The Artemis II space mission is making history. Farthest humans have ever traveled in space? Check.  First Black, woman, and Canadian astronauts to make it around the moon? Also check.  First time a toilet has made this journey? Big, important check. Because while there are many significant questions about space — Is life out there? […]

How closely does President Donald Trump’s war in Iran compare with America’s last conflict in the Middle East?  Both the Iran war and the 2003 US invasion of Iraq have paired conventional American military dominance with shifting, ambiguous objectives. And both feature an American president desperate to declare the mission accomplished.  “I do have this […]

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social message on Tuesday, the most extreme threat the president has issued yet in nearly 40 days of war with Iran. The latest message was a follow-up to post over the weekend in which he instructed Iran […]

Today, Vox announced the launch of America, Actually, a new video podcast hosted by Astead W. Herndon. Designed from the ground up for video platforms, the show will bring audiences inside the forces shaping American politics for a post-Trump era through immersive reporting, sharp analysis, and deeply human storytelling. America, Actually will explore the question: […]

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At the Department of Agriculture’s research division, everyone knows there’s one word they should never say, according to Ethan Roberts. “The forbidden C-word” — climate. Roberts, union president at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois, […]