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Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo

In the Dark

Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo

Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News

Why Are Some Women Training for Pregnancy Like It’s a Marathon?

Baby Bumps

Why Are Some Women Training for Pregnancy Like It’s a Marathon?

Currie Engel

‘She Has a Presence’: The Melania Superfans Who Turned Up for Opening Weekend

Real Ones

‘She Has a Presence’: The Melania Superfans Who Turned Up for Opening Weekend

Zoë Schiffer

ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed

All Hat, No Cattle

ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed

John Publius

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

Snowden of Scammers

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

Andy Greenberg

Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce

The Red Bull Leaks

Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce

Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, and Matt Burgess

Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE

Tipping Point

Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE

Garrett M. Graff

We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower

Arsonist in Chief

We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower

Garrett M. Graff

‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis

Occupied

‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis

Lina Misitzis and Katie Thornton

You’ve Never Heard of China’s Greatest Sci-Fi Novel

Country Fandom

You’ve Never Heard of China’s Greatest Sci-Fi Novel

Afra Wang

Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All

Model Citizens

Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All

Yi-Ling Liu

Your First Humanoid Robot Coworker Will Probably Be Chinese

Hello, Humanoid

Your First Humanoid Robot Coworker Will Probably Be Chinese

Will Knight

China’s AI Boyfriend Business Is Taking On a Life of Its Own

Love Language

China’s AI Boyfriend Business Is Taking On a Life of Its Own

Johanna Costigan

China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World

Sun Stroke

China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World

Jeremy Wallace

She Was Given Up by Her Chinese Parents—and Spent 14 Years Trying to Find a Way Back

Missed Connections

She Was Given Up by Her Chinese Parents—and Spent 14 Years Trying to Find a Way Back

Olivia Cheng

He Went to Prison for Gene-Editing Babies. Now He’s Planning to Do It Again

Baby Maker

He Went to Prison for Gene-Editing Babies. Now He’s Planning to Do It Again

Emily Mullin

How China’s ‘Crystal Capital’ Cornered the Market on a Western Obsession

Lucky Scoop

How China’s ‘Crystal Capital’ Cornered the Market on a Western Obsession

Louise Matsakis and Rachel Zheng

Chinese EV Batteries Are Eating the World

Power Play

Chinese EV Batteries Are Eating the World

Zeyi Yang

How AI Companies Got Caught Up in US Military Efforts

Book Excerpt

How AI Companies Got Caught Up in US Military Efforts

Nick Srnicek

Trump Declared a Space Race With China. The US Is Losing

Eclipsed

Trump Declared a Space Race With China. The US Is Losing

Noah Shachtman