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Trump Says SCOTUS Has His Back

He feels great about his illegal, unpopular emergency declaration because he believes his justices will let him do it. He might be right.

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What Americans should learn from California’s high-speed rail boondoggle.

A Cautionary Tale for the Green New Deal

If Only We Could Grasp This Truth About Suicidal People

Many kill themselves not because they’re mentally ill but because they’re far too rational.

His settlement is a major victory for the leader of the league’s protest movement.

Movies

Being a woman in Hollywood did.

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The president defended his national emergency by boasting that he’ll win at the Supreme Court because it’s full of his judges.

Dahlia Lithwick

New Yorkers thought they’d actually give money to Amazon. Both politicians and the press failed to give them the facts.

Culture

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The new manga adaptation fuses Robert Rodriguez’s po-mo cool with James Cameron’s naïve thrills.

Technology

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The government crackdown on online sex trafficking changed the business of sex—and left many consensual sex workers feeling less safe.

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

How “people of color” evolved from a gesture of solidarity and respect to a cover for avoiding the complexities of race.

Business

Where the money goes

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Cities once worshipped job creation at any cost. The crumbling of New York’s HQ2 deal suggests they’re finding a new religion.

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The president defended his national emergency by boasting that he’ll win at the Supreme Court because it’s full of his judges.

Notable topics

Trump Says SCOTUS Has His Back

Why Pelosi Didn’t Stop Trump When She Had the Chance

Why People Are Crushed to Learn Jill Abramson and Amy Klobuchar Are Flawed Humans

I’m a New Yorker, and I’m Really Upset About Losing Amazon’s HQ2

Why Was Empire’s Jussie Smollett Attacked? Here’s What We Know.

Aurora Shooting

What We Know About the Gunman

NBA

Anthony Davis is Open to Playing for Your Favorite Team (As Long As It’s Not His Current Team)

Wall

How Conservative Media Reacted to Trump’s Emergency Declaration

Climate Change

If You Feel Like You’re Growing Complacent, Read This New Book

Abortion

Kavanaugh’s Distortions Are As Appalling As Trump’s Whoppers

What Americans should learn from California’s high-speed rail boondoggle.

If Only We Could Grasp This Truth About Suicidal People

How Colin Kaepernick Beat the NFL

Movies

Sex Scenes Didn’t Kill Meg Ryan’s Career

I Watched All of Isn’t It Romantic Thinking It Was the Other Hemsworth

Alita: Battle Angel May Actually Get You Excited for the Avatar Sequels

She made it sound as if they were massacring endangered baby eagles.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Hoarder Boyfriend

Help! I’m Sick of My Boyfriend Always Being Sick!

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! I Hate All the Homemade Knickknacks My In-Laws Keep Gifting Us.

Help! I’m a Surrogate, and the Intended Mother Won’t Stop Pestering Me About My Health.

Watch Alec Baldwin Declare a National Emergency on Saturday Night Live

Bruno Ganz Has Died at the Age of 77. Good Luck Watching His Movies on Netflix.

Police: Houston Officer Lied to Get Search Warrant for Raid that Led to Two Deaths

There Is No National Emergency at the Border Other Than Tragedies of Trump’s Own Creation

Anthony Davis is Open to Playing for Your Favorite Team (as Long as It’s Not His Current Team).

What We Know About the Aurora Warehouse Gunman

How Colin Kaepernick Beat the NFL

How the Conservative Media Reacted to Trump’s National Emergency Declaration

Trump Isn’t Just Defying the Constitution. He’s Undermining SCOTUS.

I’m Really Upset About Losing Amazon’s HQ2

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Alita: Battle Angel May Actually Get You Excited for the Avatar Sequels

Watch Alec Baldwin Declare a National Emergency on Saturday Night Live

Bruno Ganz Has Died at the Age of 77. Good Luck Watching His Movies on Netflix.

Anthony Davis is Open to Playing for Your Favorite Team (as Long as It’s Not His Current Team).

Lisa Kron on Activism and Desiree Akhavan on Queer Women Finally Getting Their Say and Sex on Camera

Sex Scenes Didn’t Kill Meg Ryan’s Career. Being a Woman in Hollywood Did.

How Colin Kaepernick Beat the NFL

There Is No New Backpage

Being Suicidal Doesn’t Necessarily Mean You’re Mentally Ill

New York’s Anti-Amazon Movement Is Now a Blueprint for Critics of Big Tech

Russian Region Declares Emergency After Polar Bears Terrorize Town

Amazon Cancels Plans for HQ2 in New York

RIP, Oppy the Mars Rover

A Major YouTube Star Is Pushing Conspiracy Theories About a Pizzeria. Uh-oh.

Amazon’s Alexa Keeps Quoting Jeff Bezos to Me

Which People?

Neti Pots Are Great for Flushing Out Snot. Plus, They Won’t Kill You.

Help! My Girlfriend Is Livid That I Rent Out My Family’s Cabin to Hunters.

The Powerful Little Mixer That Actually Fits in My Apartment

Is the Move Away From Cash Bail Increasing Mass Incarceration?

Why We’re Slow to Believe Accusations Against Women Like Jill Abramson and Amy Klobuchar

These Wine Glasses Are Pure Sophistication at a Bargain Price

Amazon and the End of the Growth Machine

Moderate Democrats Are in Love With a Tepid and Outdated Idea to Fix Health Care

There’s Nothing Ridiculous About Trains Replacing Planes

America’s Lack of Child Care Is a Big Economic Problem

Landmark Donald Trump’s Buildings

Here’s What It’s Like to Work as a Knight at Medieval Times

Spotify Bets Big on Podcasts

Withholdings and Refunds in the First Tax Season Under the New Law

Trump Isn’t Just Defying the Constitution. He’s Undermining SCOTUS.

Police: Houston Officer Lied to Get Search Warrant for Raid that Led to Two Deaths

There Is No National Emergency at the Border Other Than Tragedies of Trump’s Own Creation

What We Know About the Aurora Warehouse Gunman

Pope Makes Unprecedented Move of Defrocking Ex-Cardinal McCarrick Over Sex Abuse

Religion and the Supreme Court in Two Cases: Crosses and Chaplains

5 Dead, Several Wounded in Warehouse Shooting in Aurora, Illinois

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