In this installation of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses what high gas prices have meant for politics historically and outlines the debates in Washington about how to bring those prices down. And two-plus years since the coronavirus pandemic hit the US, the crew uses data to explore some of the ways American life … Read more
A teenager ended up on life support after waking up with what she thought was a cold. But Juliet Roberts was actually battling lung damage and pneumonia caused by vaping since she was 14. The 18-year-old was hospitalized in January after struggling to breathe. She claims doctors told her years of constant vaping had ravaged … Read more
CHIANG KHONG, Thailand — For Pianporn Deetes, the Mekong is more than a river. “This is not just liquid, but this is the entire life-supporting system,” Deetes, a local activist, said recently on a wooden long-tail boat heading upstream in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province. The Mekong, one of the world’s longest waterways, runs about … Read more