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Former Executive Slams CBS’s “White Problem” in Open Letter

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Herman Cain Says He Decided to Pull Out Since It Would Be a Pay Cut. Ha!

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Leader Allegedly Said Group Was Training to Kill Obama, Clinton, Soros

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I’m a Gay Man, and My Student Is Homophobic. What Should I Do?

The Angle: Black Feminists Saw the Alt-Right Coming. Why Didn’t We Pay Attention?

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I Watched All Five Hours of the CNN Town Halls, and Actually I Don’t Regret It

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Former CBS Executive Slams Network’s “White Problem” in Open Letter

The New Detective Pikachu Trailer Is Snark-Free and Unexpectedly Poignant

Why Conservatives Are So Angry About Obama’s Reference to “Easter Worshippers”

Dear Care and Feeding: My 6-Year-Old Lies All the Time

The Mueller Report Makes It Clear: Trump Is Off the Hook in SDNY as Well

When You Give Birth, Your Body … Rips. That Might Suck a Little Less if We Talked About It More.

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Former CBS Executive Slams Network’s “White Problem” in Open Letter

The New Detective Pikachu Trailer Is Snark-Free and Unexpectedly Poignant

Game of Thrones’ Controversial Sex Scene Gave Arya Back Her Humanity

Jimmy Fallon Got the Cast of Avengers: Endgame to Recap the Films of the MCU to the Tune of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire.”

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Stop Saying We Have 12 Years Left to Address Climate Change

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Herman Cain Says He Decided to Pull Out of the Fed Race Because He Didn’t Want a Pay Cut. Whatever.

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Elizabeth Warren Is the Measuring Stick

The Angle: Black Feminists Saw the Alt-Right Coming. Why Didn’t We Pay Attention?

Kim Jong-un Is Shrewdly Playing Trump and Putin Against Each Other

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Sri Lanka Attack. Should We Believe Them?

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How John Roberts Is Shaping the Supreme Court’s Newly Savage Death Penalty Jurisprudence

Leader of Right-Wing Border Militia Allegedly Said the Group Was Training to Assassinate Obama, Clinton, and Soros

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