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Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex. Then the Revolution Came for Him.

L.V. Anderson

Florida

New Surgeon General Appeared at Demon-Sperm Conspiracy Event With Future Capitol Rioter

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Entertainment

What a Tribal Casino Boss and a Cold-Blooded Killer Have in Common

Shea Vassar

Star Wars Has Figured Out Something Marvel Hasn’t

Karen Han

Did You Think Evan Hansen Was Gay? You Are Not Alone.

Madison Malone Kircher

Mysteries

If Snoop Dogg Isn’t This Secret NFT Trader, Who Is?

Nitish Pahwa

Advice

My Abusive Father Blew His Millions. Now He Wants to Live With Me.

Elizabeth Spiers

Homework Is a Constant Battle in Our House. How Do I Get This to Stop?

Carrie Bauer, Matthew Dicks, Katie Holbrook, and Cassy Sarnell

Netflix’s No. 1 Show Will Make You Feel Gross, but You Should Watch It Anyway

Rebecca Onion

I Worry I’m About to Break the Oldest Rule in the Book When It Comes to Men and Sex

How to Do It

Capitol Hill

Will Democrats Doom Their Own President?

Mary Harris

Democrats Are at War Over Biden’s Agenda. Here’s One Big Idea That Could Save It.

Alex Yablon

Would Mitch McConnell Really Blow Up the Economy for the Campaign Ads? (Of Course He Would.)

Jim Newell

I told Molly she had a lot of nerve to even compare the situations—community college is not a trip to Bali.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Bailing on Bali”

Help! I Despise My Friend’s Husband.

Help! My Boyfriend Wants Me to Attend His Ex-Wife’s Birthday Party.

My Girlfriend Got Plastic Surgery at My Request. It’s Ruined Everything for Me.

Pay Dirt

I Think My Husband Is Trying to Destroy My Credit Before We Divorce

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Lili Loofbourow

How Did Time’s Up Go So Wrong?

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Nitish Pahwa

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Mary Harris

Will Democrats Doom Their Own President?

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Shea Vassar

What a Tribal Casino Boss and a Cold-Blooded Killer Have in Common

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Elizabeth Spiers

My Abusive Father Blew His Millions. Now He Wants to Live With Me.

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Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Does My Baby Need a Bank Account?

World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov on What The Queen’s Gambit Gets Right

Nitish Pahwa

Kamala Harris Rushes Back to Washington to Block Trump From Putting a Crank on the Fed Board

Jim Newell

North Carolina’s First Black Female Chief Justice May Lose Her Seat to Aggrieved White Colleague

The race is going to a recount.

Mark Joseph Stern

Our Trump-Traumatized Brains Need a Break. We Won’t Get One.

There’s a specific pain to realizing that the norms broken over the past four years won’t be restored.

Lili Loofbourow

Culture

What it all means

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What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Impeachment’s Episode About Matt Drudge

Ellin Stein

Why the outfit? Will Paula Jones settle? And what’s this about a “vast right-wing conspiracy” against the Clintons?

What a Tribal Casino Boss and a Cold-Blooded Killer Have in Common

Shea Vassar

The Secret to Beating Nintendo’s Absurdly Hard New Party Games

Evan Urquhart

Netflix’s No. 1 Show Will Make You Feel Gross, but You Should Watch It Anyway

Rebecca Onion

Did True Crime Influencers Really Help Solve the Death of Gabby Petito?

Madison Malone Kircher and Rachelle Hampton

Star Wars Has Figured Out Something Marvel Hasn’t

Karen Han

Is This the Definitive History of Black Cinema?

Nadira Goffe

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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The Unbelievable Grimness of HermanCainAward, the Subreddit That Catalogs Anti-Vaxxer COVID Deaths

Lili Loofbourow

This is not a forum that attempts to change minds. It’s much darker.

My Abusive Father Blew His Millions. Now He Wants to Live With Me.

Elizabeth Spiers

What’s Going On With J&J Boosters

Yana Pashaeva

Nuking the Filibuster Is the Obvious Way to End This Dumb Debt-Ceiling Standoff

Jordan Weissmann

I Think My Husband Is Trying to Destroy My Credit Before We Divorce

Athena Valentine

What Does Global Health Justice Look Like With a Seven-Figure Drug?

Kevin Doxzen and Diana M. Bowman

Why Chinatowns Are in Trouble Now

Aaron Mak

If Snoop Dogg Isn’t This Secret NFT Trader, Who Is?

Nitish Pahwa

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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When You’re Responsible for Deciding Who Doesn’t Have to Get the COVID Vaccine

Molly Olmstead

Does My Baby Need a Bank Account?

Mom and Dad Are Fighting

The Gabby Petito Story Is Rocking #Vanlife TikTok

Heather Schwedel

The Author of The Right to Sex Discusses False Rape Accusations, Money, and Where We Go From Here

The Waves

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Bailing on Bali”

Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lili Loofbourow

Help! My Spoiled Half-Sister Is Demanding I Fund Her Gap Year in Bali.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Ask a Teacher: Homework Is a Constant Battle in Our House

Carrie Bauer, Matthew Dicks, Katie Holbrook, and Cassy Sarnell

News & Politics

What really matters

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Trumpists Don’t Need Rallies Anymore

Aymann Ismail

A pro-Trump protest at the Capitol flopped. What if the former president’s movement no longer has a use for insurrections?

Will Democrats Doom Their Own President?

Mary Harris

How Biden’s Agenda Could Fall Apart

What Next

New Florida Surgeon General Appeared at Demon-Sperm COVID Conspiracy Event With Future Capitol Rioter

Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Supreme Court Ruling That’s Stopping Larry Nassar’s Victims From Getting Justice

Victoria Nourse

The Biden Administration Hasn’t Ended the Cruel Treatment of Migrants

Mary Harris

Democrats Are at War Over Joe Biden’s Agenda. Here’s One Big Idea That Could Save It.

Alex Yablon

How Did Time’s Up Go So Wrong?

Lili Loofbourow

Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex. Then the Revolution Came for Him.

The Gabby Petito Story Is Rocking #Vanlife TikTok

What’s Going On With J&J Boosters?

The Obvious Way to End This Dumb Debt-Ceiling Standoff

Florida

New Surgeon General Appeared at Demon-Sperm Conspiracy Event With Future Capitol Rioter

Entertainment

What a Tribal Casino Boss and a Cold-Blooded Killer Have in Common

Star Wars Has Figured Out Something Marvel Hasn’t

Did You Think Evan Hansen Was Gay? You Are Not Alone.

Mysteries

If Snoop Dogg Isn’t This Secret NFT Trader, Who Is?

Advice

My Abusive Father Blew His Millions. Now He Wants to Live With Me.

Homework Is a Constant Battle in Our House. How Do I Get This to Stop?

Netflix’s No. 1 Show Will Make You Feel Gross, but You Should Watch It Anyway

I Worry I’m About to Break the Oldest Rule in the Book When It Comes to Men and Sex

Capitol Hill

Will Democrats Doom Their Own President?

Democrats Are at War Over Biden’s Agenda. Here’s One Big Idea That Could Save It.

Would Mitch McConnell Really Blow Up the Economy for the Campaign Ads? (Of Course He Would.)

I told Molly she had a lot of nerve to even compare the situations—community college is not a trip to Bali.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Bailing on Bali”

Help! I Despise My Friend’s Husband.

Help! My Boyfriend Wants Me to Attend His Ex-Wife’s Birthday Party.

My Girlfriend Got Plastic Surgery at My Request. It’s Ruined Everything for Me.

I Think My Husband Is Trying to Destroy My Credit Before We Divorce

How Did Time’s Up Go So Wrong?

If Snoop Dogg Isn’t This Secret NFT Trader, Who Is?

Will Democrats Doom Their Own President?

What a Tribal Casino Boss and a Cold-Blooded Killer Have in Common

My Abusive Father Blew His Millions. Now He Wants to Live With Me.

Does My Baby Need a Bank Account?

World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov on What The Queen’s Gambit Gets Right

Kamala Harris Rushes Back to Washington to Block Trump From Putting a Crank on the Fed Board

North Carolina’s First Black Female Chief Justice May Lose Her Seat to Aggrieved White Colleague

Our Trump-Traumatized Brains Need a Break. We Won’t Get One.

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Impeachment’s Episode About Matt Drudge

What a Tribal Casino Boss and a Cold-Blooded Killer Have in Common

The Secret to Beating Nintendo’s Absurdly Hard New Party Games

Netflix’s No. 1 Show Will Make You Feel Gross, but You Should Watch It Anyway

Did True Crime Influencers Really Help Solve the Death of Gabby Petito?

Star Wars Has Figured Out Something Marvel Hasn’t

Is This the Definitive History of Black Cinema?

The Unbelievable Grimness of HermanCainAward, the Subreddit That Catalogs Anti-Vaxxer COVID Deaths

My Abusive Father Blew His Millions. Now He Wants to Live With Me.

What’s Going On With J&J Boosters

Nuking the Filibuster Is the Obvious Way to End This Dumb Debt-Ceiling Standoff

I Think My Husband Is Trying to Destroy My Credit Before We Divorce

What Does Global Health Justice Look Like With a Seven-Figure Drug?

Why Chinatowns Are in Trouble Now

If Snoop Dogg Isn’t This Secret NFT Trader, Who Is?

When You’re Responsible for Deciding Who Doesn’t Have to Get the COVID Vaccine

Does My Baby Need a Bank Account?

The Gabby Petito Story Is Rocking #Vanlife TikTok

The Author of The Right to Sex Discusses False Rape Accusations, Money, and Where We Go From Here

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Bailing on Bali”

Help! My Spoiled Half-Sister Is Demanding I Fund Her Gap Year in Bali.

Ask a Teacher: Homework Is a Constant Battle in Our House

Trumpists Don’t Need Rallies Anymore

Will Democrats Doom Their Own President?

How Biden’s Agenda Could Fall Apart

New Florida Surgeon General Appeared at Demon-Sperm COVID Conspiracy Event With Future Capitol Rioter

The Supreme Court Ruling That’s Stopping Larry Nassar’s Victims From Getting Justice

The Biden Administration Hasn’t Ended the Cruel Treatment of Migrants

Democrats Are at War Over Joe Biden’s Agenda. Here’s One Big Idea That Could Save It.

How Did Time’s Up Go So Wrong?