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Why Forced Quarantines to Stop the Spread of Disease Are Dangerous

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Halloween Pun Names on Twitter Refuse to Die

“America’s Failure to Lead Is Going to Come Back and Bite Us.” Sen. Mark Warner Explains How Congress Fell Behind on Regulating Tech.

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“Man-Hating Lesbian” Is a Classic Insult. But in the #MeToo Era, It’s Time to Reclaim It.

In an Age of Nonbinary Models and Fluid Celebrities, Does Gender Nonconformity Still Have Radical Potential?

Amazon’s Sexist A.I. Is Part of a Much Larger Problem

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Mitch McConnell Admits That the GOP Doesn’t Actually Want to Fix the Deficit While It’s in Charge

Trump Says The Federal Reserve Is the “Biggest Threat” to His Presidency. So Why Isn’t He Doing Anything About It?

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It Is Absurd That Trump Is Taking Credit For Falling Obamacare Premiums

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Why It’s So Uncomfortable for Feminists to Confront Hillary Clinton About Bill

Why Didn’t Elizabeth Warren Anticipate the Backlash to Her DNA Test?

Georgia Is Using Amateur Handwriting Analysis to Disenfranchise Minority Voters

Why Some Asian-American Groups Are Supporting a Conservative Effort to Attack Affirmative Action

The News That Ryan Zinke Fired His Department’s Watchdog Is False—and It’s Ben Carson’s Fault

There’s No Path to Victory in Afghanistan. There Never Was.

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