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I Got the J&J Vaccine Eight Days Ago. Here’s What I’m Actually Worried About.

Susan Matthews

Biden Has a Bibi Problem

Fred Kaplan

What Has Happened Since the Daunte Wright Shooting

Molly Olmstead

What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You

Mark Joseph Stern

A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin

Mary Harris

Inflation Is About to Look Freaky

Jordan Weissmann

Voting

Corporations Bet on Both Parties, and Our Democracy Suffers

Dahlia Lithwick

Georgia’s Voting Legislation Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

Lawrence Norden and Gowri Ramachandran

Games

Why Sims Players Are Paying $5 to Dust Their Houses

Marissa Martinelli

20 Years Later

The Afghanistan War Has an Official End Date

Joshua Keating

Pandemic

What My Vaccinated Doctor Friends and I Have Been Doing for Months

Amita Sudhir

Care and Feeding

How Do I Parent Through Depression?

Doyin Richards

My Husband Finally Revealed His Deepest Sexual Desire—and I’m Losing It

How to Do It

I’ve Dug About 40 People Out of Avalanches. Only One Survived.

David Epstein

Policing

Should I let my husband continue to cheat?

Help! My Twin Dyed Her Hair Bright Orange to “Stand Out” at My Wedding.

Help! My Niece’s Email Address Is a Racial Slur.

Help! My Boyfriend Says I’m “Only an 8.5.”

Help! My Mother-in-Law Insists on Cooking—but She’s Awful at It.

How to Do It

My Boyfriend Doesn’t Seem to Want This Part of Sex—Really?

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Molly Olmstead

What Has Happened Since the Daunte Wright Shooting

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Dahlia Lithwick

Corporations Bet on Both Parties, and Our Democracy Suffers

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Mark Joseph Stern

What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You

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Lawrence Norden and Gowri Ramachandran

Georgia’s Voting Law Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

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Fred Kaplan

Biden Can’t Let Netanyahu Sabotage the Iran Nuclear Deal

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Grace Pezzella and Sejal Singh

What Amazon Got Away With

The Supreme Court Broke Its Own Rules to Radically Redefine Religious Liberty

Mark Joseph Stern

Spending the Day at a Vaccine Site Reminded Me Why I Quit Medicine

Chrissie DyBuncio

A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin

Mary Harris

Is Derek Chauvin’s Defense Flailing?

A Minneapolis reporter breaks down the debunked arguments being used on the police officer’s behalf.

Mary Harris

Culture

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What Really Made DMX Such a Singular Star

Jack Hamilton

Why Sims Players Are Paying $5 to Dust Their Houses

Marissa Martinelli

How Larry Doby’s Integration Story Differed From Jackie Robinson’s

Hang Up and Listen

How Health Care Workers Got Creative During the Pandemic

Isaac Butler

John Oliver Looks Into the Long-Term Care Industry

Matthew Dessem

The Best Sketches From Carey Mulligan’s SNL Episode

Matthew Dessem

The Creator of “This Is White Privilege” Wouldn’t Do It Again

Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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Should I Take Tylenol After My COVID Shot? Can I Drink a Beer?

Jane C. Hu

What Amazon Got Away With

Grace Pezzella and Sejal Singh

I Got the J&J Vaccine Eight Days Ago. Here’s What I’m Actually Worried About.

Susan Matthews

A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin

Mary Harris

Inflation Is About to Look Freaky

Jordan Weissmann

Spending the Day at a Vaccine Site Reminded Me Why I Quit Medicine

Chrissie DyBuncio

What My Vaccinated Doctor Friends and I Have Been Doing for Months

Amita Sudhir

Georgia’s Voting Law Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

Lawrence Norden and Gowri Ramachandran

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Gender-Affirming Care Doesn’t Just Help Trans Youth Survive. It Allows Them to Flourish.

Alexander Chen

My Husband Finally Revealed His Deepest Sexual Desire—and I’m Losing It

Stoya

The Invisible Complexities of Translation

Lexicon Valley

Help! I Caught My Husband Cheating, but I’m Not Sure I Want Him to Stop.

Danny M. Lavery

I Was Lost at Sea for 438 Days on a Boat the Size of an SUV. Here’s How I Survived.

How To!

Dear Care and Feeding: How Do I Parent Through Depression?

Doyin Richards

Help! My Twin Dyed Her Hair Bright Orange to “Stand Out” at My Wedding.

Danny M. Lavery

News & Politics

What really matters

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National Review Comes Out Against Democracy, Explicitly

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Corporations Bet on Both Parties, and Our Democracy Suffers

Dahlia Lithwick

What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You

Mark Joseph Stern

Biden Can’t Let Netanyahu Sabotage the Iran Nuclear Deal

Fred Kaplan

Biden Will Pull the Last U.S. Troops Out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11

Joshua Keating

The Lab Leak Theory

What Next

The Bizarre Saga of a Stolen Confederate Memorial Held for Ransom

Molly Olmstead

What Has Happened Since the Daunte Wright Shooting

Molly Olmstead

I Got the J&J Vaccine Eight Days Ago. Here’s What I’m Actually Worried About.

Biden Has a Bibi Problem

What Has Happened Since the Daunte Wright Shooting

What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You

A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin

Inflation Is About to Look Freaky

Voting

Corporations Bet on Both Parties, and Our Democracy Suffers

Georgia’s Voting Legislation Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

Games

Why Sims Players Are Paying $5 to Dust Their Houses

20 Years Later

The Afghanistan War Has an Official End Date

Pandemic

What My Vaccinated Doctor Friends and I Have Been Doing for Months

Care and Feeding

How Do I Parent Through Depression?

New president. New court. We’re ready for what’s next.

My Husband Finally Revealed His Deepest Sexual Desire—and I’m Losing It

I’ve Dug About 40 People Out of Avalanches. Only One Survived.

Policing

Republicans Are Out of the Mainstream on Race

Is Derek Chauvin’s Defense Flailing?

Can Newark Maintain its Hard-Earned Police Reforms?

Should I let my husband continue to cheat?

Help! My Twin Dyed Her Hair Bright Orange to “Stand Out” at My Wedding.

Help! My Niece’s Email Address Is a Racial Slur.

Help! My Boyfriend Says I’m “Only an 8.5.”

Help! My Mother-in-Law Insists on Cooking—but She’s Awful at It.

My Boyfriend Doesn’t Seem to Want This Part of Sex—Really?

What Has Happened Since the Daunte Wright Shooting

Corporations Bet on Both Parties, and Our Democracy Suffers

What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You

Georgia’s Voting Law Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

Biden Can’t Let Netanyahu Sabotage the Iran Nuclear Deal

What Amazon Got Away With

The Supreme Court Broke Its Own Rules to Radically Redefine Religious Liberty

Spending the Day at a Vaccine Site Reminded Me Why I Quit Medicine

A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin

Is Derek Chauvin’s Defense Flailing?

What Really Made DMX Such a Singular Star

Why Sims Players Are Paying $5 to Dust Their Houses

How Larry Doby’s Integration Story Differed From Jackie Robinson’s

How Health Care Workers Got Creative During the Pandemic

John Oliver Looks Into the Long-Term Care Industry

The Best Sketches From Carey Mulligan’s SNL Episode

The Creator of “This Is White Privilege” Wouldn’t Do It Again

Should I Take Tylenol After My COVID Shot? Can I Drink a Beer?

What Amazon Got Away With

I Got the J&J Vaccine Eight Days Ago. Here’s What I’m Actually Worried About.

A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin

Inflation Is About to Look Freaky

Spending the Day at a Vaccine Site Reminded Me Why I Quit Medicine

What My Vaccinated Doctor Friends and I Have Been Doing for Months

Georgia’s Voting Law Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

Gender-Affirming Care Doesn’t Just Help Trans Youth Survive. It Allows Them to Flourish.

My Husband Finally Revealed His Deepest Sexual Desire—and I’m Losing It

The Invisible Complexities of Translation

Help! I Caught My Husband Cheating, but I’m Not Sure I Want Him to Stop.

I Was Lost at Sea for 438 Days on a Boat the Size of an SUV. Here’s How I Survived.

Dear Care and Feeding: How Do I Parent Through Depression?

Help! My Twin Dyed Her Hair Bright Orange to “Stand Out” at My Wedding.

National Review Comes Out Against Democracy, Explicitly

Corporations Bet on Both Parties, and Our Democracy Suffers

What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You

Biden Can’t Let Netanyahu Sabotage the Iran Nuclear Deal

Biden Will Pull the Last U.S. Troops Out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11

The Lab Leak Theory

The Bizarre Saga of a Stolen Confederate Memorial Held for Ransom

What Has Happened Since the Daunte Wright Shooting