Dylan Matthews

The epic tale of how Pentagon officials and Blink-182’s guitarist helped take UFO videos mainstream.

To defeat the next pandemic, the world needs year-round facilities pumping out vaccines for threats old and new.

A conversation with writer Julia Galef on how to think less like a soldier and more like a scout.

I looked for a country that got the economic response to Covid-19 right. I found the US.

The Covid-19 crisis led to more generous unemployment benefits. Ron Wyden wants to keep them that way — for good.

Should humans care whether all creatures live good lives, even in the forests or jungles? A group of philosophers and scientists has an unorthodox answer.

A new study finds people who got Medicaid as children were less likely to die young, and more likely to be employed.

The first war on poverty cut it in half. Joe Biden could do it again.

The government shouldn’t just be generous. It should be simple too.

The debt limit nearly caused a financial crisis in 2011, and it could do the same under President Biden.

Giving people money was once a policy long shot. It’s now having a moment.

The Family Security Act would offer up to $350 per month, per kid, to help parents raise their children.

The third-largest food company in the world is embracing meatless meat.

Biden’s reversing Trump’s effort to speed up line speeds at chicken packing plants.

It’s the beginning of a period of great opportunity, but time is short.

The debate over whether to call Donald Trump a fascist, and why it matters.

Biden’s majority is fragile. But it could also be incredibly powerful.

Listen to a self-described Trump supporter rethink her support in real time.

Democrats’ double victory will fundamentally change the next two years of American politics.

It’s a list that reflects how our fears and hopes morphed over the course of the year.