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Forget All of the Controversies About Franzen and Just Read His New Novel

Laura Miller

Policing

“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

Immigration

Democrats Are Deluded About the Border

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Which President Praised the Border Cavalry as “Tough”? (It Was Obama.)

Pedro Gerson

How to Do It

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

Rich Juzwiak and Jessica Stoya

Why Tesla’s New “Yoke” Steering Wheel Could Be a Safety Problem

Aaron Mak

The Themes That Unite Midnight Mass With Mike Flanagan’s Other Netflix Hits

Sam Adams

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

5m ago

Doyin Richards

Dear Care and Feeding: I Lied to My Teenage Daughter About My Pregnancy

15m ago

Aymann Ismail

Impossible Pork Is Testing My Faith

1h ago

What Next

A Doctor’s Hardest Call

10h ago

Hang Up and Listen

How to Fix the Toxic, Male-Dominated Culture of Women’s Soccer

12h ago

Sam Adams

The Themes That Unite Midnight Mass With Mike Flanagan’s Other Netflix Hits

12h ago

Heather Schwedel

A Brief, Weird History of Elon Musk and Grimes’ Brief, Weird Relationship

“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

A Brief, Weird History of Elon Musk and Grimes’ Brief, Weird Relationship

Heather Schwedel

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

Jim Newell

Culture

What it all means

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Netflix’s No. 1 Show Will Make You Feel Gross, but You Should Watch It Anyway

Rebecca Onion

How to Fix the Toxic, Male-Dominated Culture of Women’s Soccer

Hang Up and Listen

The Themes That Unite Midnight Mass With Mike Flanagan’s Other Netflix Hits

Sam Adams

Forget All of the Controversies About Jonathan Franzen and Just Read His New Novel

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

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.

Insurance Companies Are Preying Upon Wildfire Survivors

Piper McDaniel

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

Justin Feldman

Why China Finally Decided to Ban Bitcoin

Aaron Mak

Why Tesla’s New “Yoke” Steering Wheel Could Be a Safety Problem

Aaron Mak

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?

Dear Care and Feeding: I Lied to My Teenage Daughter About My Pregnancy

Doyin Richards

Impossible Pork Is Testing My Faith

Aymann Ismail

A Brief, Weird History of Elon Musk and Grimes’ Brief, Weird Relationship

Heather Schwedel

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

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.

Mississippi Claims Its Abortion Ban Will “Empower” Women. In Reality, It Could Kill Them.

Jonathan Allen and Mark Joseph Stern

Which President Praised the Border Cavalry as “Tough”? (It Was Obama.)

Pedro Gerson

The Stakes of Texas Politics Have Never Been Higher

Jason Johnson

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

A Doctor’s Hardest Call

What Next

Forget All of the Controversies About Franzen and Just Read His New Novel

The Weirdest Moments in Elon Musk and Grimes’ Historically Weird Relationship

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

Mississippi Claims Its Abortion Ban Will “Empower” Women

Policing

“We Get to Hear Them Training to Kill Us”

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

Immigration

Democrats Are Deluded About the Border

Which President Praised the Border Cavalry as “Tough”? (It Was Obama.)

How to Do It

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

Why Tesla’s New “Yoke” Steering Wheel Could Be a Safety Problem

The Themes That Unite Midnight Mass With Mike Flanagan’s Other Netflix Hits

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

Dear Care and Feeding: I Lied to My Teenage Daughter About My Pregnancy

Impossible Pork Is Testing My Faith

A Doctor’s Hardest Call

How to Fix the Toxic, Male-Dominated Culture of Women’s Soccer

The Themes That Unite Midnight Mass With Mike Flanagan’s Other Netflix Hits

A Brief, Weird History of Elon Musk and Grimes’ Brief, Weird Relationship

“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

A Brief, Weird History of Elon Musk and Grimes’ Brief, Weird Relationship

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

Netflix’s No. 1 Show Will Make You Feel Gross, but You Should Watch It Anyway

How to Fix the Toxic, Male-Dominated Culture of Women’s Soccer

The Themes That Unite Midnight Mass With Mike Flanagan’s Other Netflix Hits

Forget All of the Controversies About Jonathan Franzen and Just Read His New Novel

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

A Divorced Couple Is Fighting Over Frozen Dead Bodies

Insurance Companies Are Preying Upon Wildfire Survivors

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

Why Tesla’s New “Yoke” Steering Wheel Could Be a Safety Problem

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

Dear Care and Feeding: I Lied to My Teenage Daughter About My Pregnancy

Impossible Pork Is Testing My Faith

A Brief, Weird History of Elon Musk and Grimes’ Brief, Weird Relationship

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

First, the Canals

Mississippi Claims Its Abortion Ban Will “Empower” Women. In Reality, It Could Kill Them.

Which President Praised the Border Cavalry as “Tough”? (It Was Obama.)

The Stakes of Texas Politics Have Never Been Higher

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

A Doctor’s Hardest Call