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A Bunch of Bald Eagles Died From Eating a Tainted Raccoon

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Why Haven’t the Obituaries for Koko the Ape Talked About Her Purported Nipple Fetish?

Charles Seife

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The Shunned Muslim

Journalist Wajahat Ali wrote about Israeli settlers, and now some Muslim Americans have denounced him as a Zionist sympathizer.

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Politics Writer?

Ray Hamel

Find out with this week’s news quiz.

Fashion

My Kids Have Heinous Fashion Sense

Care and Feeding

Melania’s “I Really Don’t Care” Jacket Sums Up This Presidency

Ruth Graham

This $1,600 Hawaiian Print Shirt—With Matching Pants!—Is the Height of Dad Style

Rachelle Hampton

Help! My Boyfriend Claimed He Was Sexually Harassed. I Have Proof He Lied About It.

Should I Withhold Sex Until My Husband Agrees to a Vasectomy?

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Nick Greene

Did Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa Score the Best Goal of the World Cup?

Aaron Mak

What an Utterly Bizarre Week of News For Tesla

Ben Mathis-Lilley

A Bunch of Bald Eagles Died From Eating a Tainted Raccoon in What Is Probably Not a Good Omen for July 4 or Just in General

Sam Adams

Hollywood Is Beginning to Make Peace With the End of Humanity

Eric Betts

Why Neymar Cried When Brazil Beat Costa Rica

Rachel Black and Aleta Sprague

Republicans Are Fixated on Work Requirements for Benefits. This is Part of a Long Policy History Driven by White Racial Resentment.

The Melania Jacket Is the Apotheosis of the “Words Don’t Matter” Presidency

Ruth Graham

Elena Kagan Is Up to Something

Mark Joseph Stern

The New Yorker’s Incredibles 2 Review Sexualizing Elastigirl Is Gross

But is it really outrage-worthy?

Inkoo Kang

What It’s Like to Be Google’s Poster Child for “Crying Liberal” or “Basic Bitch”

They have a good sense of humor about it.

Rachel Withers

Culture

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It’s the End of the World as We Know It, and Hollywood Feels Fine

Sam Adams

Movies and TV shows have begun telling us to make peace with the apocalypse.

Paul Pogba Can Do Anything, Even Get France’s Lackluster Offense to Score a Goal

Eric Betts

Technology

How it’s changing us

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The Feds Love to Stack Charges When It Comes to Cybercrime

Josephine Wolff

The many indictments of former CIA employee Joshua Schulte aren’t just about leaking information.

What Is With Instagram and Cotton Candy?

Heather Schwedel

Facebook Says It Has “No Plans” to Listen in On Your Conversations

Will Oremus

A New, Affordable Ultrasound Machine Is Saving Lives in Developing Countries

Rachel Black and Aleta Sprague

Trump Isn’t Satisfied With Terrestrial Borders. He Wants Them in Space, Too.

Lucianne Walkowicz

Why Haven’t the Obituaries for Koko the Ape Talked About Her Purported Nipple Fetish?

Charles Seife

Can Self-Driving Cars Handle Boston’s Infamously Congested and Confusing Streets?

Amy Pollard

What an Utterly Bizarre Week of News For Tesla

Aaron Mak

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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The Oxford Debater vs. the Debate Team Quitter

Kit Neill and Leo Wan

Every time we fight, we’re replaying an old argument that has more to do with our different fighting styles than whatever we’re fighting about.

Republicans Are Fixated on Work Requirements for Benefits. This is Part of a Long Policy History Driven by White Racial Resentment.

New Evidence Shows That During the 1973 UpStairs Lounge Arson, Gays Had to Take Rescue Efforts Into Their Own Hands

Jim Downs

I Sip My Iced Coffee From These Stylish (Ecofriendly) Straws

Strategist Editors

My Kids Have Heinous Taste in Fashion

Nicole Cliffe

The Melania Jacket Is the Apotheosis of the “Words Don’t Matter” Presidency

Ruth Graham

Rabbit Holes: Why I Enjoy Clicking Through the Thumping World of Type Beats

Nitish Pahwa

Business

Where the money goes

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Jeff Bezos Will Lose Zero Sleep Over the Supreme Court’s Decision to End Tax-Free Online Shopping

Why Even Viral-Fundraising Skeptics Can Feel Good About Donating to RAICES

Trump’s Tangent About Canadian Shoe Smugglers, Explained

America Has a Moving Crisis

Henry Grabar

Elon Musk Is Trying to Redefine Socialism as … Capitalism

Elizabeth Holmes Deserves Prison, but Her Indictment Won’t Make Silicon Valley Any Less Reckless

Maybe This One Dumb Chart Explains the Economy

Jeff Bezos Just Hired a New Yorker Writer to Run His Health Care Startup. Excellent Choice.