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Cover Story

Trump Will Always Go Exactly As Far As He Can

Dahlia Lithwick

Lindsey Graham Is Missing How Trump’s Narcissism and Racism Feed Off Each Other

William Saletan

AOC Is Right: The Department of Homeland Security Should Be Dissolved

Fred Kaplan

The Author of a Popular Manifesto on Premarital Abstinence Is Separating From His Wife

Ruth Graham

Bigotry

Trump Falsely Claims Four Congresswomen Used the Slur “Evil Jews”

Jeremy Stahl

State Lawmaker: “Owning Slaves Doesn’t Make You Racist”

Molly Olmstead

Musicals

The Creator of Theater’s Hottest New Show Really, Really Hates The Lion King

Sam Adams

Advice

How Low May I Sink When My Co-Parent’s Away?

Nicole Cliffe

I Accidentally Had Cybersex With a 16-Year-Old. Did I Do Anything Wrong?

Stoya and Rich Juzwiak

Your Opinions on Her Wardrobe Are Probably Unwelcome

What we say matters, especially depending on whom we say it to.

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Cover Story

Meryl Streep Has Created Her First Great Monster

Isaac Butler

On Big Little Lies, she’s breaking new ground.

Think You’re Smarter Than an Associate Editor?

Ray Hamel

Find out with this week’s news quiz.

Cats

What Do Cats Think of the Cats Trailer?

Jeffrey Bloomer

We asked some.

Even Furries Hate the Cats Trailer

Marissa Martinelli

The Cats Trailer Looks Great, You Weirdos

Marissa Martinelli

I incurred this debt before he ever knew me, and it feels like it should be my burden alone.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Siblings’ Memories

Help! I’m Embarrassed by My Dorky Husband.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Wife and I Barely Have Sex Anymore. How Do We Save Our Marriage?

Help! I Just Found Out My Neighbor’s a Former Sex Offender.

Care and Feeding

I Don’t Want My Mom to Help Raise My Baby

3h ago

Sam Adams

The Creator of Theater’s Hottest New Musical Really, Really Hates The Lion King

4h ago

William Saletan

Is Trump a Racist or a Narcissist?

4h ago

Fred Kaplan

AOC Is Right: The Department of Homeland Security Should Be Dissolved.

5h ago

Jeremy Stahl

Trump Falsely Claims Four Congresswomen Used the Slur “Evil Jews”

5h ago

Mike Pesca

Why the Moon Landing’s Anniversary Is Getting Less Attention Than D-Day’s.

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April Glaser

Police Aren’t Ready for Amazon’s Facial Recognition System, but They’re Using Its Doorbell Cameras

Dear Care and Feeding: How Low May I Sink When My Co-Parent’s Away?

Nicole Cliffe

The Bachelorette Took a Wrecking Ball to the Fantasy Suite

Willa Paskin

Kissed Goodbye

Josh Harris, the author of a wildly popular manifesto on abstinence before marriage, is separating from his wife—and reevaluating his legacy.

Ruth Graham

Who Gets to Be the Next Poet Laureate of New Hampshire?

On one side: a decorated literary writer. On the other: a retired dentist who wrote verse about sex with Condoleezza Rice. Guess whom the governor chose?

Ruth Graham

Culture

What’s worth your time

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The Bachelorette Took a Wrecking Ball to the Fantasy Suite

Willa Paskin

A sex-positive Christian helped the show demolish its own hypocrisy.

Technology

How it’s changing us

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The Latest Study on Trigger Warnings Finally Convinced Me They’re Not Worth It

Shannon Palus

All the evidence suggests they don’t help and might actually hurt, which means we need to devote more attention to better forms of mental health care.