 3, 2016

A former systems operator logs back in to the original computer-based social network.

• Benj Edwards
• Nov 4, 2016

The group behind the contested project is still pushing for construction on the Big Island, but has selected an alternate site just in case.

• Adrienne LaFrance
• Nov 4, 2016

Despite its reputation for illegal activity, much of what goes on underneath the surface of the internet is legit.

• Kaveh Waddell
• Nov 2, 2016

There’s no real evidence that consumer devices keep infants safer, and doctors say “peace of mind” isn’t a good enough reason to buy them.

• Adrienne LaFrance
• Nov 3, 2016

A computer analysis of 60,000 articles about the presidential race finds distinct language referring to the Republican and Democratic nominees.

• Adrienne LaFrance
• Nov 2, 2016

Between the first two presidential debates, a third of pro-Trump tweets and nearly a fifth of pro-Clinton tweets came from automated accounts.

• Douglas Guilbeault and Samuel Woolley
• Nov 1, 2016

The QWERTY keyboard was once the envy of the world, but not anymore.

• Sarah Zhang
• Nov 1, 2016

Some politicians were tormenting the establishment well before the Donald made it trendy.

• Matt Peterson
• Nov 4, 2016

The highlights from seven days of reading about the world

• Anna Diamond
• Nov 4, 2016

As ISIS faces defeat in Mosul, its leader breaks a long silence to urge a fight to the death.

• Graeme Wood
• Nov 4, 2016

A court derails the prime minister's plans—for now.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• Nov 3, 2016

Some neuroscientists are trying to change school and work hours that discriminate against night owls.

• James Hamblin
• Nov 4, 2016

He said she was oversensitive. She said his constant criticism was tantamount to emotional abuse.

• Olga Khazan
• Nov 3, 2016

For men and women, extending adolescence has the potential to make the brain more capable in adulthood.

• Jessa Gamble
• Nov 3, 2016

The candidate called a special “meeting” to discuss the future of medicine. Here’s how that went.

• James Hamblin
• Nov 2, 2016

Even after Obamacare, millions of women are uninsured and live in counties with few family-planning clinics.

• Olga Khazan
• Nov 2, 2016

The hateful rhetoric and high stakes of the 2016 U.S. election are causing people emotional distress—as politics and uncertain futures have done throughout history.

• Laura Turner
• Nov 1, 2016

A recent male contraceptive trial was halted because of side effects—side effects that women have dealt with for decades.

• Julie Beck
• Nov 1, 2016

How a corrosive culture keeps women out of leadership positions on math journals

• Jane C. Hu
• Nov 4, 2016

The Republican nominee has dismissed his misogynist speech as “just words.” But multiple studies show rude rhetoric can have a major impact on thinking, stress, and self-esteem.

• Olga Khazan
• Nov 4, 2016

During the recent record-breaking outbreak, the virus picked up a mutation that made it better at infecting human cells.

• Ed Yong
• Nov 3, 2016

Global warming is hard to understand. This statistic isn’t.

• Robinson Meyer
• Nov 3, 2016

An explosion caused by cat litter at a storage site was just the beginning.

• Sarah Zhang
• Nov 2, 2016

A simple study of rodent patterns hints at our growing ability to link genetic changes to physical ones.  

• Ed Yong
• Nov 2, 2016

The difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees of global warming might be dramatic.

• Robinson Meyer
• Nov 1, 2016

In season three, the Netflix show continued to raise questions about misogyny, madness, and obsession. Then it forgot to answer them.

• Sophie Gilbert
• Nov 5, 2016

The best audio sources to get through the next few days

• Matt Thompson
• Nov 5, 2016

Jeff Nichols’s film takes a beautifully restrained look at the couple behind the Supreme Court case that struck down bans on interracial marriage.

• David Sims
• Nov 4, 2016

Kelly Clarkson’s “It’s Quiet Uptown” and The Roots’ “My Shot” bask in schmaltz, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• Nov 4, 2016

As Americans ask ever more of their celebrities, disappointment is being woven into the fabric of fan culture.

• Megan Garber
• Nov 4, 2016

What the historic World Series win taught me about about disappointment and forgiveness

• Katherine Riley
• Nov 3, 2016

The superstar joined with the Dixie Chicks at the Country Music Awards to cross not only a musical divide but a racial one.

• Spencer Kornhaber
• Nov 3, 2016

Seven days of stories about school.

• Hayley Glatter
• Nov 5, 2016

It’s John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson on the third-grade campaign trail. Who will win the election of 1800?

• Ruth Ebenstein
• Nov 4, 2016

There’s a body of research on cognitive reading processes, so why isn’t it being utilized?

• Hayley Glatter
• Nov 4, 2016

Campus museums are home to prodigious exhibits and installations that blur the line between academics and civics.

• Jacoba Urist
• Nov 1, 2016

A new study shows that the competition to get into selective-enrollment schools may not be worth it.

• Matt Barnum
• Oct 31, 2016

A new study explores how children develop a preference for equality and fairness—research that seems relevant as America prepares to elect its next president.

• Alia Wong
• Nov 2, 2016

With access to predictive analytics and more data than ever before, how can universities avoid invading students’ privacy while promoting academic success?

• Mikhail Zinshteyn
• Nov 1, 2016

Some children commute from Mexico to the U.S. on a daily basis, a process that Donald Trump’s candidacy complicates.

• Emily DeRuy
• Nov 3, 2016

The people of Erie, Pennsylvania, have welcomed immigrants and refugees, and believe that their town is better off for having done so.

• Deborah Fallows
• Oct 28, 2016

Years of racial profiling and ignoring a federal judge’s order to stop his immigration sweeps may have finally caught up.

• J. Weston Phippen
• Oct 26, 2016