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How Police Departments Try to Force Google to Hand Over Data on Anyone Near a Crime Scene

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Did We Forget to Memorialize Spanish Flu Because Women Were the Heroes?

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In the Age of Billionaires Leading Space Exploration, We Should Mourn Mars One

Daniel Engber

Amazon’s Alexa Keeps Quoting Jeff Bezos to Me

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New York’s Anti-Amazon Movement Is Now a Blueprint for Critics of Big Tech

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Which People?

Rachelle Hampton

How “people of color” evolved from a gesture of solidarity and respect to a cover for avoiding the complexities of race.

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Dear Care and Feeding: My Teen Daughter Is Dating Her Friend Who Practically Lives With Us

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How Gordon Ramsay, Terror of Restaurant Kitchens, Brought Peace to a Family of Eaters With Autism

Kay Tilden Frost

Breaking Up Sucks. These Two Women Started a Service to Make It Less Painful.

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Help! I Caught My Day Care Provider Breastfeeding My Baby.

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Business

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Every Democrat Should Talk About Health Care Like Amy Klobuchar Does

Jordan Weissmann

The Startup That Wants to Sell You a Subscription to Miami Beach Tap Water Explains Itself

Henry Grabar

Cathy O’Neil Talks About Surviving Overtravel

Felix Salmon

Here’s What It’s Like to Train Horses at Medieval Times

Jordan Weissmann

Withholdings and Refunds in the First Tax Season Under the New Law

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

Moderate Democrats Are in Love With a Tepid and Outdated Idea to Fix Health Care

Jordan Weissmann

There’s Nothing Ridiculous About Trains Replacing Planes

Henry Grabar

Elizabeth Warren Gets That Child Care Is Key to the Economy

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News & Politics

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Bernie Can Offer Something His 2020 Rivals Can’t. Will It Be Enough?

Josh Voorhees

The Fraternity System Is Fundamentally Rotten. Is There a Fix?

Christina Cauterucci

What Is the NYT Implying When It Suggests Donald Trump Lied About Michael Flynn’s Resignation?

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Covington Catholic Student in Viral Mall Standoff with Native American Activist Sues Washington Post

Elliot Hannon

China Is a Useful Bogeyman for Both Democrats and Republicans. But Are We Getting It Wrong?

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Clarence Thomas Just Joined Donald Trump’s Crusade to “Open Up” Libel Laws

Mark Joseph Stern

The Angle: Bernie Sanders Is Running Again, but the Race Has Changed

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Clarence Thomas Just Joined Donald Trump’s Crusade to “Open Up” Libel Laws

Startups

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The Company That Wants to Sell Subscriptions to Miami Beach Tap Water Explains Itself

Media

NYT’s Supposedly Damning Story About Trump’s Flynn Coverup Makes No Sense

Education

We Were America’s Teachers of the Year. Where We’ve Been Since Reveals a National Crisis.

Movies

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My Teen Is Dating Her Friend Who Practically Lives With Us

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2020

Every Democrat Should Talk About Health Care Like Klobuchar Does

What Bernie Sanders Can Offer That His Rivals Can’t

Elizabeth Warren Gets It: Child Care Is Key to the Economy

I marched over, took the baby from her arms, and asked her if she was crazy.

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My Brother Died on My Son’s Birthday, and I’m Not Sure How to Celebrate

Dear Care and Feeding: My Teen Daughter Is Dating Her Friend Who Practically Lives With Us

Trump’s FDA Declares War on Vampires

The Fraternity System Is Fundamentally Rotten. Is There a Fix?

The Secret to a Great Oscars Night? Watch Peter Falk Win Emmys Instead.

My Boyfriend Is, Uh, Huge. How Can I Make This Work … Physically?

California’s Lawsuit Against Trump’s Emergency Wall Is Written to Appeal to Neil Gorsuch

Gordon Ramsay Changed Everything About How My Kids Eat

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China Is Now Censoring What Movies Come Out in Other Countries, Too

Trump’s FDA Declares War on Vampires

The Secret to a Great Oscars Night? Watch Peter Falk Win Emmys Instead.

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In 1975, a Cartoon on Sesame Street Traumatized Viewers. And Then It Disappeared.

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Why Pop Culture Consistently Fails to Tell Climate Change Stories

How Police Departments Try to Force Google to Hand Over Data on Anyone Near a Crime Scene

Did We Forget to Memorialize Spanish Flu Because Women Were the Heroes?

In the Age of Billionaires Leading Space Exploration, We Should Mourn Mars One

Amazon’s Alexa Keeps Quoting Jeff Bezos to Me

New York’s Anti-Amazon Movement Is Now a Blueprint for Critics of Big Tech

Everything You Need to Know About Tuesday’s Super Snow Moon

Which People?

This $23 Tripod Helps Me Take Photos Like a Semi-Professional Photographer

My Brother Died on My Son’s Birthday, and I’m Not Sure How to Celebrate

Dear Care and Feeding: My Teen Daughter Is Dating Her Friend Who Practically Lives With Us

How Gordon Ramsay, Terror of Restaurant Kitchens, Brought Peace to a Family of Eaters With Autism

Breaking Up Sucks. These Two Women Started a Service to Make It Less Painful.

Help! I Caught My Day Care Provider Breastfeeding My Baby.

Every Democrat Should Talk About Health Care Like Amy Klobuchar Does

The Startup That Wants to Sell You a Subscription to Miami Beach Tap Water Explains Itself

Cathy O’Neil Talks About Surviving Overtravel

Here’s What It’s Like to Train Horses at Medieval Times

Withholdings and Refunds in the First Tax Season Under the New Law

Moderate Democrats Are in Love With a Tepid and Outdated Idea to Fix Health Care

There’s Nothing Ridiculous About Trains Replacing Planes

Elizabeth Warren Gets That Child Care Is Key to the Economy

Bernie Can Offer Something His 2020 Rivals Can’t. Will It Be Enough?

The Fraternity System Is Fundamentally Rotten. Is There a Fix?

What Is the NYT Implying When It Suggests Donald Trump Lied About Michael Flynn’s Resignation?

Covington Catholic Student in Viral Mall Standoff with Native American Activist Sues Washington Post

China Is a Useful Bogeyman for Both Democrats and Republicans. But Are We Getting It Wrong?

Clarence Thomas Just Joined Donald Trump’s Crusade to “Open Up” Libel Laws

The Angle: Bernie Sanders Is Running Again, but the Race Has Changed

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