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He supports cops who target people of color. He attacks those who target him and his friends.

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My first weeks as a doctor, during a pandemic, showed me how much we struggle to appropriately appreciate public service.

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What really matters

The true number is probably higher. There is no end in sight.

It’s Time for Trump to Go Now

Peaceful Protesters Tear-Gassed Outside White House to Clear Space for a Trump Church Photo-Op

The Best Trump Can Do Now Is to Do Nothing

Trump Launches Effort to Run Nixon’s 1968 Campaign, Without the Competence

Why Does This Keep Happening in Minneapolis?

Our President

Trump Can’t Just Refuse to Leave Office

Supreme Court

The Court Passed Up a Chance to Overrule Appallingly Racist Precedents

Protests

How the Police Embraced Firing Tear Gas on Protesters

Coronavirus

Do Superspreaders Exist?

How Protesters Can Minimize Their Risk of Catching and Spreading COVID-19

Education

There’s Been a Run on Anti-Racist Books

Caught Between COVID and DACA

COVID-19 Isn’t All Good News for Purell

My Son Won’t Let Me Visit My New Grandchild. All I’ve Done Is Golf and Get a Haircut.

TV & Movies

Elisabeth Moss Is a Terrifying Shirley Jackson in Shirley

John Oliver Acknowledges a Problem With Voting by Mail, and It’s Not Fraud

The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in June

She has no reason to cite your zodiac sign as a reason for professional disagreement.

Help! I Don’t Want My Fiancé’s Racist Sister as a Bridesmaid.

Help! My Boyfriend’s Replies to My Sexts Sure Are Killing the Mood.

Help! My Best Friend Stopped Talking to Me, and I Don’t Know Why.

Podcast Episode Help! The Pandemic Halted My Affair. Do I Still Need to Tell My Husband?

I’m 57—and Suddenly Find Myself Attracted to College Guys My Son’s Age

After Trump’s Photo-Op, Outraged Church Leader Says “I Am Now a Force to Be Reckoned With”

What Illustrator Maira Kalman Can’t Live Without

Help! I Don’t Want My Fiancé’s Racist Sister as a Bridesmaid.

COVID-19 Isn’t All Good News for Purell

I Work in the Restaurant Industry. How Do I Find a New Career in a Pandemic?

Dear Care and Feeding: My Son Won’t Let Me Visit My New Grandchild. All I’ve Done Is Golf and Get a Haircut.

Tanker Truck Speeds Into Thousands of George Floyd Protesters on Minneapolis Bridge

Trump Can’t Just Refuse to Leave Office

Trump Doesn’t Believe in Law and Order

Why Trump Can’t Designate Antifa as a Terrorist Organization

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Every Song on Lady Gaga’s Chromatica, Rated in Comparison to A Star Is Born’s Butt Song

Elisabeth Moss Is a Terrifying Shirley Jackson in Shirley

There’s Been a Run on Anti-Racist Books

The NFL’s Response to Colin Kaepernick Speaks Louder Than Anything It Said Last Week

John Oliver Acknowledges a Problem With Voting by Mail, and It’s Not Fraud

How a Mine Disaster Became a Work of Documentary Theater

The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in June

Graduating Medical School Early Wasn’t Anything Like Going to War

How Protesters Can Minimize Their Risk of Catching and Spreading the Coronavirus

Do Coronavirus Superspreaders Exist?

How Police Departments Embraced Firing Tear Gas on Protesters

How Cuba’s Offline Quarantine Is Going

When the Robot You Consider Family Tries to Sell You Something

Read a New Short Story About the Peculiar Challenges of Raising a Robot

We Should Be Very Wary of Politicians Lobbying Facebook, Twitter, and Google

Virtual Queues, Empty Rides, and a “Social Distancing Skunk Ape”

What Illustrator Maira Kalman Can’t Live Without

Help! I Don’t Want My Fiancé’s Racist Sister as a Bridesmaid.

I Work in the Restaurant Industry. How Do I Find a New Career in a Pandemic?

Dear Care and Feeding: My Son Won’t Let Me Visit My New Grandchild. All I’ve Done Is Golf and Get a Haircut.

Help! My Colleague Blames Work Problems on Astrological Signs.

I’m 57—and Suddenly Find Myself Attracted to College Guys My Son’s Age

100,000 Americans Have Died of COVID-19

COVID-19 Isn’t All Good News for Purell

Caught Between COVID and DACA

Remove Trump Now

Peaceful Protesters Tear-Gassed Outside White House to Clear Space for a Trump Church Photo-Op

Trump Can’t Heal America

Why Does This Keep Happening in Minneapolis?

After Trump’s Photo-Op, Outraged Church Leader Says “I Am Now a Force to Be Reckoned With”

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Help! The Pandemic Halted My Affair. Do I Still Need to Tell My Husband?