The New American Songbook

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These Hits Are the Oldies of the Future

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The History of the Cover Song—and Why It May Be Making a Comeback

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Why “Juicy” May Become Hip-Hop’s Most Remembered Song

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Why Some Asian-American Groups Back a Right-Wing Attack on Affirmative Action

Aaron Mak

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Twitter Suspends Bot Network Pushing Pro-Saudi Disinformation

Elliot Hannon

Afghanistan

There’s No Path to Victory. There Never Was.

Fred Kaplan

Trump World

Omarosa Makes a Good Point (Really!) About How Trump-Saudi Corruption May Work

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Jennifer Kang

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The Big Lie Behind the Facebook “Pivot to Video”

Will Oremus

The false metrics that Facebook is being sued over masked a deeper dishonesty: that users actually wanted more video.

Serial’s Third Season Is Its Best Yet

Lili Loofbourow

The podcast that revolutionized the form looks at our broken criminal justice system. It’s extraordinary.

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Can You Ever Forgive Me? Reveals a New Side of Melissa McCarthy

Dana Stevens

Jonah Hill’s Mid90s Is a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Skater Bro

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Carey Mulligan Is an Unintentionally Destructive Force in Wildlife

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Help! My Boss Keeps Talking About Wanting to Kill Herself.

Help! I Want to Talk About My Weight Issues, but My Friends Keep Shutting Me Down.

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Is the Cover Making a Recovery?

Carl Wilson

The history of the cover song, and why it may be mounting a comeback.

Jonah Hill’s Mid90s Is a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Skater Bro

Sam Adams

A Star Is Born Is Catching Up to Venom at the Domestic Box Office

Hailey Gavin

Can You Ever Forgive Me? Reveals a New Side of Melissa McCarthy

Dana Stevens

Unreality Bites

Studio 360

Narcos Shows Off Different Location, Same Bloodlust in the Trailer for Mexican Spinoff

Isabel Torrealba

The Extraordinary Accomplishment of Serial Season 3

Lili Loofbourow

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How it’s changing us

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The Many Lives of Paul Allen

Will Oremus

His wide-ranging accomplishments are a testament to his spirit, a monument to inequality, and a preview of how today’s tech titans might one day spend their billions.

The Real Lie About Online Video Runs Deeper Than Facebook’s False Metrics

Will Oremus

The Weather Channel’s New Wildfire Simulation Is Terrifying. But Maybe It’ll Help Save Lives.

Jennifer Kang

Why Forced Quarantines to Stop the Spread of Disease Are Dangerous

Bina Venkataraman

Journalism Shouldn’t Be a Safeguard Against Unreasonably High Health Care Bills

Nisarg A. Patel

What a Workday (or Work-Middle-of-the-Night) Is Actually Like for a Professional Live Video Game Streamer

T.L. Taylor

Halloween Pun Names on Twitter Refuse to Die

Rachel Withers

Should You Buy a Mega Millions Ticket?

Molly Olmstead

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Human Interest

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Does Climate Change Mean I Shouldn’t Have Kids?

Carvell Wallace

A young person wants to be a parent. Does humanity’s grim future change that?

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Don’t Look Free Child Care in the Mouth” Edition

Rebecca Lavoie, Gabriel Roth , and Carvell Wallace

My Boyfriend’s Cat Won’t Let Me Pee in Peace. What Should I Do?

Nick Greene

“Man-Hating Lesbian” Is a Classic Insult. But in the #MeToo Era, It’s Time to Reclaim It.

Tori Truscheit

In an Age of Nonbinary Models and Fluid Celebrities, Does Gender Nonconformity Still Have Radical Potential?

Delilah Friedler

Amazon’s Sexist A.I. Is Part of a Much Larger Problem

Noreen Malone, Hanna Rosin, and June Thomas

The Best DNA Ancestry Test

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Where the money goes

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Mitch McConnell Admits That the GOP Doesn’t Actually Want to Fix the Deficit While It’s in Charge

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Trump Says The Federal Reserve Is the “Biggest Threat” to His Presidency. So Why Isn’t He Doing Anything About It?

Jordan Weissmann

Canada Is Legalizing Weed This Week. But Will There Be Enough Bud to Meet Demand?

Jordan Weissmann

Yes, I Wear Headphones While I Bike. I Have No Regrets.

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It Is Absurd That Trump Is Taking Credit For Falling Obamacare Premiums

Jordan Weissmann

Why Donald Trump Is Saying That the Fed Has “Gone Loco”

Jordan Weissmann

Trump Just Showed How Republicans Will Fight Medicare for All

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Rent Control Is Back

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There’s No Path to Victory in Afghanistan

Fred Kaplan

There never was.

Trump Says Montana Congressman Who Pleaded Guilty to Physically Assaulting a Reporter Is “My Kind of Guy”

Elliot Hannon

Twitter Reportedly Suspends Network of Bots Pushing Pro-Saudi Disinformation on Suspected Khashoggi Murder

Elliot Hannon

Why the IRS Is Struggling to Enforce Tax Law

Mary Harris

Arguing for Open Immigration Might Be Good for Our Conscience—but Is It Good for Immigrants?

Mike Pesca

Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse in Pennsylvania

Molly Olmstead

Why Didn’t Elizabeth Warren Anticipate the Backlash to Her DNA Test?

Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz