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The billions that Virginia and New York are giving to Amazon will only worsen corporate shakedowns for public subsidies. Here’s how to stop the madness.

New York’s Amazon Deal Will Be a Lasting Monument to Andrew Cuomo’s Economic Incompetence

Jordan Weissmann

Amazon’s New York Headquarters Will Have a Helipad Because of Course It Will

Henry Grabar

Democrats Proved They Can Win Again in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Why Not Ohio?

Henry Grabar

Hamilton’s Chris Jackson Didn’t Know He Was Cast in Hamilton

Catie Lazarus

What Will This Week’s Progressive Victories Mean for Big Banks, Puerto Rico, and Cannabis?

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

How Scott Walker’s War on the Public Sector Came Back to Bite Him

Henry Grabar

Amazon Can’t Make Crystal City Worse

Benjamin Freed

News & Politics

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World War Waste

Rebecca Onion

Memorials of World War I should focus on the truth—that it was bloody and pointless.

Deputy National Security Adviser Lambasted by Melania Trump Is Forced Out of White House Job

Elliot Hannon

Amazon Is Good for New York City

Mike Pesca

Michelle Obama’s Memoir Is Refreshingly Honest and Revealing—Until She Gets to Donald Trump

Christina Cauterucci

The Threat to Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership Is Suddenly Serious

Jim Newell

Trump’s Appointment of Matthew Whitaker Is Almost Exactly Like One of Nixon’s Most Brazen Acts—Just Worse

Max Holland

No One Has Claimed the $1.5 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot Yet. What Happens If the Winner Never Does?

Molly Olmstead

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This Is Trump’s Saturday Night Massacre

Michelle Obama’s Memoir Is Refreshingly Honest and Revealing—Until She Gets to Trump

The Threat to Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership Is Suddenly Serious

DOJ’s Legal Justification for Matthew Whitaker’s A.G. Appointment Is Laughably Thin

Basta

Michael Avenatti Arrested for Alleged Domestic Violence

Amazon HQ2

The Contest Was More Proof That Amazon Behaves Like a Monopoly

The Outrageous Incentives That Losing Cities Offered Amazon

Mega Millions

No One Has Claimed the $1.5B Jackpot Yet. What if the Winner Never Does?

The World

Narcos Shows Mexico as a Country Beyond Saving. It’s Depressingly Accurate.

The Dictator of Chechnya Is Back on Instagram

How far back can we trace, with any accuracy, the spoken word?

This Year’s Oscar Race Just Got Its Driving Miss Daisy

Widows Is the Rare Heist Movie That Seamlessly Blends Thrills and Politics

Parenting

How to Deal With a Religious Teacher

It’s Very Important to Teach Kids Not to Out Their Friends

What Two Teenage Daughters Cost per Week in the D.C. Suburbs

I hate the optics of it: The men sit around drinking, while the women wash up.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Angry Neighbor

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Husband Brought Home 16 Endangered Animals.

Help! My Fiancé Won’t Stop Making “Jokes” About How I’m Cheating on Him.

Help! If I Refuse to Get a Flu Shot, I Won’t Be Allowed to See My New Grandkid. Seriously?

We Will Soon Be Able to Clone the Basically Extinct Northern White Rhino. But Should We?

The Best Space Heaters

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Angry Neighbor

Help! How Do I Get the Men to Help With Thanksgiving Dishes?

Should I Be the “War on Christmas” Parent? Our Public School Brings God Into the Classroom.

Helping Kids Become Good LGBTQ Allies Means Teaching Privacy Alongside Acceptance

After a Threat Shut Down School, My Child Didn’t Want to Go Back

The Threat to Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership Is Suddenly Serious

This Is the Saturday Night Massacre

How Mueller Could Continue Investigating Trump Even if He Is Fired

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Ralph Breaks the Internet Is Remarkably Smart About What It Feels Like to Live Online

A-List Directors From Christopher Nolan to Rian Johnson Wrote a Letter Begging Toby Emmerich to Save FilmStruck

Disney Released the First Trailer for Tim Burton’s Live-Action Adaptation of Dumbo, and OH MY GOD WHAT DID THEY DO TO THAT ELEPHANT???

The Draymond-KD Beef Could Mean the End of the Warriors’ Dynasty (After They Win One More Title)

Widows Is the Rare Heist Movie That Seamlessly Blends Thrills and Politics

The Birth, Death, and Long Afterlife of Edward Gorey’s Gashlycrumb Tinies

Stephen Colbert and Hugh Jackman Remember Stan Lee

The View From the Ground

Facebook Is a Normal Sleazy Company Now

Report: Facebook Did Some Awfully Shady Things to Retaliate Against Its Critics

The HQ2 Contest Was Another Example of Amazon Behaving Like a Monopoly

Here Are the Outrageous Incentives That Losing Cities Offered Amazon for Its New Headquarters

The California Wildfires Affect Animals Too. Here’s How They’re Coping.

An Employment Economist Explains the Injustice Behind Amazon’s HQ2 Decision

We Will Soon Be Able to Clone the Basically Extinct Northern White Rhino. But Should We?

My Daughter’s Teacher Is Atrocious—What Should I Do?

The Best Space Heaters

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Angry Neighbor

Help! How Do I Get the Men to Help With Thanksgiving Dishes?

Should I Be the “War on Christmas” Parent? Our Public School Brings God Into the Classroom.

Helping Kids Become Good LGBTQ Allies Means Teaching Privacy Alongside Acceptance

What a Dad of Two Spends on His Kids During One Week in Arlington, Virginia

Cities Should Never, Ever Agree to an HQ2 Contest Again

New York’s Amazon Deal Will Be a Lasting Monument to Andrew Cuomo’s Economic Incompetence

Amazon’s New York Headquarters Will Have a Helipad Because of Course It Will

Democrats Proved They Can Win Again in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Why Not Ohio?

Hamilton’s Chris Jackson Didn’t Know He Was Cast in Hamilton

What Will This Week’s Progressive Victories Mean for Big Banks, Puerto Rico, and Cannabis?

How Scott Walker’s War on the Public Sector Came Back to Bite Him

Amazon Can’t Make Crystal City Worse

World War Waste

Deputy National Security Adviser Lambasted by Melania Trump Is Forced Out of White House Job

Amazon Is Good for New York City

Michelle Obama’s Memoir Is Refreshingly Honest and Revealing—Until She Gets to Donald Trump

The Threat to Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership Is Suddenly Serious

Trump’s Appointment of Matthew Whitaker Is Almost Exactly Like One of Nixon’s Most Brazen Acts—Just Worse

No One Has Claimed the $1.5 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot Yet. What Happens If the Winner Never Does?

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