The German language invented the most complicated, somber, interesting words for life in a pandemic. And French added the most nuance. And Spanish emphasized sociability. As for us? Quite a few of...
The Associated Press will count the nation’s vote in real time Tuesday and report the results of presidential, congressional and state elections — as it has for more than 170 years. The way...
Print, left ("The Squatter") vs. Digital, right.
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Election days used to be raucous affairs, with individual votes sometimes cast orally for all to hear.
In the first episode of Decoder with Nilay Patel, Mark Cuban talks 5G, health care, and Joe Biden’s presidency.
The COVID Border Accountability Project map tool displays information on border policies around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Clicking on a country will provide more info on...
Photos and Text Anupam Nath
The former capital of Hitler's Third Reich was divided after World War II. But the people of Berlin were still able to move around freely in the city. That is, until August 13, 1961.
For the past six months I have been sending out a weekly newsletter with things I learnt and read during the week. Some of those trivia are not trivial at all, so I decided to share the condensed...
Photos Ariana Cubillos | Text Juan Pablo Arráez
No American president has been more incendiary than Donald Trump. He has been the subject in recent years of 28 DER SPIEGEL cover stories.
Confessions of an Uber driver who turned off the app and went rogue
Kevin Kelly is the founder of Wired Magazine and author of several books, among them The Inevitable. For Warp News he presents his case for optimism.
Eight hours and 26 minutes. I clearly remember the exact time I walked that day. On more than several occasions, I lost my way; on many more, the courage to keep going. By the time I had reached...
The past year has offered a glimpse of the nowhere-everywhere future of work, and it isn’t optimistic for big cities.
This is too good.
This study utilised a nationally representative sample to investigate the cultural divide on the political left and right. We found evidence of an ideological divide on both sides, with...
What the contents of our refrigerators say about our politics — and our assumptions.
When COVID-19 hit, Dr. Anthony Fauci was portrayed on the Right as a deep-state villain, one of these “elitists” who are trying to tell “us” how to live in Middle America.
A certain kind of American is still traveling internationally — and they’re not sorry.
How the president who has never wavered dealt with defeat after four years in the White House.
Departing picture editor Greg Whitmore looks back at the photos that made the news during his quarter century at the paper
Anything that is not an expression of pure, unqualified support for whatever they’re doing or saying is received as a mark of disrespect and a provocation to conflict.
Sales of the antique tools have boosted since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with people wanting to avoid a trip to the laundromat
What will it require to take China seriously as an economic challenge?
In 1918 humans had never viewed a virus under a microscope. But “wear a mask and keep your distance” they understood better than we do today.
Doctor Katharina Franz and paramedic Andreas Hankel, of the rescue helicopter "Christoph Giessen," resuscitate a patient during preparations for his transport in the special isolation chamber "IsoArk"
The Russian president and his defence minister, Sergei Shoygu, are spending the weekend in Siberia
Protest tactics popularized in Hong Kongâs 2019 unrest have shaped a new wave of savvy anti-establishment demonstrations around the world â and a headache for governments.
'Via Getty' is not a person, the Port-a-Potties were overrun, and Tiffany Trump wished Eric a happy birthday.
Up to 400,000 seafarers have been trapped on board cargo ships during the Covid pandemic. These are their photos
