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Texas Wants to Force a 20-Lane Highway Through Austin

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History

How a Stubborn, Low-Paid Librarian Hired—Then Fired—Frank Lloyd Wright

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The Law

Ending Roe Could Criminalize More Than Abortion

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Colin Powell

The Moment Powell Squandered His Spectacular Career

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My Wife Went Snooping on My Computer. I’m in Major Trouble for What She Found.

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One of My Twins Outshines the Other

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My Mother-in-Law Has $100,000 in Student Debt—and She Just Revealed an Alarming Plan for What to Do About It

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I am completely in over my head at my new job.

Help! My Husband Called His Ex the “Love of His Life.”

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Help! My Brother Did Everything the Wrong Way, and Now He’s Thriving and a Millionaire.

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The Supreme Court Deals a Harsh, Unanimous Blow to Police Reform

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Athena Valentine

The Moment When Colin Powell Squandered His Spectacular Career

The revered general and statesman, who died Monday, couldn’t outmaneuver his bureaucratic rivals.

Fred Kaplan

The Bigger Reason Washington State Fired Its Vaccine-Refusing Football Coach

Other coaches around the sport, of all backgrounds and politics, understood what he didn’t.

Alex Kirshner

Culture

What it all means

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Midnight Mass Is Drenched in Blood and Catholicism, but There’s One Thing Missing

Steven D. Greydanus

Whether you’re fighting vampires or addiction, it helps to have a higher power.

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in the Impeachment Episode Where Bill Clinton Commits Perjury

Ellin Stein

How Historically Accurate Is Matt Damon’s Hideous Mullet in The Last Duel?

Sara McDougall and David Perry

The New Metroid Makes the Case for a Controversial Video-Game Practice

Evan Urquhart

The Bigger Reason Washington State Fired Its Vaccine-Refusing Football Coach

Alex Kirshner

Why LSU Dumped Its Title-Winning Coach

Hang Up and Listen

Wes Anderson’s Latest Is a Licorice Movie

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Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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“Oh, Your Hearing Won’t Be Coming Back”

Drew Magary

After surviving a traumatic brain injury and a coma, I was prepared for baddish news—but not for it to be delivered so swiftly and decisively.

There’s a Potential Grenade at the Center of the Crypto Economy

Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman

My Mother-in-Law Has $100,000 in Student Debt—and She Just Revealed an Alarming Plan for What to Do About It

Athena Valentine

I Thought a Wearable Breast Pump Would Solve My Problems

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What Colin Powell’s Death Really Means About the Vaccines

Tim Requarth

What Would Religious Leaders Do if Aliens Showed Up?

Josh Wilbur

Future Tense Newsletter: We Need More Low-Stakes Rules for Internet Conduct

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Texas Wants to Force a 20-Lane Highway Through Austin

Henry Grabar

Human Interest

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Is the German Catholic Church Going Rogue or Saving Itself?

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My Husband Made a Shocking Proposal to My Best Friend. And Then It Got Worse.

Jessica Stoya

If We Open Our Marriage, My Husband Wants Me Only to Date Other Women

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Dear Care and Feeding: My Teenager Made a Big Mistake Trying to Hold Her Teacher “Accountable”

Doyin Richards

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Help! I Am Completely in Over My Head at My New Job.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

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Doyin Richards

News & Politics

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“Doing What an Angry 3-Year-Old Would Do” Is the Only Remaining Republican Principle

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Julia Craven

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Mark Joseph Stern

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Jim Newell

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Ending Roe Could Send More Women to Prison for Miscarrying

Bobbie Stein

Texas Wants to Force a 20-Lane Highway Through Austin

The Bigger Reason Washington State Fired Its Vaccine-Refusing Football Coach

How Historically Accurate Is Matt Damon’s Hideous Mullet in The Last Duel?

Please Stop Calling This Time of Year “Spooky Season”

This Is Fine

There’s a Potential Grenade at the Center of the Crypto Economy

History

How a Stubborn, Low-Paid Librarian Hired—Then Fired—Frank Lloyd Wright

The Law

Ending Roe Could Criminalize More Than Abortion

Colin Powell

The Moment Powell Squandered His Spectacular Career

Advice

My Wife Went Snooping on My Computer. I’m in Major Trouble for What She Found.

