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1 No, Vaccinated People Are Not ‘Just as Likely’ to Spread the Coronavirus as Unvaccinated People

This has become a common refrain among the cautious—and it’s wrong.

Craig Spencer

A vaccine umbrella surrounded by green dots

2 The Lab-Leak Debate Just Got Even Messier

A new leaked document is stirring up another frenzy over the pandemic’s origins. What does it really tell us?

Daniel Engber Adam Federman

An illustration of a bat surrounded by giant coronaviruses

3 Democrats’ Free Pass on Immigration Is Over

As he extends Trump-era policies, President Biden discovers that many voters are no longer willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Caitlin Dickerson

DHS agents with Haitian migrants at the border

4 Social Media Is Attention Alcohol

A fun product has the same downsides as booze. Instagram’s own internal research makes the case better than any critic.

Derek Thompson

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5 The Progressives Have Already Won

They have President Joe Biden on their side. But will their ideological victory be empty?

Russell Berman

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders have influenced Joe Biden's politics

6 LuLaRich Reveals a Hole in the American Economy

The controversial cult brand LuLaRoe sold a powerful idea: that mothers could succeed as entrepreneurs while spending meaningful time with their kids.

Sophie Gilbert

A LuLaRoe consultant on the Amazon docuseries 'LuLaRich'

7 Iceland’s Orcas Will Do Anything to Avoid a Pilot Whale

One of the ocean’s top predators has met its match.

Hakai Magazine Marina Wang

8 The Experts Somehow Overlooked Authoritarians on the Left

Many psychologists wrongly assumed that coercive attitudes exist only among conservatives.

Sally Satel

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9 How America Dropped to No. 36

The U.S. has fallen far behind in distributing the vaccines that it pioneered.

Derek Thompson

10 Six Rules That Will Define Our Second Pandemic Winter

The pandemic keeps changing, but these principles can guide your thinking through the seasons to come.

Katherine J. Wu Ed Yong Sarah Zhang

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