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Ken Burns’ Soft-Focus Look at Country Music

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Ken Burns’ Soft-Focus Look at Country Music

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The filmmaker’s latest documentary has more than three chords, not enough of the truth.

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Kickstarter’s Year of Turmoil

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Robin DiAngelo’s idea changed how white progressives talk about themselves—and little else.

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William Barr’s Radical New Attempt to Block the Full Mueller Report

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The GOP May One Day Regret Brett Kavanaugh

Lili Loofbourow

The GOP May One Day Regret Brett Kavanaugh

The Electoral College Really Does Give Republicans a Massive Advantage in Close Elections, a New Paper Finds

William Barr’s Radical New Attempt to Block the Full Mueller Report

The Other Sin Unearthed by the New Kavanaugh Scandal

2020

Trump Cringingly Courts Latino Vote: “Who Do You Like More, the Country or the Hispanics?”

Tech Companies

All the Reasons Things Are Going Very Poorly for WeWork This Week

There Is One Good Reason to Share Period Data With App-Makers

North Carolina

Sheriff Allegedly Tried to Plan Murder of Deputy Who Had Recording of Him Saying Racist Things

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I’m Resentful My Husband Gets to Be a Stay-at-Home Dad, and I Have to Work

How To Look Like a Superhero

On Whining

I Refuse Oral Sex From Guys for a Very Good Reason

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The History of “Hurt People Hurt People”

Seeing Julia Stiles Show Up on Screen in Hustlers Made My Whole Month

Saved by the Bell Spinoff Will Tackle School Integration on NBCUniversal’s Streaming Service

I have $230,000 of student debt—and my fiancée wants nothing to do with it.

Help! I Was Upstaged by a Rumor at My Wedding.

Help! How Do I Get My Ex to Stop Coming to My Dinner Parties?

Help! My Friend’s Fiancée Sexually Assaulted Me During Her Bachelorette Party.

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I Accidentally Discovered a Disturbing Online Profile of Someone I Know. I’m Worried.

ESPN’s Sam Darnold Mono Graphic Is the Culmination of 60 Years of Jets Football

The Electoral College Really Does Give Republicans a Massive Advantage in Close Elections, a New Paper Finds

Noted Rule-Follower Edward Snowden Didn’t Get the NSA’s Permission to Publish His Book

Saved by the Bell Will Tackle School Integration, and Other Surprises From NBCUniversal’s Streaming Service, Peacock

The GOP May One Day Regret Brett Kavanaugh

The Angle: The New Kavanaugh Allegations Expose a Dark Secret About America’s Institutions

The New Kavanaugh Reporting Shows How Far Trump’s Control Goes

The State of Comedy in 2019

Ken Burns’ Soft-Focus Look at Country Music

The GOP May One Day Regret Brett Kavanaugh

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Ken Burns’ Soft-Focus Look at Country Music

ESPN’s Sam Darnold Mono Graphic Is the Culmination of 60 Years of Jets Football

Saved by the Bell Will Tackle School Integration, and Other Surprises From NBCUniversal’s Streaming Service, Peacock

The History of “Hurt People Hurt People,” From Pastors to Strippers to Hustlers

Seeing Julia Stiles Show Up on Screen in Hustlers Made My Whole Month

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Noted Rule-Follower Edward Snowden Didn’t Get the NSA’s Permission to Publish His Book

All the Reasons Things Are Going Very Poorly for WeWork This Week

There’s One Good Reason to Share Period App Data: Medical Research

“We Are Seeing the Beginnings of the Era of Climate Barbarism”

Unionizing Workers Just Accused Kickstarter of Retaliatory Firings in a Federal Complaint

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The Electoral College Really Does Give Republicans a Massive Advantage in Close Elections, a New Paper Finds

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I Only Use This Zingy Southern Mayonnaise Now

Podcast Episode The Secret Workout Actors Use to Get Buff for Superhero Movies

Help! Shouldn’t My Fiancée Help Me Pay Off My $230,000 of Student Debt?

Dear Care and Feeding: I’m Resentful My Husband Gets to Be a Stay-at-Home Dad, and I Have to Work

I Refuse Oral Sex From Guys for a Very Good Reason. Do I Owe Them an Explanation?

Is It Finally Time for Bookermentum?

The Angle: The New Kavanaugh Allegations Expose a Dark Secret About America’s Institutions

William Barr’s Radical New Attempt to Block the Full Mueller Report

North Carolina Sheriff Allegedly Tried to Plan Murder of Deputy Who Had Recording of Him Saying Racist Things

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Sensitive Personal and Financial Data of What’s Likely an Entire Country Leaked Online

The GOP May One Day Regret Brett Kavanaugh

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