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Facebook’s Former Security Chief Reflects on What Went Wrong

April Glaser and Will Oremus

The 1951 British Comedy That Anticipated Our Fears About Nanotechnology

Andrew Maynard

Lots of Voting Machines Are Really Confusing, and on Election Day, It Showed

Marc Canellas

An Amazon Echo Might Have Recorded a Murder. Is That Enough for Police to Get Access?

Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

Being an Emotional Support Animal Is Probably Not Great for the Animal

Christine Calder

Will Facebook Actually Give Any Power to an Independent Speech Court?

Thomas Kadri

The Keystone XL Pipeline Is Finally Dead, Thanks to a Court Ruling and a Wanting Environmental Assessment

Jonathan Thompson

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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My Ex-Husband Lets Our Daughters Watch Game of Thrones

Nicole Cliffe

How do I get him to stop?

Why Do Children Love This Terrifying Stuffed Animal They Have to Hatch From an Egg?

Heather Schwedel

Help! There’s Another Woman in My Boyfriend’s Life—His Twin Sister.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

I Bought Thanksgiving Turkeys From Popeyes and Bojangles’. It Was a Good Decision.

Justin Peters

Queer Family Is What You Make It

Christina Cauterucci, J. Bryan Lowder, and Brandon Tensley

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Fiancé’s Family Forced Us to Call Off Our Wedding, but I Still Love Him.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

The Tech Toys That Secretly Teach My Kids Coding Skills

Strategist Editors

Business

Where the money goes

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Do New Yorkers Even Want Amazon’s 25,000 Jobs?

Henry Grabar

Even in prosperous times, the city is getting harder to live in—and it’s not clear how HQ2 will help.

Here Are Four Ways to Handle Debt Forgiveness That Even Mushy Centrists Might Like

Jordan Weissmann

How to Build a Brand for Average Women—and Literal Royalty

Seth Stevenson

Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn Arrested for Underreporting Salary

Aaron Mak

How to Build a Brand for the Average Woman—and Literal Royalty

Seth Stevenson

Collection Specialists Are the Secret Employees Who Quietly Keep the Museum World Running

Jordan Weissmann

How Will Amazon’s New Headquarters Actually Help These Cities?

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

What It’s Like to Run One of New York’s Busiest Soup Kitchens on Thanksgiving

Jordan Weissmann

News & Politics

What really matters

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Democrats Have Made One Thing Very Clear About 2020: They’re Over White Men

Jamelle Bouie

Or, why Kamala Harris looks like a likely nominee.

The Trump Administration Is Barring Asylum-Seekers at Legal Points of Entry

Katherine Hawkins

Trump: Hey, Don’t Be Too Mad At Saudi Arabia. Oil Prices Are Low!

Matthew Zeitlin

Black Teenagers Say White Man Pulled Gun on Them in Minnesota McDonald’s After He Made a Racist Comment

Molly Olmstead

Jeff Sessions’ Gun Prosecution Machine Goes After Many Black Nonviolent Offenders

George Joseph

How One of the Country’s Leading Conservatives Became One of the Republican Party’s Staunchest Critics

Yascha Mounk

What Peter Sagal Talks About When He Talks About Running

Mike Pesca

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The Courts Are Beating Donald Trump, Badly

Nancy Pelosi Picks Off Marcia Fudge, a Major Blow to Her Challengers

The Genius of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Instagram Stories

The Trump Admin. Is Barring Asylum-Seekers at Legal Points of Entry

Our President

Trump: Hey, Don’t Be Too Mad at Saudi Arabia. Oil Prices Are Low!

Crime

Black Teenagers Say White Man Made Racist Comment, Pulled Gun on Them in McDonald’s

House Democrats

Another Flip: Democrat McAdams Declared Winner in Utah

Outbreak

CDC Warns Everyone in U.S. to Throw Away Romaine Lettuce

TV

Riverdale and Sabrina Subvert Boomer Nostalgia for When America Was “Great”

The CEO of Cuyana on why Meghan Markle loves her leather totes.

I’m Tired of Playing With My Friends’ Toddler

How the Starbucks App Created So Many Rewards-Thirsty Obsessives

Thanksgiving

I’m Spending Thanksgiving Alone, and I Can’t Wait

I Bought Thanksgiving Turkeys From Popeyes and Bojangles’. It Was a Good Decision.

