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Elon Musk owns Twitter. Now what?

This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. After more than six months of one of the most chaotic, high-profile business negotiations in recent memory,…

Why everybody you know is sick right now

It’s not just you or your kids: Cold-and-flu season is off to a particularly nasty start across the United States. With the country stepping down from the pandemic footing of the past few years, the various viruses that cause coughs,…

Is the cure for inflation worse than the disease?

The last year of inflation has disproportionately hurt low-income and nonwhite families — those with the least flexibility in their monthly budgets to absorb higher prices. Now those same groups could be hurt by economic policymakers’ plan to tackle inflation…