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There’s a Reason This Keeps Happening in Minnesota

Aymann Ismail

Even After Jan. 6, GOP Senators Still Think They Can Claim the Mantle of Law and Order

Dahlia Lithwick

Chauvin Trial

Chauvin’s Legal Defense Is Flimsy Courtroom Whataboutism

Elliot Hannon

Afghanistan

What America Will Leave Behind

Fred Kaplan

Digital Life

Coinbase Is Now Worth $85.8 Billion. What—and Why—Is Coinbase?

Aaron Mak

The One Redeeming Quality of NFTs Might Not Even Exist

Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman

Television

I Revisited Colton Underwood’s Bachelor Season Now That He’s Come Out. Yikes.

Daniel Schroeder

Downtime

I Never Thought My Bedding Mattered That Much. I Was So Wrong.

Julia Craven

A Masterfully Damning Portrait of the Billionaire Family Behind the OxyContin Epidemic

Laura Miller

What My Vaccinated Doctor Friends and I Have Been Doing for Months

Amita Sudhir

Growing Up

My Child’s Future Preschool Teacher Is a Conspiracy Theorist

Ask a Teacher

The Teen “Ginger Assassin” Who Just Made Bowling History

Nick Greene

Why Seniors Are Getting So Many More College Rejections This Year

Dan Kois

My daughter is pregnant, and not only had she not told us, but she didn't plan to.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Estranged Daughter

Help! I’m Asked to Cite Evidence Every Time I Talk to My Husband.

Help! I Caught My Husband Cheating, but I’m Not Sure I Want Him to Stop.

Help! My Twin Dyed Her Hair Bright Orange to “Stand Out” at My Wedding.

How to Do It

My Husband Finally Revealed His Deepest Sexual Desire—and I’m Losing It

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Danny M. Lavery and Elizabeth Sampat

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Estranged Daughter

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Elliot Hannon

Derek Chauvin’s Legal Defense Is Flimsy Courtroom Whataboutism

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Danny M. Lavery

Help! My Daughter Cut Me Out of Her Life.

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Matthew Dicks, Brandon Hersey, Cassy Sarnell, and Amy Scott

Ask a Teacher: My Child’s Future Preschool Teacher Is a Conspiracy Theorist

7h ago

Laura Miller

A Masterfully Damning Portrait of the Billionaire Family Behind the OxyContin Epidemic

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What Next

The Confusion Over Johnson & Johnson

Tucker Carlson’s Expanding Definition of Who Shouldn’t Get to Vote

Dahlia Lithwick

There’s a Reason This Keeps Happening in Minnesota

Aymann Ismail

Why Seniors Are Getting So Many More College Rejections This Year

A college consultant talks about a chaotic year in university admissions.

Dan Kois

The Pointlessness of Bribing People to Move to West Virginia for $12,000

Relocation incentives get lots of buzz. Do they work?

Henry Grabar

Culture

What’s worth your time

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Why Sims Players Are Paying $5 to Dust Their Houses

Marissa Martinelli

Bless this virtual, sentient, linty mess.

A Masterfully Damning Portrait of the Billionaire Family Behind the OxyContin Epidemic

Laura Miller

I Revisited Colton Underwood’s Bachelor Season Now That He’s Come Out. Yikes.

Daniel Schroeder

The Teen “Ginger Assassin” Who Just Made Bowling History

Nick Greene

Netflix’s Horny Sea-Monster Movie, Explained

Culture Gabfest

A Vaccine Is Not a Personality

ICYMI

How Larry Doby’s Integration Story Differed From Jackie Robinson’s

Hang Up and Listen

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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Why Union Organizers Think They Got Creamed by Amazon

Aaron Mak

It wasn’t just because Amazon allegedly tampered with mailboxes and traffic lights.

The Pointlessness of Bribing People to Move to West Virginia for $12,000

Henry Grabar

The One Redeeming Quality of NFTs Might Not Even Exist

Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman

The Communities That Live Captioning Leaves Behind

Sarah Bunin Benor

What It Took for an Upscale Restaurant to Finally Give in to Delivery Apps

Christina Cauterucci

Georgia’s Voting Law Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

Lawrence Norden and Gowri Ramachandran

What Amazon Got Away With

Grace Pezzella and Sejal Singh

Coinbase Went Public. What—and Why—Is Coinbase?

Aaron Mak

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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“I Do Not Trust People in the Same Way and I Don’t Think I Ever Will Again”

Alison Green

Workers are really, really not ready for offices to reopen.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Estranged Daughter

Danny M. Lavery and Elizabeth Sampat

Help! My Daughter Cut Me Out of Her Life.

Danny M. Lavery

Ask a Teacher: My Child’s Future Preschool Teacher Is a Conspiracy Theorist

Matthew Dicks, Brandon Hersey, Cassy Sarnell, and Amy Scott

My Wife Has Surprised and Thrilled Me With Something New During Sex—but It’s Getting Out of Control

Rich Juzwiak

I Never Thought My Bedding Mattered That Much. I Was So Wrong.

