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THE OPIOID BACKLASH

PATIENTS WITH LEGITIMATE MEDICAL NEEDS ARE LOSING ACCESS TO OPIOIDS WHILE ADDICTION AND OVERDOSE RATES CONTINUE TO CLIMB

IT'S A MEAN, MEAN WORLD

As a plot driver, the traumatic home invasion has long been a staple of both film pulp-movies like Cape Fear, Death Wish, and John Wick-and artier projects like Michael Haneke's Funny Games and Ari Aster's anxious new Beau Is Afraid. All play into our collective fears of lawless hooligans invading our personal space. But a plot device, as every sane person knows, is simply a tool for the creation of fantasy

WHAT LIES BENEATH

Grappling with how to approach great works of art by bad men in the book Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Defending French Open champion Iga Swiatek plays for more than titles

WHEN IGA SWIATEK, THE WORLD'S TOPranked women's tennis player, travels to tournaments around the globe, her bag is filled with the usual accoutrements of superstars in her sport: racket, wardrobe, Legos. OK, Swiatek is likely the only three-time major winner toting around tiny plastic bricks. During the pandemic, Swiatek began toying with Legos; she finds the process of building the Disney World castle, or a Porsche, or the International Space Station relaxing.

What's next for misoprostol, the other abortion pill?

THE ABORTION PILL MIFEPRISTONE HAS been on uncertain legal ground since a Texas judge ruled on April 7 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s approval more than two decades ago should be suspended. After the Department of Justice appealed the decision and requested that the Supreme Court step in, the high court decided that mifepristone should remain available while courts continue to decide its legal fate.

CLEARING THE FIELD

Why a President most voters say shouldn't run faces no real party challenge

America's life - expectancy map

THE AVERAGE U.S. LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS HIT ITS worst decline in 100 years, and America's standing is dismal among peer nations. But the average obscures a more complex story. The U.S. is facing the greatest divide in life expectancy across regions in the past 40 years. Research from American Inequality found that Americans born in certain areas of Mississippi and Florida may die 20 years younger than their peers born in parts of Colorado and California.

Pat & Candy & Allan & Betty

NOBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO GET hurt.

How Jenny Jackson wrote a best-selling novel while her kids were in the bath

Two decades ago, Jenny Jackson put aside her own writing dreams to become a book editor-but now her debut novel, Pineapple Street, is a New York Times best seller and a Good Morning America book-club pick, and has already been optioned for TV. The wildest part? She wrote it in four months, while holding down her job and raising a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old. She also managed to talk to TIME as part of our series on how parenting shapes the people who shape the world; find more at time.com/parent-files

ARSENAL of DEMOCRACY

The race to arm Ukraine

TO INSPECT AND SERVE WATCHING THE DETECTIVES

After 2020's protests, eyes turned to city budgets. Can controllers' audits change policing?

Powered UP

Tired of being at the mercy of the regional utility, a bluecollar Latino community took matters into its own hands.

Getting to YES

Learning to love the green building boom

GROUNDS FOR RECONSIDERATION

Howard Schultz sold himself as a benevolent, modern boss. Then Starbucks employees pushed for a union.

Electrify Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

Decarbonizing America will require a building spree not seen in generations.

Green Machine

How California NIMBYS and city councils use environmental laws to kill climate-friendly development

How a far-right former bounty hunter popularized a Covid conspiracy theory

\"Died Suddenly\"

How nature metaphors shade technology companies from scrutiny

IN 2006, at an industry conference, thenGoogle-CEO Eric Schmidt introduced a now ubiquitous term: \"the cloud.\"

BLOOD, SOIL, AND GRASS-FED BEEF

The left once led discussions on global capitalism's harm to the world and your gut. Not anymore.

NEWSGUARD MISINFORMATION MONITOR 'Verified'

Elon Musk's Twitter is giving legitimacy to dozens of influential misinformers

Mom and Dad Turn Landlord

With more Millennials and Gen Zers living at home, some parents have started charging rent

Off-the-Grid Destinations for a Digital Detox

Push alerts, the ringing phone, texts, emails, pop-up meeting requests and video conferences-it seems like we can't ever quite get away from the digital lifestyle that has transformed the way we work. But...you actually can. There are plenty of intriguing destinations-both nearby and far away from work and home-that encourage you to leave the digitally connected world behind. When you want to take the road less traveled for an adventure, relax at an all-inclusive relaxation-focused experience, or simply commune with nature; there are incredible destinations just waiting... with no distractions

"Healthy Eating Shouldn't Be a Privilege"

Actress and entrepreneur Zooey Deschanel on making healthy choices and fighting \"food deserts\"

SUNK COST

A NEWSWEEK INVESTIGATION REVEALS THE SECRET CONSTRAINTS THAT WEAKEN THE U.S. NAVY'S SUBMARINE FLEET MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR

THE LEFT-RIGHT SPECTRUM IS MOSTLY MEANINGLESS

THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE DOESN'T FIT ON A SIMPLE MAP.

FAILING TO REFORM SOCIAL SECURITY MEANS MANDATORY CUTS

WHEN PRESIDENT JOE Biden sparred with Republicans during his State of the Union address in February, he vowed to veto any attempt at cutting Social Security benefits. Yet the budget proposal he unveiled in March lacked a plan to avert the mandatory Social Security benefit cuts that are quickly approaching.

THE BIOMEDICAL TESTING REVOLUTION

“CANCER SIGNAL NOT detected.” That was the happy finding of my Galleri multicancer early detection (MCED) blood test from the Silicon Valley biotech company GRAIL. The Galleri test presages an emerging wave of new precision biomedical tests produced by a panoply of biotech startups.

Diana Alvarez Knows She's 'Doing the Right Thing' Running a D.C. Smoke Shop

Diana Alvarez’s son always wanted to go to college, so she started working in a smoke shop to earn some extra cash.

Fighting the Feds in the American South

JEFFERSON COWIE IS a prodigious researcher who often shows sensitivity to historical complexities, and his narrative skills shine. The Vanderbilt historian’s latest book, Freedom’s Dominion, is readable and often provocative. But it superimposes a dubious thesis about Southern his tory over the facts, arguing that “land dispossession, slavery, power, and oppression do not stand in contrast to freedom— they are expressions of it.”

WILL 2024 BRING THE RETURN OF THE NEOCONS?

THE GOP NOMINEE CAN FORGE A HUMBLER PATHOR TURN BACK TO FAILED NEOCONSERVATISM.