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It’s a problem that the social network won’t ban organizations like Infowars. It’s an even bigger problem that Facebook is so large that society might need it to.

With Its New Lineup of Funded News Shows, Facebook Sure Does Look Like a Media Company

Morten Bay

Elon Musk Baselessly Calls Diver Involved in Thai Cave Rescue Mission a “Pedo”

Molly Olmstead

A Definitive Ranking of Today’s Celebrity Headphones

Christina Bonnington

Want to Fight Climate Change? Start by Carefully Watching Your Own Backyard.

Rebecca Onion

Apple Music Is Beating Spotify. What Should Spotify Do About It?

Christina Bonnington

Why Does Microsoft Want a Government Crackdown on Face Recognition?

Will Oremus

Mueller’s Latest Indictment Suggests Russia’s Infiltration of U.S. Election Systems Could Get Worse

Lawrence Norden

Human Interest

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My Toddler Has Become a Camel

Nicole Cliffe

My kid is really into spitting everywhere right now. How can I get him to stop?

Before I Was Old Enough to Fully Understand I Was Trans, a Sex Scene in an Asimov Book Changed My Life

Evan Urquhart

The 14 Best Hostess Gifts, According to Professional Party Attenders

Strategist Editors

Don’t Let Daniella Greenbaum’s Gender-Blind Casting Tantrum Fool You

Evan Urquhart

Ben Carson’s Weird Instagram Is a Time Capsule to His Weird Presidential Campaign. In 2018, It’s Almost Soothing.

Rachelle Hampton

Examining the Battle Over Inxeba, South Africa’s Provocative Queer Film About Love and Tradition in the Xhosa Community

Sofie Werthan

The Best Books on Cults, for These Cult-Obsessed Times

Strategist Editors

Business

Where the money goes

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All the Problems With WeWork’s Tyrannical New “No Meat” Policy

Felix Salmon

Congress Might Actually Create a Tax Break for Gym Memberships

Jordan Weissmann

It Is Totally Fine to Slap a Car While Biking

Henry Grabar and Shirley Chan

Beautiful Visualizations Reduce 25 American Cities to Their Design Essence

Henry Grabar

Congress Sternly Wags a Finger at Trump Over Trade

Jordan Weissmann

Donald Trump Is Now Trying to Gaslight the Soybean Farmers

Jordan Weissmann

Universal Basic Income Is Not the Solution to Poverty. So Why Do Lefty Wonks Keep Writing About It Like It Is?

Felix Salmon

Kylie Jenner Isn’t a Billionaire but Isn’t Not a Billionaire Because “Billionaire” Has Lost All Meaning

Felix Salmon

News & Politics

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Chicago’s Abusive Police State Is Untenable

Osita Nwanevu

The CPD’s latest deadly use of force leaves little wonder why some hope for a future without cops.

John Bolton Had “5 Million Reasons” to Work With Cambridge Analytica

Carrie Levine and Dave Levinthal

Trump Administration Declares War on Poverty “Largely Over” Because of Huge Success

Daniel Politi

Kavanaugh Must Explain His Views on Presidential Immunity

Norman L. Eisen and Ryan Goodman

Chicago Police Release Bodycam Footage of Fatal Shooting That Sparked Protests

Daniel Politi

This Photo of a Celebrating Macron Captures the Excitement of France’s World Cup Win

Daniel Politi

Pussy Riot Claims Responsibility for Protest on the Field During World Cup Final

Daniel Politi

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Chicago’s Abusive Police State Is Untenable

Sacha Baron Cohen Is Cruel, but Some of His Targets Deserve It

What Americans Don’t Understand About Putin

Want to Fight Climate Change? Start by Carefully Watching Your Own Backyard.

Tech

Elon Musk Baselessly Calls Diver in Thai Cave Rescue a “Pedo”

Trump World

Bolton Had “5 Million Reasons” to Work With Cambridge Analytica

Administration Says War on Poverty Is “Largely Over”

#MeToo

Advocates Defend Asia Argento Against Vicious Cyberbullying in Open Letter

Office Politics

All the Problems With WeWork’s Tyrannical New “No Meat” Policy

What happens when you’re addicted to your job?

The Sci-Fi Sex Scene That Changed My Life

“What the Fluff”

Tech

Russians Hacked Our Elections Systems in 2016

Does Amazon Prime Day Live Up to the Hype?

