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#WhyIDidntReport and #MeToo Have Higher Aims Than Converting Skeptics

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Poll: Opposition Grows as More Voters Believe Ford

How Kavanaugh Likely Violated DOJ Policies While Working for Ken Starr

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The Weird, Unpopular Ideas of Robert Venturi

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Two Brutal Murders in Iowa, Two Very Different Reactions

The Kavanaugh Accusations Have Men More Afraid Than Ever

Three Teachers on What It’s Like to Survive a School Shooting and Then Return to the Classroom

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Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Envious Heiress

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Help! My Son’s Summer Fling Is Pregnant, and I Want Her to Keep the Baby.

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Nevermind, in This Week’s Open Thread

Help! I’d Like to Watch David Duchovny, Sharon Stone, Jeff Daniels, Henry Winkler and Other Celebrities Give Life Advice on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!

Feinstein Says Kavanaugh Nomination Must Pause for FBI Investigation

#WhyIDidntReport and #MeToo Have Higher Aims Than Converting Skeptics

This Is the Most Disturbing Paragraph in the New Kavanaugh Story

This Is the Most Disturbing Paragraph in the New Kavanaugh Story

The New York Times Stands By Its Rod Rosenstein Scoop

Second Woman Alleges Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct — This Time While He Was in College

White House Wants to Deny Green Cards to Immigrants Who Receive Public Benefits

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Count the New England Patriots Out at Your Own Risk (Because It’s Fun!)

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With His First Win in Five Years, Tiger Woods Just Capped Maybe the Greatest Comeback in Sports

The Worst Part of That Putrid Titans-Jaguars Game

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Amazon Wants to Be In Every Room of Your House

Siri May Finally Be Able to Make Your Life Easier

A New California Bill Would Require Better Passwords for Internet of Things Devices

I’m Tired of Australia Being Facebook’s Testing Ground for New Features

What the Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan Makes of the Tech CEOs Taking Over the Media—Including Her Boss

Trolls Are Still Tweeting Christine Blasey Ford’s Address, and Twitter Hasn’t Stopped It

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Why There’s No Fingerprint Sensor on the iPhone XS

The Liberal vs. the Pro-Lifer

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Yandy’s Sexy Handmaid Costume Is the Perfectly Logical Merger of Halloween Sexification and Consumer Feminism

Remembering Dick Richards, the Atlanta Public Access Genius Behind RuPaul and Countless Other Queer Artists

Meet the Children, Librarians, and Karaoke Singers Who Use One Local Library Every Day

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My Ex’s In-Laws Always Find Ways to Keep My Daughter Longer Than Agreed. Can I Cut Them Off?

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Commerce Secretary Uses Office Space Logic to Defend Tariffs

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Jeff Bezos’ $2 Billion Donation to Build Preschools and Fight Homelessness Is, Well, Morally Complicated

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Feinstein Says Kavanaugh Nomination Must Pause for FBI Investigation

#WhyIDidntReport and #MeToo Have Higher Aims Than Converting Skeptics

This Is the Most Disturbing Paragraph in the New Kavanaugh Story

Second Woman Alleges Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct — This Time While He Was in College

Does the Latest Argument Against Campus Identity Politics Hold Up?

The Kavanaugh “Evil Twin” Theory Is the Apex of Republican Bad Faith

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