A moving, harrowing, and compulsively readable portrait of the lives of Iranians across five decades, tracing the promise of the 1979 revolution, its betrayal by forces of autocracy, and a people’s...

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The State Department has not signed off on new funding for programs that help Iranian citizens evade internet censorship, potentially crippling a policy with bipartisan support.

Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.

In the midst of the misery plaguing the island, the Cuban military has dollar reserves larger than the international reserves of nations like Costa Rica, Uruguay and Panama.

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A scenario of America’s response to an incoming nuclear attack.

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The American president has the sole authority to order a nuclear strike, even if every adviser in the room is against it.

Nuclear accidents are a fact of life for as long as these weapons exist.

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The government cannot withhold benefits because it doesn’t like how people exercise their rights.

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DOGE targets the National Endowment for Democracy, a longtime Republican-supported organization.