Julia Craven

Why Seniors Are Getting So Many More College Rejections This Year

Dan Kois

News & Politics

What really matters

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When It’s Up to the Cops if You Get Your Visa

Yilun Cheng

U visas were created to help immigrants report crimes, but the cops often don’t uphold their end of the bargain.

The Confusion Over Johnson & Johnson

What Next

Even After Jan. 6, GOP Senators Still Think They Can Claim the Mantle of Law and Order

Dahlia Lithwick

What America Will Leave Behind in Afghanistan

Fred Kaplan

The Taser Was Already Too Much

Julia Craven

There’s a Reason This Keeps Happening in Minnesota

Aymann Ismail

Tucker Carlson’s Expanding Definition of Who Shouldn’t Get to Vote

Dahlia Lithwick

Derek Chauvin’s Legal Defense Is Flimsy Courtroom Whataboutism

Elliot Hannon

There’s a Reason This Keeps Happening in Minnesota

What’s Behind Tucker Carlson’s Dangerous New Obsession

The Taser Was Already Too Much

The Pointlessness of Bribing People to Move to West Virginia for $12,000

Even After Jan. 6, GOP Senators Still Think They Can Claim the Mantle of Law and Order

Chauvin Trial

Chauvin’s Legal Defense Is Flimsy Courtroom Whataboutism

Afghanistan

What America Will Leave Behind

Digital Life

Coinbase Is Now Worth $85.8 Billion. What—and Why—Is Coinbase?

The One Redeeming Quality of NFTs Might Not Even Exist

Television

I Revisited Colton Underwood’s Bachelor Season Now That He’s Come Out. Yikes.

Downtime

I Never Thought My Bedding Mattered That Much. I Was So Wrong.

New president. New court. We’re ready for what’s next.

A Masterfully Damning Portrait of the Billionaire Family Behind the OxyContin Epidemic

What My Vaccinated Doctor Friends and I Have Been Doing for Months

Growing Up

My Child’s Future Preschool Teacher Is a Conspiracy Theorist

The Teen “Ginger Assassin” Who Just Made Bowling History

Why Seniors Are Getting So Many More College Rejections This Year

My daughter is pregnant, and not only had she not told us, but she didn't plan to.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Estranged Daughter

Podcast Episode Help! I’m Asked to Cite Evidence Every Time I Talk to My Husband.

Help! I Caught My Husband Cheating, but I’m Not Sure I Want Him to Stop.

Help! My Twin Dyed Her Hair Bright Orange to “Stand Out” at My Wedding.

My Husband Finally Revealed His Deepest Sexual Desire—and I’m Losing It

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Estranged Daughter

Derek Chauvin’s Legal Defense Is Flimsy Courtroom Whataboutism

Help! My Daughter Cut Me Out of Her Life.

Ask a Teacher: My Child’s Future Preschool Teacher Is a Conspiracy Theorist

A Masterfully Damning Portrait of the Billionaire Family Behind the OxyContin Epidemic

The Confusion Over Johnson & Johnson

Tucker Carlson’s Expanding Definition of Who Shouldn’t Get to Vote

There’s a Reason This Keeps Happening in Minnesota

Why Seniors Are Getting So Many More College Rejections This Year

The Pointlessness of Bribing People to Move to West Virginia for $12,000

Why Sims Players Are Paying $5 to Dust Their Houses

A Masterfully Damning Portrait of the Billionaire Family Behind the OxyContin Epidemic

I Revisited Colton Underwood’s Bachelor Season Now That He’s Come Out. Yikes.

The Teen “Ginger Assassin” Who Just Made Bowling History

Netflix’s Horny Sea-Monster Movie, Explained

A Vaccine Is Not a Personality

How Larry Doby’s Integration Story Differed From Jackie Robinson’s

Why Union Organizers Think They Got Creamed by Amazon

The Pointlessness of Bribing People to Move to West Virginia for $12,000

The One Redeeming Quality of NFTs Might Not Even Exist

The Communities That Live Captioning Leaves Behind

What It Took for an Upscale Restaurant to Finally Give in to Delivery Apps

Georgia’s Voting Law Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

What Amazon Got Away With

Coinbase Went Public. What—and Why—Is Coinbase?

“I Do Not Trust People in the Same Way and I Don’t Think I Ever Will Again”

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Estranged Daughter

Help! My Daughter Cut Me Out of Her Life.

Ask a Teacher: My Child’s Future Preschool Teacher Is a Conspiracy Theorist

My Wife Has Surprised and Thrilled Me With Something New During Sex—but It’s Getting Out of Control

I Never Thought My Bedding Mattered That Much. I Was So Wrong.

Why Seniors Are Getting So Many More College Rejections This Year

When It’s Up to the Cops if You Get Your Visa

The Confusion Over Johnson & Johnson

Even After Jan. 6, GOP Senators Still Think They Can Claim the Mantle of Law and Order

What America Will Leave Behind in Afghanistan

The Taser Was Already Too Much

There’s a Reason This Keeps Happening in Minnesota

Tucker Carlson’s Expanding Definition of Who Shouldn’t Get to Vote

Derek Chauvin’s Legal Defense Is Flimsy Courtroom Whataboutism

Help! I’m Asked to Cite Evidence Every Time I Talk to My Husband.