Facebook Is Becoming the Media Company It Desperately Wanted to Avoid Being

“I love my husband more than anything in this world, but I cheated on him.”

Dear Prudence Uncensored: the Therapist and the Critical Friend

Help! I’m Worried My Aunt Is Going to Serve My Son Spoiled Meat.

Help! My Boyfriend Threw a Coffee Mug During an Argument. Am I in Danger?

Help! My Very Devout Husband Doesn’t Know I’m Faking My Religious Belief.

#MeToo Advocates Defend Asia Argento Against “Vicious Cyberbullying” in Open Letter

Mueller’s Latest Indictment Suggests Russia’s Infiltration of U.S. Election Systems Could Get Worse

The One-Ingredient Trick to Make Any Bad Melon Much, Much Better

With Its New Lineup of Funded News Shows, Facebook Sure Does Look Like a Media Company

Elon Musk Baselessly Calls Diver Involved in Thai Cave Rescue Mission a “Pedo”

Return to the (Relatively) Blissful Ignorance of Two Weeks Ago With Time-Traveling John Oliver

The Eight Craziest Moments of a Truly Bonkers World Cup Final

Who Is America? Gives Pro-Gun Zealots the Borat Treatment

Chicago’s Abusive Police State Is Untenable

Watch Sacha Baron Cohen Trick Republicans Into Supporting Guns for Toddlers Program

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The Righteously Angry Blindspotting Takes on the Complexity of Gentrification

#MeToo Advocates Defend Asia Argento Against “Vicious Cyberbullying” in Open Letter

The One-Ingredient Trick to Make Any Bad Melon Much, Much Better

Return to the (Relatively) Blissful Ignorance of Two Weeks Ago With Time-Traveling John Oliver

Watch Sacha Baron Cohen Trick Republicans Into Supporting Guns for Toddlers Program

The Eight Craziest Moments of a Truly Bonkers World Cup Final

It’s Scary How Much Better France Could Become, If They Learn to Trust Themselves

Facebook Won’t Make the Bed It Lies In

With Its New Lineup of Funded News Shows, Facebook Sure Does Look Like a Media Company

Elon Musk Baselessly Calls Diver Involved in Thai Cave Rescue Mission a “Pedo”

A Definitive Ranking of Today’s Celebrity Headphones

Want to Fight Climate Change? Start by Carefully Watching Your Own Backyard.

Apple Music Is Beating Spotify. What Should Spotify Do About It?

Why Does Microsoft Want a Government Crackdown on Face Recognition?

Mueller’s Latest Indictment Suggests Russia’s Infiltration of U.S. Election Systems Could Get Worse

My Toddler Has Become a Camel

Before I Was Old Enough to Fully Understand I Was Trans, a Sex Scene in an Asimov Book Changed My Life

The 14 Best Hostess Gifts, According to Professional Party Attenders

Don’t Let Daniella Greenbaum’s Gender-Blind Casting Tantrum Fool You

Ben Carson’s Weird Instagram Is a Time Capsule to His Weird Presidential Campaign. In 2018, It’s Almost Soothing.

Examining the Battle Over Inxeba, South Africa’s Provocative Queer Film About Love and Tradition in the Xhosa Community

The Best Books on Cults, for These Cult-Obsessed Times

All the Problems With WeWork’s Tyrannical New “No Meat” Policy

Congress Might Actually Create a Tax Break for Gym Memberships

It Is Totally Fine to Slap a Car While Biking

Beautiful Visualizations Reduce 25 American Cities to Their Design Essence

Congress Sternly Wags a Finger at Trump Over Trade

Donald Trump Is Now Trying to Gaslight the Soybean Farmers

Universal Basic Income Is Not the Solution to Poverty. So Why Do Lefty Wonks Keep Writing About It Like It Is?

Kylie Jenner Isn’t a Billionaire but Isn’t Not a Billionaire Because “Billionaire” Has Lost All Meaning

Chicago’s Abusive Police State Is Untenable

John Bolton Had “5 Million Reasons” to Work With Cambridge Analytica

Trump Administration Declares War on Poverty “Largely Over” Because of Huge Success

Kavanaugh Must Explain His Views on Presidential Immunity

Chicago Police Release Bodycam Footage of Fatal Shooting That Sparked Protests

This Photo of a Celebrating Macron Captures the Excitement of France’s World Cup Win

Pussy Riot Claims Responsibility for Protest on the Field During World Cup Final

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