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Why the aborted Mars One Mission deserves to be mourned, not mocked.

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The Conversation Starts Here

What Americans should learn from California’s high-speed rail boondoggle.

A Cautionary Tale for the Green New Deal

My Husband Hid His Past of Orgies and Gay Sex

I can accept all that, but I dread that I’ll never be enough for him.

David Wallace-Wells’ book about climate change imagines the end of the story.

SNL

Trump slams NBC after SNL mocked his emergency declaration.

Rebecca Onion

Dahlia Lithwick

Daniel Politi

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Alison Green

Virginia Heffernan

Daniel Politi

Daniel Politi

Will I ever be enough for him?

Rich Juzwiak

Matthew Dessem

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How it’s changing us

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After 15 years, the adventurous spacecraft has finally bit the dust.

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

How “people of color” evolved from a gesture of solidarity and respect to a cover for avoiding the complexities of race.

Business

Where the money goes

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Cities once worshipped job creation at any cost. The crumbling of New York’s HQ2 deal suggests they’re finding a new religion.

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The president defended his national emergency by boasting that he’ll win at the Supreme Court because it’s full of his judges.

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A Beautifully Stupid Idea

11-Year-Old Arrested After Refusing to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance

Trump Is Trying to Hollow Out the Constitution’s Checks and Balances

Why Pelosi Didn’t Stop Trump When She Had the Chance

Basketball

The NBA Dunk Contest Failure Featuring a Wright Brothers Plane Was Historically Accurate

Iowa’s Buzzer-Beating H-O-R-S-E Shot Was All Kinds of Crazy

Television

The Elastic Faces of Saoirse-Monica Jackson Are the Essence of Derry Girls

Health

Ignore What You Might’ve Heard About Neti Pots—They Won’t Kill You

Trump World

Watch Stephen Miller Struggle to Provide an Example for Emergency Declaration Precedent

What Americans should learn from California’s high-speed rail boondoggle.

My Husband Hid His Past of Orgies and Gay Sex

“It is Worse, Much Worse, Than You Think”

SNL

“Very Unfair and Should Be Looked Into”

Watch Alec Baldwin’s Emergency Declaration Sketch

Don Cheadle Pulled Off Two Great Ad Parodies

She made it sound as if they were massacring endangered baby eagles.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Hoarder Boyfriend

Help! Should I Move In With My Hoarder Boyfriend?

Help! I’m Sick of My Boyfriend Always Being Sick!

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! I Hate All the Homemade Knickknacks My In-Laws Keep Gifting Us.

Did We Forget to Memorialize Spanish Flu Because Women Were the Heroes?

I Can’t Stop Analyzing Trump’s Friday Rose Garden Speech

Alec Baldwin Wonders if Trump’s SNL Tweet Is “a Threat to My Safety”

Ex-FBI Chief Says Trump Believed Russia Over U.S. Intelligence: “I Believe Putin”

Managers Need to Stop Sugarcoating Their Feedback

Manafort and the Heart of Collusion

11-Year-Old Arrested After Refusing to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance

Mike Pence Expected Applause When He Mentioned Trump in Munich. He Got Silence.

My Husband Hid His Past Orgies and Gay Sex Before We Got Married

Watch Alec Baldwin Declare a National Emergency on Saturday Night Live

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The Many Faces of Derry Girls’ Saoirse-Monica Jackson

How These Tiny House Hunters Legends Transformed Their Burned-Down Shack

John Oliver’s Brexit Forecast: It’s Not Lookin’ Good!

Watch a Drunk, Naked-From-the-Waist-Down Geoffrey the Giraffe Smash Up Jimmy Kimmel’s Set With a Baseball Bat

Here’s Where You Can Read All of This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Screenplays

Iowa’s Buzzer-Beating H-O-R-S-E Shot Against Rutgers Was All Kinds of Crazy

John Collins’ Dunk Contest Failure Was Historically Accurate

RIP, Oppy the Mars Rover

In the Age of Billionaires Leading Space Exploration, We Should Mourn Mars One

Amazon’s Alexa Keeps Quoting Jeff Bezos to Me

Being Suicidal Doesn’t Necessarily Mean You’re Mentally Ill

New York’s Anti-Amazon Movement Is Now a Blueprint for Critics of Big Tech

Russian Region Declares Emergency After Polar Bears Terrorize Town

Amazon Cancels Plans for HQ2 in New York

Did We Forget to Memorialize Spanish Flu Because Women Were the Heroes?

Which People?

Managers Need to Stop Sugarcoating Their Feedback

The Best Baby Monitors, According to Experts

My Husband Hid Past Orgies and Gay Sex Before We Got Married. Can I Satisfy Him?

Neti Pots Are Great for Flushing Out Snot. Plus, They Won’t Kill You.

Help! My Girlfriend Is Livid That I Rent Out My Family’s Cabin to Hunters.

The Powerful Little Mixer That Actually Fits in My Apartment

Amazon and the End of the Growth Machine

Withholdings and Refunds in the First Tax Season Under the New Law

Moderate Democrats Are in Love With a Tepid and Outdated Idea to Fix Health Care

There’s Nothing Ridiculous About Trains Replacing Planes

America’s Lack of Child Care Is a Big Economic Problem

Landmark Donald Trump’s Buildings

Here’s What It’s Like to Work as a Knight at Medieval Times

Here’s What It’s Like to Train Horses at Medieval Times

Trump Isn’t Just Defying the Constitution. He’s Undermining SCOTUS.

I Can’t Stop Analyzing Trump’s Friday Rose Garden Speech

Alec Baldwin Wonders if Trump’s SNL Tweet Is “a Threat to My Safety”

Ex-FBI Chief Says Trump Believed Russia Over U.S. Intelligence: “I Believe Putin”

Manafort and the Heart of Collusion

Mike Pence Expected Applause When He Mentioned Trump in Munich. He Got Silence.

11-Year-Old Arrested After Refusing to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance

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