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How Tucker Carlson Conned America

Lili Loofbourow

For years, he convinced audiences that his heinous opinions didn’t matter.

Judge Blocks Wisconsin GOP’s Power Grab, Rules Its “Extraordinary Session” Illegal

Mark Joseph Stern

Pipe Bombs Suspect Pleads Guilty to Mailing Them to Obama, Clinton, and Other Trump Critics

Elliot Hannon

Indiana Teachers Say They Were Shot “Execution Style” With Pellet Guns in a Training

Molly Olmstead

Social Media

Why Facebook’s Latest Privacy Snafu Is Particularly Gross

April Glaser

Just What Is Rep. Nunes Thinking With His Big Twitter Lawsuit?

Genelle Belmas

March Madness

Climb Aboard the Ja Morant Hype Train Before It Runs You Over

Nick Greene

The Law

Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Gun Laws Based on 1960s Theory From the KKK

Jared A. Goldstein

How to Do It

I Tried Anal Sex and Loved Almost Everything About It. Almost.

Stoya and Rich Juzwiak

The Conversation Starts Here

California Gov. Newsom’s moratorium on executions is largely symbolic.

How Long Will It Take for the Death Penalty to Die?

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Cover Story

My Mother-in-Law Always Sees Our Daughter Without Us

Care and Feeding

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Think You’re Smarter Than Will Oremus?

Ray Hamel

Find out with this week’s news quiz.

Movies & TV

How Scary Is Us?

Forrest Wickman

Introducing our highly scientific scale for determining if new movies are too scary for you.

What Controversial “Sick Flick” Five Feet Apart Gets Right About Chronic Illness

Natalia Winkelman

Play 2020 Election “Guess Who?” With Samantha Bee

Natalia Winkelman

She might find the mere fact that you’re close to her age and dating her dad upsetting.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Boyfriend’s Daughter

Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

Help! I Think My Co-Worker’s Weight Is Impeding Her Career. Should I Say Something?

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Julia Sklar

Is Our Love of Warm Weather Causing Us to Shrug Off Global Warming?

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Nicole Cliffe

Dear Care and Feeding: When My MIL Visits, She Insists on Keeping Our Daughter Apart From Us

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Ray Hamel

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Technology Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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Lili Loofbourow

How Tucker Carlson Conned America Into Thinking His Heinous Opinions Don’t Matter

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Brigid Schulte

Finding a Balance Between Work Responsibilities Is Just As Important As Work-Life Balance

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Mary Harris

Why Capital Punishment Policy Lingers, Even Though Death Penalty Cases Have Cratered in Recent Years

How Joe Rogan’s Hugely Popular Podcast Became an Essential Platform for “Freethinkers” Who Hate the Left

Justin Peters

Indiana Teachers Say They Were Shot “Execution Style” With Pellet Guns in Active Shooter Training

Molly Olmstead

All Your Questions About Us, Answered

The twist ending, the rabbits, the Tethered, and more.

Marissa Martinelli

Watch the Prime Minister of New Zealand Ban Military-Style Semi-Automatic Weapons in 10 Minutes Flat

Matthew Dessem

Culture

What’s worth your time

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All Your Questions About Us, Answered

Marissa Martinelli

The twist ending, the rabbits, the Tethered, and more.

It Would Be an Honor to Get Run Over By the Ja Morant Hype Train

Nick Greene

Hands Across America Has a Starring Role in Jordan Peele’s Us

Keith Phipps

Auburn and New Mexico State Made 8 Mistakes in the Last 8 Seconds and Somebody Still Won

Nick Greene

Technology

How it’s changing us

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The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software

Os Keyes, Nikki Stevens, and Jacqueline Wernimont

Our research shows that any one of us might end up helping the facial recognition industry, perhaps during moments of extraordinary vulnerability.

Why Facebook’s Latest Privacy Snafu Is Particularly Gross

April Glaser

Why Is Devin Nunes Really Suing Over Twitter Parody Accounts?

Genelle Belmas

Protests and Blackouts Sweep European Internet Ahead of Copyright Law Vote

Tamara Evdokimova

Facebook Tries to Explain Why It’s Struggled to Contain the Christchurch Shooting Video

Joshua A. Geltzer

A Little-Noticed Tech Program Caused Punishment for Graffiti to Skyrocket in San Diego

Josh Kaplan

Everything You Need to Know About Wednesday’s Super Worm Equinox Moon

Molly Olmstead

Is Our Love of Warm Weather Causing Us to Shrug Off Global Warming?

Julia Sklar

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Is Sarah Michelle Gellar’s “Mug Cake” a Tribute to Human Ingenuity or a Sign of the End Times?

Heather Schwedel

While you decide, I’ll turn on the microwave.

Dear Care and Feeding: When My MIL Visits, She Insists on Keeping Our Daughter Apart From Us

Nicole Cliffe

Finding a Balance Between Work Responsibilities Is Just As Important As Work-Life Balance

Brigid Schulte

My Cranky Old Dog Has No Friends. Is That a Problem?

Nick Greene

I Just Tried Anal Sex—and Loved Almost Everything About It. Almost.

Stoya and Rich Juzwiak

How Long Should You Wait Before Talking to Your Kids About Death?

