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The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming

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The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming

Warren’s Plan to Forgive Student Debt Is Smart Politics and Decent Policy

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

The Census Case Is a Test of Whether the Truth Still Matters at the Supreme Court

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Why Conservatives Are So Angry About Obama Saying “Easter Worshippers”

Border Militia

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

Militias Posted Videos, Fundraised Through Facebook for Months

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Mueller Clearly Thinks Trump Could Be Charged Once He’s Out of Office

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Why Does Robert Caro Continue to Overlook Lyndon Johnson’s Virulent Misogyny?

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With Her Sex Scene, Arya Reclaimed Her Humanity

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What Is Giant’s Milk Really Like? An Investigation.

My mother is telling my little sister that I essentially stole money from them.

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Help! My Sister and I Planned to Share a Wedding Dress. Now She Hates It and Wants Me to Pay for It.

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Help! My Wife and I Agreed I Would Get Pregnant With Our Next Kid, but Now I Don’t Want To.

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Herman Cain Says He Decided to Pull Out of the Fed Race Because It Would Be a Pay Cut. LOL.

Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Forgive Student Debt Is Smart Politics and Decent Policy

A New Trove of Civil Rights–Era Tapes Shows How White Supremacy Began to Brand Itself as Respectable

The Best French Pantry Essentials, According to French Chefs

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

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

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

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Herman Cain Says He Decided to Pull Out of the Fed Race Because It Would Be a Pay Cut. LOL.

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Don McGahn Is No Hero

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