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Harvard Made the Right Call on Kyle Kashuv

Watch Ta-Nehisi Coates Rebuke Mitch McConnell at the House Reparations Hearing

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What Netflix’s New Documentary About Brazil’s Far-Right Turn Has to Tell America

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Here’s What’s Disappearing From Netflix in July

British Station Says It Won’t Accept Comedies With All-Male Writing Staffs

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This Backdoor Approach Helped Kim K. Stop Deepfakes. It Won’t Work for the Rest of Us.

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Help! My Fiancé Wants Me to Stop Transitioning to Harvest My Eggs.

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Getting Nostalgic About Segregationist Senators Isn’t “Moderate”

Broadcaster ITV Says It Won’t Accept Comedies With All-Male Writing Staffs

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Future Tense Newsletter: The All-Seeing Eye

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Podcast Episode The Tyranny and Tedium of The Sims 4

Trump Has Brilliantly Cornered Himself Where He’s Now Demanding Iran Abide by a Deal He Already Reneged On

When Will the Mississippi Come for New Orleans?

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Without Nelson Sullivan’s Obsessive Recordings, Much of 1980s Queer Culture Might Be Lost

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Four Linked to Russia-Backed Ukrainian Separatists Charged With Murder for Shooting Down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

U.N. Report Says There’s “Credible Evidence” Saudi Crown Prince Is Criminally Liable for Khashoggi Murder

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