One of My Twins Outshines the Other

My Husband Made a Shocking Proposal to My Best Friend. And Then It Got Worse.

My Mother-in-Law Has $100,000 in Student Debt—and She Just Revealed an Alarming Plan for What to Do About It

Screen Time

Wes Anderson’s Latest Is a Licorice Movie

Introducing the Worst Person in Waystar Royco

Velvet Underground Director Todd Haynes on the Interview That Made Him Cry

I am completely in over my head at my new job.

Help! My Husband Called His Ex the “Love of His Life.”

Help! I Took My Best Friend’s Virginity Before His Wedding. Should I Still Attend the Ceremony?

Help! My Ex Is Insisting on an Embarrassing Name for Our Child Out of “Tradition.”

Help! My Brother Did Everything the Wrong Way, and Now He’s Thriving and a Millionaire.

Do I Really Have to Bond with My Mom’s New Husband’s Family?

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in the Impeachment Episode Where Bill Clinton Commits Perjury

My Husband Made a Shocking Proposal to My Best Friend. And Then It Got Worse.

How Historically Accurate Is Matt Damon’s Hideous Mullet in The Last Duel?

Texas Wants to Force a 20-Lane Highway Through Austin

Ending Roe Could Send More Women to Prison for Miscarrying

The New Metroid Makes the Case for a Controversial Video-Game Practice

The Supreme Court Deals a Harsh, Unanimous Blow to Police Reform

My Mother-in-Law Has $100,000 in Student Debt—and She Just Revealed an Alarming Plan for What to Do About It

The Moment When Colin Powell Squandered His Spectacular Career

The Bigger Reason Washington State Fired Its Vaccine-Refusing Football Coach

Midnight Mass Is Drenched in Blood and Catholicism, but There’s One Thing Missing

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in the Impeachment Episode Where Bill Clinton Commits Perjury

How Historically Accurate Is Matt Damon’s Hideous Mullet in The Last Duel?

The New Metroid Makes the Case for a Controversial Video-Game Practice

The Bigger Reason Washington State Fired Its Vaccine-Refusing Football Coach

Why LSU Dumped Its Title-Winning Coach

Wes Anderson’s Latest Is a Licorice Movie

“Oh, Your Hearing Won’t Be Coming Back”

There’s a Potential Grenade at the Center of the Crypto Economy

My Mother-in-Law Has $100,000 in Student Debt—and She Just Revealed an Alarming Plan for What to Do About It

I Thought a Wearable Breast Pump Would Solve My Problems

What Colin Powell’s Death Really Means About the Vaccines

What Would Religious Leaders Do if Aliens Showed Up?

Future Tense Newsletter: We Need More Low-Stakes Rules for Internet Conduct

Texas Wants to Force a 20-Lane Highway Through Austin

Is the German Catholic Church Going Rogue or Saving Itself?

My Husband Made a Shocking Proposal to My Best Friend. And Then It Got Worse.

If We Open Our Marriage, My Husband Wants Me Only to Date Other Women

Dear Care and Feeding: My Teenager Made a Big Mistake Trying to Hold Her Teacher “Accountable”

The First Step to Finding Friends Is Asking for Help (Even if You Don’t Need It)

Help! I Am Completely in Over My Head at My New Job.

Dear Care and Feeding: One of My Twins Outshines the Other

“Doing What an Angry 3-Year-Old Would Do” Is the Only Remaining Republican Principle

Zebra Update: Apparently the Only Way to Catch the Escaped Zebras Is to Rope In More Zebras

How Should We Remember Colin Powell?

How a Stubborn, Low-Paid Librarian Hired—Then Fired—Frank Lloyd Wright

The Supreme Court Deals a Harsh, Unanimous Blow to Police Reform

What Could Possibly Come From a Meeting Between Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders?

The States Can Save Us From the Supreme Court’s Brutal Rulings Protecting Bad Police

Ending Roe Could Send More Women to Prison for Miscarrying