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“We Get to Hear Them Training to Kill Us”

Christina Cauterucci

NFL

How the New York Giants Screwed Up Saquon Barkley

Alex Kirshner

Justin Tucker’s Record-Setting Field Goal Was One of the Greatest Plays in NFL History

Stefan Fatsis

Texas

Julián and Joaquin Castro on What the State Needs Now

Jason Johnson

Criminal Justice

What Will It Take to Finally Shut Down One of America’s Most Notorious Jails?

Mary Harris

How to Do It

I’ve Kept a Secret Life From My Wife for Years. I Want to Stop—but I Don’t Know If I Can.

Rich Juzwiak

I Just Read About a “Horrible New Dating Trend” and Thought: Oh, I Do That

Rich Juzwiak and Jessica Stoya

Companies Are Giving Lip Service to “Self-Care”—but It’s Not What Employees Really Need

Alison Green

Should I Tell My Daughter’s Father My True Feelings?

Care and Feeding

Video Games

Has Chris Pratt Even Played Super Mario Bros.?

Allegra Frank

Japanese Breakfast Thinks This Is the Best Song She’s Ever Written

Allegra Frank

The Secret to Beating Nintendo’s Absurdly Hard New Party Games

Evan Urquhart

I am blinded by my worry that something bad is going to happen.

Help! I Teased My Infertile Friend About Kidnapping My Kid. It Didn’t Go Well.

Help! My Stepmother Behaved Appallingly Around My Father’s Death. Now She Wants Me to Care for Her.

Help! My Husband Says He Can’t Love Me “Like That,” but He Wants to Have Kids.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Bailing on Bali”

Care and Feeding

My SIL’s “Baby” Might Endanger My Actual Baby

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Jenée Desmond-Harris

Help! I Got a Mysterious Letter “Warning” Me About My Neighbors.

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Laura Miller

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Alex Kirshner

How the New York Giants Screwed Up Saquon Barkley

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Piper McDaniel

Insurance Companies Are Preying Upon Wildfire Survivors

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Jason Johnson

The Stakes of Texas Politics Have Never Been Higher

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Mary Harris

What Will It Take to Finally Shut Down NYC’s Most Notorious Jail?

“We Get to Hear Them Training to Kill Us”

Christina Cauterucci

Justin Tucker’s Record-Setting Field Goal Was One of the Greatest Plays in NFL History

Stefan Fatsis

Why the Senate’s Oldest GOP Member Is Seeking Yet Another Term

Jim Newell

Companies Are Giving Lip Service to “Self-Care”—but It’s Not What Employees Really Need

Alison Green

Culture

What it all means

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How Scary Is Midnight Mass, the New Netflix Show by the Creator of Haunting of Hill House?

Sam Adams

Just because it’s made by the same writer-director doesn’t mean it has the same sorts of scares.

Franzen’s Latest Will Please Readers Who Still Prefer The Corrections

Laura Miller

How the New York Giants Screwed Up Saquon Barkley

Alex Kirshner

Justin Tucker’s Record-Setting Field Goal Was One of the Greatest Plays in NFL History

Stefan Fatsis

Japanese Breakfast Thinks This Is the Best Song She’s Ever Written

Allegra Frank

Has Chris Pratt Even Played Super Mario Bros.?: A Slate Investigation

Allegra Frank

Childhood Climate Anxiety Is a Real and Worsening Problem. So Why Can’t We Take It Seriously?

Rebecca Onion

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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A Divorced Couple Is Fighting Over Frozen Dead Bodies

Yana Pashaeva

They used to be in the cryonics business together. Then things went wrong.

We Need to Rethink Our COVID Testing Priorities

Lizzie O’Leary

Who Wins When the State Appropriates Self-Defense Technologies Developed by Communities?

Vivette García-Deister

Read a New Short Story About a Future in Which a Government Tracks All of Its Citizens

Andrea Chapela

All the Ways That “1 in 5,000 per Day” Breakthrough Infection Stat Is Nonsense

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Why China Finally Decided to Ban Bitcoin

Aaron Mak

It Turns Out That Cutting Off Unemployment Insurance Didn’t Fix the Economy

Jordan Weissmann

Insurance Companies Are Preying Upon Wildfire Survivors

Piper McDaniel

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex. Then the Revolution Came for Him.

L.V. Anderson

What does he believe now?

Help! I Got a Mysterious Letter “Warning” Me About My Neighbors.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

I Just Read About a “Horrible New Dating Trend” and Thought: Oh, I Do That

Rich Juzwiak and Jessica Stoya

Dear Care and Feeding: My Child’s Birth Caused a Shocking Revelation About Who I Am

Stacia L. Brown

I’ve Just Learned My Sexual Habits Are So Terrible There’s a Special Word for Them

How to Do It

Dear Care and Feeding: Should I Tell My Daughter’s Father My True Feelings?

Stacia L. Brown

Companies Are Giving Lip Service to “Self-Care”—but It’s Not What Employees Really Need

Alison Green

News & Politics

What really matters

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First, the Canals

Ariel Ron

Pro-slavery Sen. John C. Calhoun opposed infrastructure spending for a reason.

