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The Russian Internet Is in Chaos Thanks to the Country’s Ban on Messaging App Telegram

Aaron Mak

Think Your Old Tweets Are Embarrassing? At Least They Aren’t Evidence You Were Recruiting for a Sex Cult.

Heather Schwedel

Mark Zuckerberg Fights With Ted Cruz in the Bad Lip Reading Version of His Congressional Hearing

Aaron Mak

Amazon’s New Alexa for Kids Will Raise Your Child For You

Heather Schwedel

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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My Daughter Is a Little Too Competitive

Carvell Wallace

How do I make her see that winning isn’t everything?

America’s Immigrant Markets Are Full of Amazing Snacks. Here’s Where to Start.

Vered Guttman

Bosses Don’t Need to Be Humorless. They Just Need to Stop Joking About Groups of People.

Rachelle Hampton

Help! My Boyfriend of Six Months Blindsided Me With a Large, Public Proposal.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

The Best Pregnancy Pillows on Amazon, According to Hyperenthusiastic Reviewers

Strategist Editors

At Melania’s First State Dinner, There Will Be Many Sweet Pea Stems but Zero Congressional Democrats

Ruth Graham

Why Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwiches—Salty and Sweet, Crisp and Creamy—Are the Ideal Snack

Christina Cauterucci

Business

Where the money goes

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Republicans Gutted the Mortgage Interest Deduction. Democrats Should Finish It Off.

Jordan Weissmann

Redlining Has Taken a Huge Toll on Property Values. But Not Everywhere.

Henry Grabar

Blaming Index Funds for Excessive CEO Pay Is As Ridiculous As the Pay Itself

Felix Salmon

Jeff Bezos Is Renovating Two D.C. Mansions to Create a Party House With a Gazillion Toilets

Henry Grabar

A California Politician Proposed a Common-Sense Fix to the Housing Crisis. Here’s Why (Almost) Everyone Hated It.

Henry Grabar

Donald Trump Did Something Smart Today. It Involved Oil.

Jordan Weissmann

Could This Berkeley Website Have Found a New Model for Sustainable Local News?

Felix Salmon

Kirsten Gillibrand Unveils Her Ambitious Plan to Turn the Post Office Into a Bank

Jordan Weissmann

News & Politics

What really matters

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What Is Denuclearization Anyway?

Fred Kaplan

Trump and North Korea are using very different definitions—and that has ramifications.

Coworkers Say Trump VA Nominee “Flat-out Unethical,” Went on Drunken Rampages, Created Toxic Workplace

Elliot Hannon

Polls Are Improving for Republicans. Their Results Aren’t.

Jim Newell

The Supreme Court Treated Donald Trump’s Travel Ban Like Any Other Case. That’s a Terrible Sign.

Mark Joseph Stern

Why NFL Cheerleaders Are Selling Themselves Short

Christina Cauterucci

Meek Mill, Josh Rosen, and Macron’s Speech

Rebecca Onion

Democrats Keep Overperforming in Special Elections. But What Does That Mean for November?

Josh Voorhees

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What Democrats’ Overperformance in Special Elections Means for November

Kirsten Gillibrand Unveils Her Bold Plan to Turn the Post Office Into a Bank

Think Your Old Tweets Are Embarrassing? At Least They Aren’t Evidence You Were Recruiting for a Sex Cult.

Ronny Jackson

Coworkers: VA Nominee “Flat-Out Unethical,” Went on Drunken Rampages, Built Toxic Workplace

The President’s Doctor Is Always on Call. Can He Ever Have a Drink?

Macron

His Speech to Congress Was a Rousing Rebuke of Trump

The Web

Kanye West Tweets About His “Love” for Trump

All the New Features in Google’s Big Gmail Redesign

No One Believes That Hackers Published Homophobic Comments Under Joy Reid’s Name

Consensual sex workers are scrambling.

Growing Up, I Wanted to Be Rory Gilmore

My Daughter Takes Irish Step Dancing Way Too Seriously

SPorts

Why NFL Cheerleaders Are Selling Themselves Short

How QB Josh Rosen Could Take Down the NFL

The College Gymnastics Scoring System: You Get a 10! You Get a 10! You Get a 10!

