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Companies like Uber and Lyft promise they’re creating opportunities for people shut out of traditional employment, but their opaque background check policies present a barrier for some.

Republicans Kept Embarrassing Themselves While Trying to Get Google’s CEO to Admit the Company Was Biased Against Conservatives

Aaron Mak

Federal Court Rules You Have the Right to Record the Cops—Even in Secret

Mark Joseph Stern

Of Course Monopoly Man and Alex Jones Showed Up at Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s Capitol Hill Hearing

Aaron Mak

The L.A. Auto Show Demonstrated Why Electric Cars Are Still the Future

Sonari Glinton

Photoshop Isn’t the Problem. Using Women’s Bodies to Sell Products Is.

Shannon Palus

People Keep Throwing Electric Scooters Into Lakes and Rivers

April Glaser

Congress’ Confusion Over How Google Works Is Exactly Why They Need to Regulate It

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Human Interest

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When Your Parents are Michael Lewis and Tabitha Soren

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

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

The 20 Best Coffee-Table Books to Give, According to Art People

Strategist Editors

My Mother-in-Law Is a Great Grandmom—Until Her Husband Shows Up

Carvell Wallace

Dear Care and Feeding: Our Child’s Doubt Over Santa’s Existence Is Heartbreaking

Carvell Wallace

When Did It Suddenly Become Hilarious to Tweet With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

Heather Schwedel

An Instant Pot, iPad, and AncestryDNA Kit: Wirecutter’s Best Deals of the Week

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Business

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Why the Uber and Lyft IPOs Won’t Change Much

Henry Grabar

Why Selfie-Takers Are the Bane of Museum Security Guards

Jordan Weissmann

Hannibal Buress and Marina Franklin Talk Consensual Sex, Chicago, and Stand-Up

Catie Lazarus

What Harvard Business School Can Tell Us About Sheryl Sandberg and Facebook

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

Finally, NYC Is Doing Right by Lyft and Uber Drivers

Terri Gerstein

Minneapolis Just Passed the Most Important Housing Reform in America

Henry Grabar

Further Proof That Millennials Are the Brokest Generation

Jordan Weissmann

Carnival CEO Arnold Donald Says Cruises Are Getting More Personalized

Seth Stevenson

News & Politics

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Trump Keeps Saying “No Collusion” Because He Doesn’t Understand Collusion

Dahlia Lithwick

To be fair to the president, almost no one does.

Flynn Asks Court for No Jail Time, Adds New Details About Extent of Cooperation with Mueller

Elliot Hannon

The Latest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Aren’t All Rock. That’s a Good Thing.

Mike Pesca

Canadian Court Releases Huawei CFO on Bail After High-Stakes Arrest Stokes U.S.-China Standoff

Elliot Hannon

A Letter to My Family Regarding the Mueller Investigation

Steve Waltien

The Single Fatal Flaw in the Legal Argument Against Indicting a Sitting President

Jed Shugerman

Trump Administration Paid $13.6 Million to Consulting Firm That Has Recruited Just Two New Border Patrol Employees

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Awkward Oval Office Fight Delivers Exactly What Pelosi and Schumer Came For

Trade War

Canadian Court Releases Huawei CFO on Bail in High-Stakes Case

Russia Investigation

A Letter to My Family Regarding My Mueller Obsession

Twitter

How Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Became Such a Lovable Rascal Online

Twitter Has Become a Surprisingly Good Place to Learn History

Immigration

Trump’s Latest Justification for Keeping Out Immigrants: Their Credit Scores

What it’s like to oversee nine different cruise lines at once.

Our Child’s Doubt Over the Existence of Santa Is Heartbreaking

The Electric Chair Is Back—Which Means the Death Penalty Is on Life Support

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The Top Albums of the Year

There Was No Great TV—but Lots of It Was Pretty Good

My 10 Favorite Books Were Mostly Historical Fiction

My co-workers' perfume makes me physically ill.

