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Trump’s Giant Face Is Everywhere

March 23, 2026

A banner with Trump's face on it blows in the wind

America’s Convenience-Store Conundrum

Nicholas Florko

January 28, 2026

An image of a mini-mart storefront

Why the Trump Administration Is Obsessed With Whole Milk

January 18, 2026

Black-and-white photo of a girl drinking a glass of milk

The New Food-Stamp Rules Will Make Your Head Spin

Nicholas Florko

January 15, 2026

A crushed can of soda

Trump’s Animal-Research Plan Has a Missing Step

Melanie D.G. Kaplan

November 13, 2025

Illustration of a bald eagle in a red room behind a door with biohazard stickers

This Could Be How the Shutdown Ends

Toluse Olorunnipa

November 4, 2025

A man stands in the foreground as grocery carts filled with vegetables, canned food, and other perishables fill the background.

America’s Grocery Lifeline Is Fraying

October 31, 2025

Tinned cans toppling over

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The Deadline for a Major Shutdown Casualty

October 29, 2025

A fork breaking against a plate

Trump Is Trying—And Failing—To Shield MAGA From the Shutdown

Toluse Olorunnipa

October 22, 2025

Photos of Donald Trump supporters and the U.S. Capitol

The Wyoming Hospital Upending the Logic of Private Equity

Megan Greenwell

June 9, 2025

Hospital road sign in an open field.

The ‘Man-Eater’ Screwworm Is Coming

May 27, 2025

A photo zoomed in on the face of a brown cow in the center of a blurry herd

The Trump Administration Is Tempting a Honeybee Disaster

Joanna Thompson

May 20, 2025

Close-up color photograph of a honeybee perched on a flower

Federal Workers Are Facing a New Reality

April 16, 2025

A chaotic office scene

The Real Cost of Backyard Eggs

March 7, 2025

A chick sits in a math equation.

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The Breaking Point for Eggs

February 5, 2025

Golden eggs and one soft-boiled egg in egg cup in front of a blue background

Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment

Katherine J. Wu

January 10, 2025

RFK Jr. Is in the Wrong Agency

Nicholas Florko

December 3, 2024

RFK Jr frowning in a crowd

What I Didn’t Understand About Apple Picking

November 9, 2024

woman and child picking apples in an orchard of apple trees