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Republicans May Revive the Most Dangerous Kind of Gerrymandering

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The Joe Manchin Rumor That Makes Absolutely No Sense

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Resistance Dems Are Incinerating Their Money Again in an Attempt to Take Down Marjorie Taylor Greene

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What Next

How Immunity for Cops Ends

The World

What Should Really Alarm Us About China’s New “Hypersonic” Missile Test

Fred Kaplan

Movies

What Monica Lewinsky’s New Documentary on Public Shaming Gets Wrong

Lili Loofbourow

How Historically Accurate Is Matt Damon’s Hideous Mullet in The Last Duel?

Sara McDougall and David Perry

Health

I Thought a Wearable Breast Pump Would Solve My Problems

Rachel Alexander

Ask a Teacher

Will These Very Basic Morning Battles Ever Stop?

Matthew Dicks, Brandon Hersey, and Amy Scott

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Digital Life

I'm tempted to say no the next time I get hit up for overpriced mediocre crap.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Only Child”

Help! My Mom Gives Me Free Child Care, but She Is Driving Me Up the Wall.

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Care and Feeding

One of My Twins Outshines the Other

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The Waves

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What Next

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What Should Really Alarm Us About China’s New “Hypersonic” Missile Test

Fred Kaplan

Even Monica Lewinsky Is Too Optimistic About Online Shaming

Her new documentary proposes a solution that I wish could be enough.

Lili Loofbourow

The Complicated Truth Behind “Botanical Sexism”

Is there any truth to viral TikTok and Twitter claims that cities have made allergies worse by planting mostly male trees?

Jane C. Hu

Culture

What it all means

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Dave Chappelle Accomplished Exactly What He Wanted To

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We Interviewed the Pug With No Bones

Madison Malone Kircher and Rachelle Hampton

What Could Thoreau Teach Me, a Pakistani American Woman?

Rafia Zakaria

We Interviewed the Pug With No Bones

ICYMI

What Monica Lewinsky’s New Documentary on Public Shaming Gets Wrong

Lili Loofbourow

Chappelle’s 180-Quadruple-Down Means We All Lose

Culture Gabfest

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in the Impeachment Episode Where Bill Clinton Commits Perjury

Ellin Stein

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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What Colin Powell’s Death Really Means About the Vaccines

Tim Requarth

Breakthrough infections are scary. They don’t affect us all equally.

What Happened When a Ransomware Attack Hit a Tiny Kansas County

Andrea Peterson

Have Cities Really Made Allergies Worse by Planting Mostly Male Trees?

Jane C. Hu

Texas Wants to Force a 20-Lane Highway Through Austin

Henry Grabar

There’s a Potential Grenade at the Center of the Crypto Economy

Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman

My Mother-in-Law Has $100,000 in Student Debt—and She Just Revealed an Alarming Plan for What to Do About It

Athena Valentine

I Thought a Wearable Breast Pump Would Solve My Problems

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The K-Pop Fans Who Have Become Digital Activists in Myanmar

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Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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When Did This Time of Year Become “Spooky Season”?

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The elusive history of a cursed phrase.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Only Child”

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Help! I Always Buy Fundraiser Crap From Other People’s Kids. But No One Shows Up for My Marathons.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Ask a Teacher: Will These Very Basic Morning Battles Ever Stop?

Matthew Dicks, Brandon Hersey, and Amy Scott

Below Deck’s Chef Rachel, of “Eat My Cooter” Fame, Tells Us What the Show—and Yachting—Is Really Like

The Waves

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Outward

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Germany’s Promising Plan to Bring Conspiracy Theorists Back From the Brink

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Most people reaching out to the new service are friends and family who are on the cusp of cutting all ties.

The Joe Manchin Rumor That Makes Absolutely No Sense

Jim Newell

Republicans May Revive the Most Dangerous Kind of Gerrymandering

Mark Joseph Stern

The Lawyer Behind Trump’s Infamous Jan. 6 Memo Has a Galling New Defense

Scott Cummings

Resistance Dems Are Incinerating Their Money Again in an Attempt to Take Down Marjorie Taylor Greene

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Can the Virginia Governor’s Race Tell Us Anything About the 2022 Midterms?