What Will It Take to Finally Shut Down NYC’s Most Notorious Jail?

Mary Harris

A Better Guide for How to Follow This Critically Important SCOTUS Term

Dahlia Lithwick and Steve Vladeck

The Decades-Old Delusion at the Heart of American Immigration Policy

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Why This Very, Very Old Senator Is Going for It Again

Jim Newell

Death and Desperation at Rikers Island

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“We Get to Hear Them Training to Kill Us”

Christina Cauterucci

The Stakes of Texas Politics Have Never Been Higher

Jason Johnson

“We Get to Hear Them Training to Kill Us”

Franzen’s Latest Will Please Readers Who Still Prefer The Corrections

Why This Very, Very Old Senator Is Going for It Again

Democrats Are Deluded About the Border

How to Follow This Critically Important SCOTUS Term

NFL

How the New York Giants Screwed Up Saquon Barkley

Justin Tucker’s Record-Setting Field Goal Was One of the Greatest Plays in NFL History

Texas

Julián and Joaquin Castro on What the State Needs Now

Criminal Justice

What Will It Take to Finally Shut Down One of America’s Most Notorious Jails?

How to Do It

I’ve Kept a Secret Life From My Wife for Years. I Want to Stop—but I Don’t Know If I Can.

I Just Read About a “Horrible New Dating Trend” and Thought: Oh, I Do That

Companies Are Giving Lip Service to “Self-Care”—but It’s Not What Employees Really Need

Should I Tell My Daughter’s Father My True Feelings?

Video Games

Has Chris Pratt Even Played Super Mario Bros.?

Japanese Breakfast Thinks This Is the Best Song She’s Ever Written

The Secret to Beating Nintendo’s Absurdly Hard New Party Games

I am blinded by my worry that something bad is going to happen.

Help! I Teased My Infertile Friend About Kidnapping My Kid. It Didn’t Go Well.

Help! My Stepmother Behaved Appallingly Around My Father’s Death. Now She Wants Me to Care for Her.

Help! My Husband Says He Can’t Love Me “Like That,” but He Wants to Have Kids.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Bailing on Bali”

My SIL’s “Baby” Might Endanger My Actual Baby

Help! I Got a Mysterious Letter “Warning” Me About My Neighbors.

Franzen’s Latest Will Please Readers Who Still Prefer The Corrections

How the New York Giants Screwed Up Saquon Barkley

Insurance Companies Are Preying Upon Wildfire Survivors

The Stakes of Texas Politics Have Never Been Higher

What Will It Take to Finally Shut Down NYC’s Most Notorious Jail?

“We Get to Hear Them Training to Kill Us”

Justin Tucker’s Record-Setting Field Goal Was One of the Greatest Plays in NFL History

Why the Senate’s Oldest GOP Member Is Seeking Yet Another Term

Companies Are Giving Lip Service to “Self-Care”—but It’s Not What Employees Really Need

How Scary Is Midnight Mass, the New Netflix Show by the Creator of Haunting of Hill House?

Franzen’s Latest Will Please Readers Who Still Prefer The Corrections

How the New York Giants Screwed Up Saquon Barkley

Justin Tucker’s Record-Setting Field Goal Was One of the Greatest Plays in NFL History

Japanese Breakfast Thinks This Is the Best Song She’s Ever Written

Has Chris Pratt Even Played Super Mario Bros.?: A Slate Investigation

Childhood Climate Anxiety Is a Real and Worsening Problem. So Why Can’t We Take It Seriously?

A Divorced Couple Is Fighting Over Frozen Dead Bodies

We Need to Rethink Our COVID Testing Priorities

Who Wins When the State Appropriates Self-Defense Technologies Developed by Communities?

Read a New Short Story About a Future in Which a Government Tracks All of Its Citizens

All the Ways That “1 in 5,000 per Day” Breakthrough Infection Stat Is Nonsense

Why China Finally Decided to Ban Bitcoin

It Turns Out That Cutting Off Unemployment Insurance Didn’t Fix the Economy

Insurance Companies Are Preying Upon Wildfire Survivors

Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex. Then the Revolution Came for Him.

Help! I Got a Mysterious Letter “Warning” Me About My Neighbors.

I Just Read About a “Horrible New Dating Trend” and Thought: Oh, I Do That

Dear Care and Feeding: My Child’s Birth Caused a Shocking Revelation About Who I Am

I’ve Just Learned My Sexual Habits Are So Terrible There’s a Special Word for Them

Dear Care and Feeding: Should I Tell My Daughter’s Father My True Feelings?

Companies Are Giving Lip Service to “Self-Care”—but It’s Not What Employees Really Need

First, the Canals

What Will It Take to Finally Shut Down NYC’s Most Notorious Jail?

A Better Guide for How to Follow This Critically Important SCOTUS Term

The Decades-Old Delusion at the Heart of American Immigration Policy

Why This Very, Very Old Senator Is Going for It Again

Death and Desperation at Rikers Island

“We Get to Hear Them Training to Kill Us”

The Stakes of Texas Politics Have Never Been Higher