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The Year in Television

Willa Paskin

Why most of the shows in 2018 were nothing great, just fine.

Giuliani Dismisses Possibility of Trump Sit-Down Mueller Interview: “Over My Dead Body”

Daniel Politi

Family of Girl Who Died in Border Patrol Custody Denies She Went Days Without Food, Water

Daniel Politi

How Penthouse Became a Mouthpiece for the Right

Rebecca Onion

SNL

Watch the Sketch That Enraged Donald Trump

Matthew Dessem

Trump Says SNL Sketches Are “Real Scandal” That “Should Be Tested in Courts”

Daniel Politi

Matt Damon Wins the Westminster Daddy Show

Matthew Dessem

NFL

The Patriots Look Shaky. Is That Even Allowed?

Nick Greene

Bears Vanquish Packers, Catapult Aaron Rodgers Into Lake Michigan

Nick Greene

A Brilliant Plan to End Kickoffs Forever and Make Football Way More Fun

Nick Greene

The Conversation Starts Here

Think you know music? Test yourself here.

Music Trivia: The Christmas Music Edition

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How to Watch Roma

Sam Adams

Critics say you must experience Alfonso Cuarón’s masterpiece in a theater. Are they right—or just snobs?

An Ode to MarShon Brooks, the Unlikely Hero of the Botched MarShon Brooks Trade

Nick Greene

Weekend Reads

Why So Many People Are Suddenly Allergic to Meat

Maryn McKenna

It’s remarkable that scientists even figured this out.

How I Went From Graduate School Student to Amazon Warehouse Janitor

Faylita Hicks

Wow, People Really Are Throwing Electric Scooters Into Lakes and Rivers

April Glaser

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She stripped her children of the gifts and tried to return them to the store for cash.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Childless Friend

Help! My Neighbor Is Ned Flanders Without the Good Faith.

Dear Prudence Podcast: I Don’t Know How to Help My Addict Friend Anymore

Help! My Co-Workers’ Perfume Makes Me Physically Ill.

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Culture

What’s worth your time

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In Roma, Each Object Tells a Story

Inkoo Kang

The stories behind the dog heads, the planes, and more.

Orange Is the New Black’s Yael Stone Accuses Geoffrey Rush of Sexual Misconduct

Matthew Dessem

Ethics for Seven-Year-Olds

Matthew Dessem

The Patriots Look Shaky. Is That Even Allowed?

Nick Greene

Bears Overcome Chronic Cuteness to Vanquish Packers, Catapult Aaron Rodgers Into Lake Michigan

Nick Greene

Watch the Saturday Night Live Sketch That Enraged Donald Trump

Matthew Dessem

Has Peak TV Peaked?

Tara Ariano

Technology

How it’s changing us

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Social Media Isn’t Set Up for Grief. It’s Set Up for Profit.

Shannon Palus

Users are getting more comfortable sharing their whole lives, but the platforms are still designed to market around joy.

Court Says It’s Illegal to Resell Songs You Bought on iTunes

Cullen Seltzer

The Government Isn’t Regulating a Deadly Paint Stripper, so Retailers Are Instead

Jamie Smith Hopkins

Congress Is About to Blow Its Chance to Save Net Neutrality

April Glaser

Facebook Plied Me With Hot Chocolate and Platitudes at Its One-Day “Holiday Privacy Store”

Heather Schwedel

How to Watch the Year’s Best Meteor Shower

Aaron Mak

We Need More Academic Conferences About Robots, Love, and Sex

Marina Adshade

Congressman Says a “WallCoin” Could Fund Trump’s Border Wall

Aaron Mak

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Our Kid’s Letter to Santa This Year Asks for a Sign of His Existence

Carvell Wallace

Is it an adorable attempt at belief or a trap to catch us in a lie?

The Best Gifts for Skincare Obsessives, According to Redditors

Strategist Editors

At the Evangelical #MeToo Summit, Christians Grappled With Just How Deep the Church’s Sexual Misconduct Problems Go

Ruth Graham

Many Parents Like Me Try to Mold Our Disabled Children to Fit Into a Nondisabled World. It Should Be the Other Way Around.

Elizabeth Picciuto

What’s Behind Penthouse’s Confusing Turn Toward the Right?

Rebecca Onion

You Should Ignore the “Amazon’s Choice” Label While Holiday Shopping

Shannon Palus

Birthright Trips Are Down “Sharply” This Winter. It Has Me Thinking About Why I Never Went.

Heather Schwedel

Business

Where the money goes

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The Affordable Care Act Is Not Dead Yet

Jordan Weissmann

Jeffrey Wright Guarded “Hippy” Brett Kavanaugh in High School, and “Hippy” Brian Lehrer Claims You Can Be a Mets and Yankees Fan

Catie Lazarus

Why Is Harvard Investing in California Farmland?

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

America’s Hottest Housing Debate Is Coming to Oregon

Henry Grabar

Why the Uber and Lyft IPOs Won’t Change Much

Henry Grabar

Carnival CEO Arnold Donald Says Cruises Are Getting More Personalized

Seth Stevenson

Why Selfie-Takers Are the Bane of Museum Security Guards

Jordan Weissmann

Even the World’s Most Famous Paintings Need to Get Touched Up Once in a While. Here’s How It’s Done at MoMA.

Jordan Weissmann

News & Politics

What really matters

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Nancy Pelosi Will Be Speaker. That Doesn’t Mean Her Antagonists Lost.

Jim Newell

The real trade-offs of the deal that will make Pelosi speaker again.

Russia’s Pro-Trump Disinformation Campaign Used Every Major Social Media Platform

Daniel Politi

Colin Kroll, Co-Founder of HQ Trivia and Vine, Found Dead of Apparent Drug Overdose

Daniel Politi

Stephen Miller: Trump Will “Absolutely” Shut Down Government Over Wall

Daniel Politi

Giuliani Dismisses Possibility of Trump Sit-Down Mueller Interview: “Over My Dead Body”

Daniel Politi

After Zinke Resignation, Industry Lobbyists Will Lead Country’s Top Two Environmental Agencies

Daniel Politi

Trump Says SNL Sketches Are “Real Scandal” That “Should Be Tested in Courts”

Daniel Politi