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The Year in Television

Willa Paskin

Why most of the shows in 2018 were nothing great, just fine.

New Chief of Staff Called Trump a “Terrible Human Being” in 2016 Video

Daniel Politi

Trump Tweets Misleading Claim About FBI Agents’ Missing Texts to Discredit Russia Probe

Daniel Politi

What Happens When Evangelicals Try to Reckon With the #MeToo Movement Within Their Own Faith

Ruth Graham

Trump World

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Will Step Down Amid Ethics Probes

Daniel Politi

ObamaCare

That Judge’s Ruling Won’t Doom the ACA Just Yet

Jordan Weissmann

Media

How Penthouse Became a Mouthpiece for the Right

Rebecca Onion

Cities

America’s Hottest Housing Debate Is Coming to Oregon

Henry Grabar

Online Shopping

You Should Ignore the “Amazon’s Choice” Label While Holiday Shopping

Shannon Palus

The Conversation Starts Here

Think you know music? Test yourself here.

Music Trivia: The Christmas Music Edition

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How to Watch Roma

Sam Adams

Critics say you must experience Alfonso Cuarón’s masterpiece in a theater. Are they right—or just snobs?

No Longer Mad as Hell

Isaac Butler

The Broadway staging of Network lacks the rage of the original.

Weekend Reads

Why So Many People Are Suddenly Allergic to Meat

Maryn McKenna

It’s remarkable that scientists even figured this out.

How I Went From Graduate School Student to Amazon Warehouse Janitor

Faylita Hicks

Wow, People Really Are Throwing Electric Scooters Into Lakes and Rivers

April Glaser

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She stripped her children of the gifts and tried to return them to the store for cash.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Childless Friend

Help! My Neighbor Is Ned Flanders Without the Good Faith.

Dear Prudence Podcast: I Don’t Know How to Help My Addict Friend Anymore

Help! My Co-Workers’ Perfume Makes Me Physically Ill.

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Culture

What’s worth your time

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In Roma, Each Object Tells a Story

Inkoo Kang

The stories behind the dog heads, the planes, and more.

The Brilliant and Sensible Plan That Would End NFL Kickoffs Forever and Make Football Way More Fun

Nick Greene

Offset Crashed a Cardi B Performance to Apologize but She Was Not Having It

Matthew Dessem

Matt Damon Just Won Saturday Night Live’s Westminster Daddy Show

Matthew Dessem

The Cleveland Browns (Yes, Those Cleveland Browns) Can Still Make the Playoffs (Yes, Those Playoffs)

Nick Greene

An Ode to MarShon Brooks, the Unlikely Hero of the Botched MarShon Brooks Trade

Nick Greene

Ariana Grande Is Sorry, Kanye West Is Off His Meds, and Pete Davidson Deleted His Instagram. Here’s Why.

Matthew Dessem

Technology

How it’s changing us

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Social Media Isn’t Set Up for Grief. It’s Set Up for Profit.

Shannon Palus

Users are getting more comfortable sharing their whole lives, but the platforms are still designed to market around joy.

Court Says It’s Illegal to Resell Songs You Bought on iTunes

Cullen Seltzer

The Government Isn’t Regulating a Deadly Paint Stripper, so Retailers Are Instead

Jamie Smith Hopkins

Congress Is About to Blow Its Chance to Save Net Neutrality

April Glaser

Facebook Plied Me With Hot Chocolate and Platitudes at Its One-Day “Holiday Privacy Store”

Heather Schwedel

How to Watch the Year’s Best Meteor Shower

Aaron Mak

We Need More Academic Conferences About Robots, Love, and Sex

Marina Adshade

Congressman Says a “WallCoin” Could Fund Trump’s Border Wall

Aaron Mak

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Our Kid’s Letter to Santa This Year Asks for a Sign of His Existence

Carvell Wallace

Is it an adorable attempt at belief or a trap to catch us in a lie?

The Best Gifts for Skincare Obsessives, According to Redditors

Strategist Editors

At the Evangelical #MeToo Summit, Christians Grappled With Just How Deep the Church’s Sexual Misconduct Problems Go

Ruth Graham

Many Parents Like Me Try to Mold Our Disabled Children to Fit Into a Nondisabled World. It Should Be the Other Way Around.

Elizabeth Picciuto

What’s Behind Penthouse’s Confusing Turn Toward the Right?

Rebecca Onion

You Should Ignore the “Amazon’s Choice” Label While Holiday Shopping

Shannon Palus

Birthright Trips Are Down “Sharply” This Winter. It Has Me Thinking About Why I Never Went.

Heather Schwedel

Business

Where the money goes

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The Federal Reserve Says Millennials Are Broke. Pew Says Millennials Are Loaded. Which Is It?

Henry Grabar

Why Is Harvard Investing in California Farmland?

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

It’s Way Too Early to Call the Affordable Care Act Dead

Jordan Weissmann

America’s Hottest Housing Debate Is Coming to Oregon

Henry Grabar

Why the Uber and Lyft IPOs Won’t Change Much

Henry Grabar

Carnival CEO Arnold Donald Says Cruises Are Getting More Personalized

Seth Stevenson

Why Selfie-Takers Are the Bane of Museum Security Guards

Jordan Weissmann

Jeffrey Wright Guarded “Hippy” Brett Kavanaugh in High School, and “Hippy” Brian Lehrer Claims You Can Be a Mets and Yankees Fan

Catie Lazarus

News & Politics

What really matters

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Nancy Pelosi Will Be Speaker. That Doesn’t Mean Her Antagonists Lost.

Jim Newell

The real trade-offs of the deal that will make Pelosi speaker again.

Family of 7-Year-Old Girl Who Died in Border Patrol Custody Denies She Went Days Without Food, Water

Daniel Politi

New Chief of Staff Mulvaney Called Trump a “Terrible Human Being” Days Before Election

Daniel Politi

Trump Tweets Misleading Claim About FBI Agents’ Missing Texts to Discredit Russia Probe

Daniel Politi

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Will Step Down Amid Ethics Probes

Daniel Politi

Trump, the NRA, and More Illegal Activity

León Krauze

Forget Algebra. We Should Teach Our High-Schoolers Complex Decision-Making.

Mike Pesca