7 Podcasts to Binge-Listen to on Your Thanksgiving Road Trip

My brother died and now I’m stuck caring for his old dog.

Help! There’s Another Woman in My Boyfriend’s Life—His Twin Sister.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Fiancé’s Family Forced Us to Call Off Our Wedding, but I Still Love Him.

Help! I’m in a Happy Hetero Marriage, but I’m Also Bisexual. Can I Stay in the Closet?

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Angry Neighbor

The Trump Administration Is Barring Asylum-Seekers at Legal Points of Entry

The Keystone XL Pipeline Is Finally Dead, Thanks to a Court Ruling and a Wanting Environmental Assessment

Why Do Children Love This Terrifying Stuffed Animal They Have to Hatch From an Egg?

Help! There’s Another Woman in My Boyfriend’s Life—His Twin Sister.

Trump: Hey, Don’t Be Too Mad At Saudi Arabia. Oil Prices Are Low!

What It’s Like to Run One of New York’s Busiest Soup Kitchens on Thanksgiving

The Camp Fire Closed In Too Fast for These Survivors to Escape. Now, They’re Trapped.

The Courts Are Quietly Delivering Devastating Blows to Donald Trump’s Agenda

The Problem With Trump and the Troops

Pets Don’t Want to Be Emotional Support Animals

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The Favourite Was Not Mine

Widows Sneaks Big Ideas Into Genre-Film Form

Riverdale and Sabrina Subvert Boomer Nostalgia for When America Was “Great”

Can Stephen Colbert Lighten the Overwhelming Horror of a President Who Endorses Murder for Money …. With Comedy?

Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn Movie Is Apparently Going to Be Called Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Trump’s “Little Adam Schitt” Tweet Helps Stephen Colbert Avoid FCC Fines

Oscar Hopeful Shoplifters Is the Rare Movie That Actually Makes Life More Interesting

Living on the Edge

Facebook’s Former Security Chief Reflects on What Went Wrong

The 1951 British Comedy That Anticipated Our Fears About Nanotechnology

Lots of Voting Machines Are Really Confusing, and on Election Day, It Showed

An Amazon Echo Might Have Recorded a Murder. Is That Enough for Police to Get Access?

Being an Emotional Support Animal Is Probably Not Great for the Animal

Will Facebook Actually Give Any Power to an Independent Speech Court?

The Keystone XL Pipeline Is Finally Dead, Thanks to a Court Ruling and a Wanting Environmental Assessment

My Ex-Husband Lets Our Daughters Watch Game of Thrones

Why Do Children Love This Terrifying Stuffed Animal They Have to Hatch From an Egg?

Help! There’s Another Woman in My Boyfriend’s Life—His Twin Sister.

I Bought Thanksgiving Turkeys From Popeyes and Bojangles’. It Was a Good Decision.

Queer Family Is What You Make It

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Fiancé’s Family Forced Us to Call Off Our Wedding, but I Still Love Him.

The Tech Toys That Secretly Teach My Kids Coding Skills

Do New Yorkers Even Want Amazon’s 25,000 Jobs?

Here Are Four Ways to Handle Debt Forgiveness That Even Mushy Centrists Might Like

How to Build a Brand for Average Women—and Literal Royalty

Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn Arrested for Underreporting Salary

How to Build a Brand for the Average Woman—and Literal Royalty

Collection Specialists Are the Secret Employees Who Quietly Keep the Museum World Running

How Will Amazon’s New Headquarters Actually Help These Cities?

What It’s Like to Run One of New York’s Busiest Soup Kitchens on Thanksgiving

Democrats Have Made One Thing Very Clear About 2020: They’re Over White Men

The Trump Administration Is Barring Asylum-Seekers at Legal Points of Entry

Trump: Hey, Don’t Be Too Mad At Saudi Arabia. Oil Prices Are Low!

Black Teenagers Say White Man Pulled Gun on Them in Minnesota McDonald’s After He Made a Racist Comment

Jeff Sessions’ Gun Prosecution Machine Goes After Many Black Nonviolent Offenders

How One of the Country’s Leading Conservatives Became One of the Republican Party’s Staunchest Critics

What Peter Sagal Talks About When He Talks About Running

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