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What Obama’s Memoir Finally Allows Us to See in Him

White Nationalist Appointed by Trump to Holocaust Commission Praised Jeffrey Epstein for Not Being “a Pu––y”

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Shame the Random, Unknown Government Officials Aiding Trump’s Coup Attempt

Chadwick Boseman’s Last Movie Shows He Was Just Getting Started

Twitter Has Set Itself Up for an Enormous New Content Moderation Problem

White Nationalist Appointed by Trump to Holocaust Commission Praised Jeffrey Epstein for Not Being “a Pussy”

Why Is Sia Cursing Out Autistic Critics on Twitter?

Lindsey Graham’s Alleged Attempt to Toss Georgia Ballots Is Felony Election Fraud

Theoretically, What Kind of Hair Dye Would Melt Down Your Face When You’re Sweating?

We Have Glimpsed Our Streaming Future, and It Sucks

An Interview With a Man Properly Aggrieved About The Crown’s “Criminal” Portrayal of Fishing

World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov on What The Queen’s Gambit Gets Right

Chadwick Boseman’s Last Movie Shows He Was Just Getting Started

Why Is Sia Cursing Out Autistic Critics on Twitter?

Obama’s Memoir Is a Chance to Finally See Our Sanest President

The Dallas Cowboys Lead the NFL in Potential Superspreader Events

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Steve McQueen’s Mangrove

Making Room for Messy Bisexuals on Screen

The First Thing a Biden FTC Should Tackle

Steve Mnuchin Is Doing His Part to Sabotage the Biden Administration on His Way out the Door

Why Right Now Is the Perfect Time to Delete Instagram

Streaming Needs to Pay Artists More—but There’s an Idea From China That Could Help

What Joe Biden Should Do About Student Debt

Very Little Stands Between the U.S. and a Technological Panopticon

Trump’s Firing of Christopher Krebs Threatens the Security of Future Elections

Twitter Has Set Itself Up for an Enormous New Content Moderation Problem

The People Who Lie to Family and Friends About Whom They Voted For

Dear Care and Feeding: Oops, We Turned Our 3-Year-Old Into a Cookie Monster

Dear Care and Feeding: My Crush Is in 11th Grade; I’m in Eighth. Can We Date?

Help! My Ex-Wife Wants Me to Take Custody of Her Girlfriend’s Daughter.

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Shame the Random, Unknown Government Officials Aiding Trump’s Coup Attempt

White Nationalist Appointed by Trump to Holocaust Commission Praised Jeffrey Epstein for Not Being “a Pussy”

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Obama’s Greatest Weakness

People Are Waiting Hours for COVID Tests—but Tests Don’t Guarantee a Safe Thanksgiving

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