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In her message, Marci Whitaker says the Mueller investigation is “wrapping up” and that the government shutdown is affecting her family’s ability to earn a living.

Kamala Harris Calls Herself a Progressive Prosecutor. Is She Right?

Mary Harris

Four Young Men Arrested and Charged in Apparent Terrorist Plot Against Muslim Community in Upstate New York

Elliot Hannon

Will #MeToo Face the Music?

Mike Pesca

“Big Sister” Barbara Lee’s Advice for the New Women of Color in Congress

Christina Cauterucci

Kamala Harris Raised a Bernie-esque Boatload From Small Donors in Just One Day

Josh Voorhees

The Angle: Trump’s Transgender Troops Ban Still Isn’t in Effect

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The Shutdown Could Finally End

Rep. Barbara Lee’s Advice for Ocasio-Cortez and Congress’s Other New Women of Color

SCOTUS Is Taking a New Second Amendment Case. Get Ready for Guns to Be Everywhere.

Kamala Harris Raised a Boatload From Small Donors in Just One Day

Terrorism

Four Men Charged in an Apparent Plot Against a Muslim Community in Upstate New York

Health

There’s No Medical Reason to Get Your Period While On the Pill

Tech

Why Did Spotify Tell Customers Far From Iowa That They’d Have to Pay Iowa Sales Tax?

Books

Something Is Broken in Modern Science Fiction

Sports

How Non-Elite Athletes Should Train for Triathlons

Why reformers don’t see Kamala Harris as one of their own.

How to Make Kids Comfortable in Their Own Bodies

My Daughter Wants to Quit the Dance Team. I Want Her to Show Some Grit.

The Oscars

The Academy Is Starting to Look Beyond Itself

A Star Is Born Is No Longer the Best Picture Front-Runner. What Is?

The Academy Has Snubbed the Weird Annihilation Noise

I want to start over. I can’t with this hanging around my neck like a millstone.

Help! How Do I Break Up With My Doctor?

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Wife’s Secret Past

Help! My Wife Asked Me to Destroy Evidence of Her Secret Past. I Didn’t.

Help! My Husband Is Incapable of Remembering to Buy His Mom a Gift.

Help! My Wife Died. What Should I Do With Her Embryos?

This Aggressive Alarm Clock From the ’80s Is the Only Thing That Wakes Me Up

My Teenage Daughter Uses Anger and Aggression to Deal With Traumatic Family Issues

Dear Care and Feeding: How Do I Get My Daughter to Stick It Out Even Though Dance Team Is Hard?

What to Do if Your Kids Are Weight-Obsessed or Being Bullied About Their Bodies

Kamala Harris Calls Herself a Progressive Prosecutor. Is She Right?

Dear How to Do It: My Girlfriend Is Outspoken About #MeToo but Wants Me to Degrade Her

The Supreme Court Is Preparing to Make Every State’s Gun Laws Look Like Texas’

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Tax Plan Would Change the NBA

The Shutdown Could Finally End. Or Not.

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A Star Is Born Is No Longer the Best Picture Front-Runner. What Is?

The Sopranos Prequel Film Casts Michael Gandolfini as Young Tony Soprano

Chris Brown Released From Police Custody in Paris With No Charges Filed After Denying Rape Allegations

The Saints Were Robbed. The NFL Still Shouldn’t Make Pass Interference Reviewable.

Oscar Is Starting to Look Beyond His Navel

The Boys of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Learn How to Communicate (in Song, Of Course)

The 2019 Oscar Nominees Include Some Historic Firsts

The Shutdown Has Already Made Us Less Prepared for This Year’s Hurricane Season

It’s Not Enough to Fine Facebook. The Feds Should Fine Mark Zuckerberg.

There’s No Medical Reason to Get Your Period While On the Pill

The NYPD’s 14 New Drones Will Soon Take to the Sky

Everything You Need to Know About Sunday’s Super Blood Wolf Moon

It’s Been a Bad Week to Work for Elon Musk

It’s January, and Three African Countries Have Already Had Internet Blackouts This Year

Why Did Spotify Tell D.C. Customers That They’d Have to Pay Iowa Sales Tax?

My Girlfriend Is Outspoken About #MeToo but Wants Me to Degrade Her

Help! My Wife Died. What Should I Do With Her Embryos?

This Aggressive Alarm Clock From the ’80s Is the Only Thing That Wakes Me Up

My Teenage Daughter Uses Anger and Aggression to Deal With Traumatic Family Issues

Dear Care and Feeding: How Do I Get My Daughter to Stick It Out Even Though Dance Team Is Hard?

What to Do if Your Kids Are Weight-Obsessed or Being Bullied About Their Bodies

Help! My Boyfriend Refuses to Do Any Housework.

The Lesson of Wealthy Americans’ Rich History of Dodging Super High Income Tax Rates

MOMA Runs One of the World’s Most Famous Museum Stores. Here’s a Behind-the-Scenes Look at How It Operates.

The Failed Art of the Deal

Student Debt Is Keeping Millennials From Buying Homes. But How Many?

Cities Used to Help All Americans Find Prosperity. Not Anymore.

No, a Panel of Respected Economists Did Not Just Dismiss AOC’s 70 Percent Tax Plan

California Could Use PG&E’s Failure to Get Wildfire Prone Areas to Adopt Solar

Forget Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers Strike: Four Reasons the TSA Could Stop Working Tomorrow

So, I Got an Email From Matthew Whitaker’s Wife

Kamala Harris Calls Herself a Progressive Prosecutor. Is She Right?

Four Young Men Arrested and Charged in Apparent Terrorist Plot Against Muslim Community in Upstate New York

Will #MeToo Face the Music?

“Big Sister” Barbara Lee’s Advice for the New Women of Color in Congress

Kamala Harris Raised a Bernie-esque Boatload From Small Donors in Just One Day

The Angle: Trump’s Transgender Troops Ban Still Isn’t in Effect

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