Help! My Friends Are Crushing Life, and I’m Stuck in Neutral.

For Plus Members: My Boyfriend of Six Months Blindsided Me With a Large, Public Proposal.

Coworkers Say Trump VA Nominee “Flat-out Unethical,” Went on Drunken Rampages, Created Toxic Workplace

Polls Are Improving for Republicans. Their Results Aren’t.

The Supreme Court Treated Donald Trump’s Travel Ban Like Any Other Case. That’s a Terrible Sign.

Kirsten Gillibrand Unveils Her Ambitious Plan to Turn the Post Office Into a Bank

Why NFL Cheerleaders Are Selling Themselves Short

Amazon’s New Alexa for Kids Will Raise Your Child For You

Donald Trump’s Lies About the Amount of Time He Spent in Moscow Might Prove Obstruction

The GOP Won in Arizona on Tuesday Night. The GOP Is in Big Trouble.

Republicans Gutted the Mortgage Interest Deduction. Democrats Should Finish It Off.

My Daughter Is a Little Too Competitive

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Kanye West Tweets His “Love” for Trump, and Kim Wants the Media to Stop Calling It a Mental Health Issue

George R. R. Martin Says We Can Expect a New Book in 2018, but It’s Not The Winds of Winter

How Josh Rosen Could Take Down the NFL

I Wanted to Be Rory Gilmore Growing Up. Watching Gilmore Girls Now, I Cringe.

Watch the Past and Present Blur for Laura Dern in the First Trailer for The Tale

BuzzFeed Journalists Will Star in a Netflix Docuseries About How They Do Their Jobs

YouTube’s Performative Sociopaths

All the New Features in Google’s Big Gmail Redesign

The Presidential Physician Is on Call All the Time. Can He Ever Have a Drink?

Future Tense Newsletter: Could a New Data Privacy Bill Rein In Facebook?

The Russian Internet Is in Chaos Thanks to the Country’s Ban on Messaging App Telegram

Think Your Old Tweets Are Embarrassing? At Least They Aren’t Evidence You Were Recruiting for a Sex Cult.

Mark Zuckerberg Fights With Ted Cruz in the Bad Lip Reading Version of His Congressional Hearing

Amazon’s New Alexa for Kids Will Raise Your Child For You

My Daughter Is a Little Too Competitive

America’s Immigrant Markets Are Full of Amazing Snacks. Here’s Where to Start.

Bosses Don’t Need to Be Humorless. They Just Need to Stop Joking About Groups of People.

Help! My Boyfriend of Six Months Blindsided Me With a Large, Public Proposal.

The Best Pregnancy Pillows on Amazon, According to Hyperenthusiastic Reviewers

At Melania’s First State Dinner, There Will Be Many Sweet Pea Stems but Zero Congressional Democrats

Why Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwiches—Salty and Sweet, Crisp and Creamy—Are the Ideal Snack

Republicans Gutted the Mortgage Interest Deduction. Democrats Should Finish It Off.

Redlining Has Taken a Huge Toll on Property Values. But Not Everywhere.

Blaming Index Funds for Excessive CEO Pay Is As Ridiculous As the Pay Itself

Jeff Bezos Is Renovating Two D.C. Mansions to Create a Party House With a Gazillion Toilets

A California Politician Proposed a Common-Sense Fix to the Housing Crisis. Here’s Why (Almost) Everyone Hated It.

Donald Trump Did Something Smart Today. It Involved Oil.

Could This Berkeley Website Have Found a New Model for Sustainable Local News?

Kirsten Gillibrand Unveils Her Ambitious Plan to Turn the Post Office Into a Bank

What Is Denuclearization Anyway?

Coworkers Say Trump VA Nominee “Flat-out Unethical,” Went on Drunken Rampages, Created Toxic Workplace

Polls Are Improving for Republicans. Their Results Aren’t.

The Supreme Court Treated Donald Trump’s Travel Ban Like Any Other Case. That’s a Terrible Sign.

Why NFL Cheerleaders Are Selling Themselves Short

Meek Mill, Josh Rosen, and Macron’s Speech

Democrats Keep Overperforming in Special Elections. But What Does That Mean for November?

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