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William Barr’s Lame-Duck Execution Spree Is Unprecedented

“This Keeps Me Up at Night”: Radicalization Experts Fear What Trump’s Fringes Will Do Now

Trump Might Want to Think Twice Before Trying to Pardon Himself

How Trump’s Strategy for Outpacing the Law Finally Fell Apart

Indiana Asks SCOTUS to Let Them Strip Rights From Same-Sex Parents

Trump Had Less of an Impact on the World Than You Might Think

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An Ornithologist Explains What Trump Has in Common With an Actual Lame Duck

Sally Yates Deserves Serious Consideration for Attorney General

The Biden-Harris Transition Website Finally Gets a .Gov Domain

Pandemic

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Thank God for Taylor Swift’s Well-Timed Quarantine Treats

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My Frenemy “Accidentally” Sent Me an Explicit Photo. My Reaction Surprised Me.

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Why Box Wine Is Your Best Bet This Thanksgiving (and Beyond)

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The proposal made me feel like he didn’t understand me at all.

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Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Frightening Fixation

I Figured Out an Incredible Sexual Trick—Then It Ruined My Life

“This Keeps Me Up at Night”: Radicalization Experts Fear What Trump’s Fringes Will Do Now

Indiana Asks the Supreme Court to Let It Strip Rights From Same-Sex Parents

An Ornithologist Explains What Trump Has in Common With an Actual Lame Duck

The Biden-Harris Transition Website Finally Gets a .Gov Domain

How Trump’s Strategy for Outpacing the Law Finally Fell Apart

Thank God for Taylor Swift’s Well-Timed Quarantine Treats

I Finally Get Princess Diana

It’s Time to Consider Sanctions for Trump’s Legal Team

Reality Forecloses on the Trump Presidency

The Authors of the Dictator’s Handbook on What Trump Is Doing Wrong

Chadwick Boseman’s Last Movie Shows He Was Just Getting Started

What Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy Adaptation Leaves Out

Why Box Wine Is Your Best Bet This Thanksgiving (and Beyond)

What Is Dust and Why Is His Dark Materials’ Magisterium Intent on Destroying It?

Freddy Adu Was Supposed to Be America’s First Global Soccer Star. What Went Wrong?

I Finally Get Princess Diana

The Cabbage Patch Kids Have a Trippy Fictional Backstory, and an Even Stranger True Story

Contact Tracing and Personal Data Protection Face Off in Mexico City

The Biden-Harris Transition Website Finally Gets a .Gov Domain

Why There Are Suddenly Not Enough COVID Tests

No One Wants to Pick Up the Phone for an Unfamiliar Number—and It’s Hurting Contact Tracing

Why I’m Mourning the Death of a Giant Telescope

Pay Americans to Wear Masks

The Biden Administration Should Pursue a Digital Trade Agreement

An Ornithologist Explains What Trump Has in Common With an Actual Lame Duck

The “War on Christmas” Is About to Make the Pandemic Exponentially Worse

Thank God for Taylor Swift’s Well-Timed Quarantine Treats

My Frenemy “Accidentally” Sent Me an Explicit Photo. My Reaction Surprised Me.

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Help! My Partner Did a Christmas-Themed Proposal. I’m Jewish.

My Dad Believes the Craziest Conspiracy Theories. How Do I Talk Him Off the Ledge?

Dear Care and Feeding: I Just Want to Use the Bathroom in Peace

Shame the Random, Unknown Government Officials Aiding Trump’s Coup Attempt

Indiana Asks the Supreme Court to Let It Strip Rights From Same-Sex Parents

How Trump’s Strategy for Outpacing the Law Finally Fell Apart

William Barr’s Lame-Duck Execution Spree Is Unprecedented

Sally Yates Deserves Serious Consideration for Attorney General

Trump Had Less of an Impact on the World Than You Might Think

Donald Trump Might Want to Think Twice Before Trying to Pardon Himself

“This Keeps Me Up at Night”: Radicalization Experts Fear What Trump’s Fringes Will Do Now

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