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How Past Moral Panics Set the Stage for the “Critical Race Theory” Freakout

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One Dead After Pickup Truck Drives Into Crowd at Florida Pride Parade

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Unvaccinated Player Blasts NFL COVID Protocols: “I’d Rather Die Actually Living”

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Future Tense Newsletter: What’s Missing From The Handmaid’s Tale

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Gyms Shouldn’t Have Scales

They’re ubiquitous in locker rooms—a context in which they stand to do far more harm than good.

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How Gay Is Pixar’s Luca?

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Let’s close-read this rainbow-colored Rorschach test.

Barry Jenkins Breaks Down Every “Jarring” Song Choice in The Underground Railroad

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Gyms Shouldn’t Have Scales

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Elena Botella

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It’s Hard to Make America More Fun When There Are So Many Guns

Henry Grabar

There Is No Good Way to Even Investigate the Lab Leak Theory

Anna Muldoon and Nicholas G. Evans

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What’s Still Missing From The Handmaid’s Tale

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How Past Moral Panics Set the Stage for the “Critical Race Theory” Freakout

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It’s Hard to Make America More Fun When There Are So Many Guns

One Dead After Pickup Truck Drives Into Crowd at Florida Pride Parade

White House

Bidens’ Dog Champ Dies at 13: “Our Sweet, Good Boy”

Basketball

Chris Paul’s COVID Absence Threatens the Playoffs’ Most Thrilling Storyline

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I was a bad person for not being accepting of this knowledge.

Help! My Ex-Boyfriend Wants to Pay Me to Go on Dates.

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Help! I Have a Huge Crush on My Therapist.

My Husband Can’t Figure Out the Glaringly Obvious Reason I Don’t Want to Have Sex With Him

One Dead After Pickup Truck Drives Into Crowd at Florida Pride Parade

Help! My Ex-Boyfriend Wants to Pay Me to Go on Dates.

Dear Care and Feeding: My In-Laws Think I Play Favorites With My Family

A Spanish-Language Broadcaster on What Matters to His Audience

Bidens’ Dog Champ Dies at 13: “Our Sweet, Good Boy”

Hardliner Linked to Mass Executions Wins Iran Presidency Amid Low Turnout

Investment Firms Aren’t Buying All the Houses. But They Are Buying the Most Important Ones.

Unvaccinated Player Blasts NFL COVID Protocols: “I’d Rather Die Actually Living”

Future Tense Newsletter: What’s Missing From The Handmaid’s Tale

Gyms Shouldn’t Have Scales

How Gay Is Pixar’s Luca?

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What Happened When a 3,000-Person Village in El Salvador Became “Bitcoin Beach”

Gyms Shouldn’t Have Scales

Investment Firms Aren’t Buying All the Houses. But They Are Buying the Most Important Ones.

Texans Are Being Asked to Conserve Power. Are the State’s February Energy Problems Back?

It’s Hard to Make America More Fun When There Are So Many Guns

There Is No Good Way to Even Investigate the Lab Leak Theory

The Problem With Victoria’s Secret Wasn’t the Absurdly Hot “Angels”

What’s Still Missing From The Handmaid’s Tale

A Close Read of the Important New Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez Make-Out Video

Help! My Ex-Boyfriend Wants to Pay Me to Go on Dates.

Dear Care and Feeding: My In-Laws Think I Play Favorites With My Family

Help! A Family Member Told Me About Their Secret Affair.

Julien Baker’s Long Journey to Loving Pride

My Husband Can’t Figure Out the Glaringly Obvious Reason I Don’t Want to Have Sex With Him

Service Workers Shouldn’t Have to Wear Masks for Customers’ Comfort

Can Chuck Schumer Figure It All Out?

Bidens’ Dog Champ Dies at 13: “Our Sweet, Good Boy”

Hardliner Linked to Mass Executions Wins Iran Presidency Amid Low Turnout

Unvaccinated Player Blasts NFL COVID Protocols: “I’d Rather Die Actually Living”

The Best Photos We Didn’t Use This Week: The NBA Celebrates Hot Vax Summer

The Iraqis Who Survived America’s Shock and Awe

U.S. Catholic Bishops Take Major Step Toward Possible Rebuke of Biden

One Dead After Pickup Truck Drives Into Crowd at Florida Pride Parade