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

Help! I’m a Married Dad Who’s Fallen in Love With a Much Younger Co-Worker.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Vicious Boss

Help! A Distant Friend Asked Me to Describe My Genitals Over Text.

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

Snoop Dogg’s Fried Chicken Recipe Involves Potato Chips, Is a Game Changer

The 20 Best Coffee-Table Books to Give, According to Art People

My Mother-in-Law Is a Great Grandmom—Until Her Husband Shows Up

Dear Care and Feeding: Our Child’s Doubt Over Santa’s Existence Is Heartbreaking

The Best Albums of 2018

Awkward Oval Office Fight With Trump Delivers Exactly What Pelosi and Schumer Came For

Republicans Kept Embarrassing Themselves While Trying to Get Google’s CEO to Admit the Company Was Biased Against Conservatives

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2018

Federal Court Rules You Have the Right to Record the Cops—Even in Secret

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The Best Jazz Albums of 2018

Snoop Dogg’s Fried Chicken Recipe Involves Potato Chips, Is a Game Changer

The Best Albums of 2018

Jimmy Kimmel Presents a New Toy to Help Kids Spin Their Bad Behavior for the Elf on the Shelf: Huckabee in a Tree

Netflix Confesses to Abducting a New Ted Bundy Docuseries

A New Study Finds Women Out-Earn Men at the Box Office, But the Movies Are Still Overwhelmingly White

Trevor Noah Says the White House Can’t Even Get an Immigrant to be Chief of Staff

Workers With Criminal Records Struggle to Find a Place in the Gig Economy

Republicans Kept Embarrassing Themselves While Trying to Get Google’s CEO to Admit the Company Was Biased Against Conservatives

Federal Court Rules You Have the Right to Record the Cops—Even in Secret

Of Course Monopoly Man and Alex Jones Showed Up at Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s Capitol Hill Hearing

The L.A. Auto Show Demonstrated Why Electric Cars Are Still the Future

Photoshop Isn’t the Problem. Using Women’s Bodies to Sell Products Is.

People Keep Throwing Electric Scooters Into Lakes and Rivers

Congress’ Confusion Over How Google Works Is Exactly Why They Need to Regulate It

When Your Parents are Michael Lewis and Tabitha Soren

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

The 20 Best Coffee-Table Books to Give, According to Art People

My Mother-in-Law Is a Great Grandmom—Until Her Husband Shows Up

Dear Care and Feeding: Our Child’s Doubt Over Santa’s Existence Is Heartbreaking

When Did It Suddenly Become Hilarious to Tweet With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

An Instant Pot, iPad, and AncestryDNA Kit: Wirecutter’s Best Deals of the Week

Why the Uber and Lyft IPOs Won’t Change Much

Why Selfie-Takers Are the Bane of Museum Security Guards

Hannibal Buress and Marina Franklin Talk Consensual Sex, Chicago, and Stand-Up

What Harvard Business School Can Tell Us About Sheryl Sandberg and Facebook

Finally, NYC Is Doing Right by Lyft and Uber Drivers

Minneapolis Just Passed the Most Important Housing Reform in America

Further Proof That Millennials Are the Brokest Generation

Carnival CEO Arnold Donald Says Cruises Are Getting More Personalized

Trump Keeps Saying “No Collusion” Because He Doesn’t Understand Collusion

Flynn Asks Court for No Jail Time, Adds New Details About Extent of Cooperation with Mueller

The Latest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Aren’t All Rock. That’s a Good Thing.

Canadian Court Releases Huawei CFO on Bail After High-Stakes Arrest Stokes U.S.-China Standoff

A Letter to My Family Regarding the Mueller Investigation

The Single Fatal Flaw in the Legal Argument Against Indicting a Sitting President

Trump Administration Paid $13.6 Million to Consulting Firm That Has Recruited Just Two New Border Patrol Employees

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