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Tech & Business

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Insurance Companies Are Preying Upon Wildfire Survivors

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Which Lawsuit Will Be the First to Properly Challenge the Texas Ban?

The State Attorney General Who Believes an Abortion Ban Will “Empower” Women

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Midnight Mass Feels Like the Culmination of Mike Flanagan’s Career

Policing

“We Get to Hear Them Training to Kill Us”

Advice

My Boyfriend Finally Confessed the Real Reason Our Sex Life Has Fallen Off. I’m Aghast.

I Lied to My Teenage Daughter About My Pregnancy

Why Only Murders in the Building Is the Most Romantic Show on TV

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Controversies

The Weirdest Moments in Elon Musk and Grimes’ Historically Weird Relationship

Forget All of the Controversies About Jonathan Franzen and Just Read His New Novel

Why Tesla’s New “Yoke” Steering Wheel Could Be a Safety Problem

I don't know if I can maintain a relationship with him after witnessing this cruelty.

Help! I Got a Mysterious Letter “Warning” Me About My Neighbors.

Help! I Teased My Infertile Friend About Kidnapping My Kid. It Didn’t Go Well.

Help! My Stepmother Behaved Appallingly Around My Father’s Death. Now She Wants Me to Care for Her.

Help! My Husband Says He Can’t Love Me “Like That,” but He Wants to Have Kids.

Should I Tell My Daughter’s Father My True Feelings?

Is It Worth Reviving the Casual Friendships I’ve Lost Over My 20s?

LeBron, Endorse the Darn Vaccine Already!

My Boyfriend Finally Just Confessed the Real Reason Our Sex Life Has Fallen Off. I’m Aghast.

Which Lawsuit Will Be the First to Properly Challenge the Texas Abortion Ban?

Why Only Murders in the Building Is the Most Romantic Show on TV

Why Antibody Tests Can’t Tell You if You Should Get a Booster Shot

A Brief, Weird History of Elon Musk and Grimes’ Brief, Weird Relationship

Why This Very, Very Old Senator Is Going for It Again

Companies Are Giving Lip Service to “Self-Care”—but It’s Not What Employees Really Need

Franzen’s Latest Does Everything a Great Novel Should Do

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LeBron, Endorse the Darn Vaccine Already!

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The Themes That Unite Midnight Mass With Mike Flanagan’s Other Netflix Hits

Forget All of the Controversies About Jonathan Franzen and Just Read His New Novel

How the New York Giants Screwed Up Saquon Barkley

A Divorced Couple Is Fighting Over Frozen Dead Bodies

I Tried Using a Time-Tracking App to Work Less

Why Are River Otters Now Attacking Humans?

Why Tesla’s New “Yoke” Steering Wheel Could Be a Safety Problem

Insurance Companies Are Preying Upon Wildfire Survivors

We Need to Rethink Our COVID Testing Priorities

Who Wins When the State Appropriates Self-Defense Technologies Developed by Communities?

Why Antibody Tests Can’t Tell You if You Should Get a Booster Shot

Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex. Then the Revolution Came for Him.

Is It Worth Reviving the Casual Friendships I’ve Lost Over My 20s?

My Boyfriend Finally Just Confessed the Real Reason Our Sex Life Has Fallen Off. I’m Aghast.

Dear Care and Feeding: My Job’s Demands on Me Have Crossed a Line

How Black American Sign Language Differs From “Mainstream” ASL

Help! My Brother-in-Law Tormented an Anti-Masker. She Tried to Kill Herself.

How To Shut Up Screaming Parents and Other Coaching Tips

First, the Canals

Uh, Maybe Democrats Should Start Paying Attention to the Virginia Governor’s Race

A Doctor’s Hardest Call

Mississippi Claims Its Abortion Ban Will “Empower” Women. In Reality, It Could Kill Them.

Which President Praised the Border Cavalry as “Tough”? (It Was Obama.)

The Stakes of Texas Politics Have Never Been Higher

What Will It Take to Finally Shut Down NYC’s Most Notorious Jail?

Which Lawsuit Will Be the First to Properly Challenge the Texas Abortion Ban?