Mary Harris

What Should Really Alarm Us About China’s New “Hypersonic” Missile Test

Fred Kaplan

How Immunity for Cops Ends

What Next

Republicans May Revive the Most Dangerous Kind of Gerrymandering

The Lawyer Behind Trump’s Infamous Jan. 6 Memo Has a Galling New Defense

The Joe Manchin Rumor That Makes Absolutely No Sense

Resistance Dems Are Incinerating Their Money Again in an Attempt to Take Down Marjorie Taylor Greene

What Next

Podcast Episode How Immunity for Cops Ends

The World

What Should Really Alarm Us About China’s New “Hypersonic” Missile Test

Movies

What Monica Lewinsky’s New Documentary on Public Shaming Gets Wrong

How Historically Accurate Is Matt Damon’s Hideous Mullet in The Last Duel?

Health

I Thought a Wearable Breast Pump Would Solve My Problems

Ask a Teacher

Will These Very Basic Morning Battles Ever Stop?

We Interviewed the Pug With No Bones

I Can’t Stop Thinking About What a Man Just Said to Me During Sex

Digital Life

There’s a Potential Grenade at the Center of the Crypto Economy

The K-Pop Fans Who Have Become Online Activists in Myanmar

What Happened When a Ransomware Attack Hit a Tiny Kansas County

I'm tempted to say no the next time I get hit up for overpriced mediocre crap.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Only Child”

Help! My Mom Gives Me Free Child Care, but She Is Driving Me Up the Wall.

Help! My Husband Called His Ex the “Love of His Life.”

Help! I Took My Best Friend’s Virginity Before His Wedding. Should I Still Attend the Ceremony?

One of My Twins Outshines the Other

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Only Child”

Help! I Always Buy Fundraiser Crap From Other People’s Kids. But No One Shows Up for My Marathons.

Ask a Teacher: Will These Very Basic Morning Battles Ever Stop?

The K-Pop Fans Who Have Become Digital Activists in Myanmar

Below Deck’s Chef Rachel, of “Eat My Cooter” Fame, Tells Us What the Show—and Yachting—Is Really Like

How Immunity for Cops Ends

The Lawyer Behind Trump’s Infamous Jan. 6 Memo Has a Galling New Defense

What Should Really Alarm Us About China’s New “Hypersonic” Missile Test

Even Monica Lewinsky Is Too Optimistic About Online Shaming

The Complicated Truth Behind “Botanical Sexism”

Dave Chappelle Accomplished Exactly What He Wanted To

We Interviewed the Pug With No Bones

What Could Thoreau Teach Me, a Pakistani American Woman?

We Interviewed the Pug With No Bones

What Monica Lewinsky’s New Documentary on Public Shaming Gets Wrong

Chappelle’s 180-Quadruple-Down Means We All Lose

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in the Impeachment Episode Where Bill Clinton Commits Perjury

What Colin Powell’s Death Really Means About the Vaccines

What Happened When a Ransomware Attack Hit a Tiny Kansas County

Have Cities Really Made Allergies Worse by Planting Mostly Male Trees?

Texas Wants to Force a 20-Lane Highway Through Austin

There’s a Potential Grenade at the Center of the Crypto Economy

My Mother-in-Law Has $100,000 in Student Debt—and She Just Revealed an Alarming Plan for What to Do About It

I Thought a Wearable Breast Pump Would Solve My Problems

The K-Pop Fans Who Have Become Digital Activists in Myanmar

When Did This Time of Year Become “Spooky Season”?

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Only Child”

Help! I Always Buy Fundraiser Crap From Other People’s Kids. But No One Shows Up for My Marathons.

Ask a Teacher: Will These Very Basic Morning Battles Ever Stop?

Below Deck’s Chef Rachel, of “Eat My Cooter” Fame, Tells Us What the Show—and Yachting—Is Really Like

I Can’t Stop Thinking About What a Man Just Said to Me During Sex

Pronouns and Poppers: A Queer History Party

Germany’s Promising Plan to Bring Conspiracy Theorists Back From the Brink

The Joe Manchin Rumor That Makes Absolutely No Sense

Republicans May Revive the Most Dangerous Kind of Gerrymandering

The Lawyer Behind Trump’s Infamous Jan. 6 Memo Has a Galling New Defense

Resistance Dems Are Incinerating Their Money Again in an Attempt to Take Down Marjorie Taylor Greene

Can the Virginia Governor’s Race Tell Us Anything About the 2022 Midterms?

What Should Really Alarm Us About China’s New “Hypersonic” Missile Test

How Immunity for Cops Ends

How Immunity for Cops Ends