Rebecca Lavoie, Gabriel Roth , and Carvell Wallace

Shrill Never Quite Lives Up to Its Name

Marcia Chatelain, Noreen Malone, and Hanna Rosin

Business

Where the money goes

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The Meat Stick on 34th Street

Henry Grabar

Why the Shawarma is the perfect name for the architectural centerpiece of New York’s glitzy Hudson Yards.

Are Credit Card Points Worth It?

Felix Salmon

Beto O’Rourke’s Health Care Proposal Is Not Medicare for All, but It Is Ambitious

Jordan Weissmann

A Health Insurance CEO Shares His Thoughts on Medicare for All

Seth Stevenson

Here’s What It’s Like to Run the Bar at Medieval Times

Jordan Weissmann

David Wallace-Wells Talks Global Warming

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

To Protect New York City From Rising Seas, Build More of It

Henry Grabar

Alan Krueger Was the Rare Economist Whose Work Improved the Lives of Millions

Arindrajit Dube

News & Politics

What really matters

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The Partner Primary

Josh Voorhees

The case for picking a running mate before 2020.

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Technology Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Ray Hamel

How Tucker Carlson Conned America Into Thinking His Heinous Opinions Don’t Matter

Lili Loofbourow

Why Capital Punishment Policy Lingers, Even Though Death Penalty Cases Have Cratered in Recent Years

Mary Harris

New Zealand Pauses to Observe Nationally Televised Muslim Call to Prayer to Honor Mosque Shooting Victims

Elliot Hannon

Why Did Deutsche Bank Support Trump?

Virginia Heffernan

The Ever-Evolving Joe Biden

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How Tucker Carlson Conned America

Judge Blocks Wisconsin GOP’s Power Grab, Rules Its “Extraordinary Session” Illegal

Pipe Bombs Suspect Pleads Guilty to Mailing Them to Obama, Clinton, and Other Trump Critics

Indiana Teachers Say They Were Shot “Execution Style” With Pellet Guns in a Training

Social Media

Why Facebook’s Latest Privacy Snafu Is Particularly Gross

Just What Is Rep. Nunes Thinking With His Big Twitter Lawsuit?

March Madness

Climb Aboard the Ja Morant Hype Train Before It Runs You Over

The Law

Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Gun Laws Based on 1960s Theory From the KKK

How to Do It

I Tried Anal Sex and Loved Almost Everything About It. Almost.

California Gov. Newsom’s moratorium on executions is largely symbolic.

My Mother-in-Law Always Sees Our Daughter Without Us

Think You’re Smarter Than Will Oremus?

Movies & TV

How Scary Is Us?

What Controversial “Sick Flick” Five Feet Apart Gets Right About Chronic Illness

Play 2020 Election “Guess Who?” With Samantha Bee

She might find the mere fact that you’re close to her age and dating her dad upsetting.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Boyfriend’s Daughter

Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

Help! I Think My Co-Worker’s Weight Is Impeding Her Career. Should I Say Something?

Is Our Love of Warm Weather Causing Us to Shrug Off Global Warming?

Dear Care and Feeding: When My MIL Visits, She Insists on Keeping Our Daughter Apart From Us

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Technology Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

How Tucker Carlson Conned America Into Thinking His Heinous Opinions Don’t Matter

Finding a Balance Between Work Responsibilities Is Just As Important As Work-Life Balance

Why Capital Punishment Policy Lingers, Even Though Death Penalty Cases Have Cratered in Recent Years

How Joe Rogan’s Hugely Popular Podcast Became an Essential Platform for “Freethinkers” Who Hate the Left

Indiana Teachers Say They Were Shot “Execution Style” With Pellet Guns in Active Shooter Training

All Your Questions About Us, Answered

Watch the Prime Minister of New Zealand Ban Military-Style Semi-Automatic Weapons in 10 Minutes Flat

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All Your Questions About Us, Answered

It Would Be an Honor to Get Run Over By the Ja Morant Hype Train

Hands Across America Has a Starring Role in Jordan Peele’s Us

Auburn and New Mexico State Made 8 Mistakes in the Last 8 Seconds and Somebody Still Won

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How Scary Is Jordan Peele’s Us?

One Thing Five Feet Apart Gets Right About Chronic Illness

The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software

Why Facebook’s Latest Privacy Snafu Is Particularly Gross

Why Is Devin Nunes Really Suing Over Twitter Parody Accounts?

Protests and Blackouts Sweep European Internet Ahead of Copyright Law Vote

Facebook Tries to Explain Why It’s Struggled to Contain the Christchurch Shooting Video

A Little-Noticed Tech Program Caused Punishment for Graffiti to Skyrocket in San Diego

Everything You Need to Know About Wednesday’s Super Worm Equinox Moon

Is Our Love of Warm Weather Causing Us to Shrug Off Global Warming?

Is Sarah Michelle Gellar’s “Mug Cake” a Tribute to Human Ingenuity or a Sign of the End Times?

Dear Care and Feeding: When My MIL Visits, She Insists on Keeping Our Daughter Apart From Us

Finding a Balance Between Work Responsibilities Is Just As Important As Work-Life Balance

My Cranky Old Dog Has No Friends. Is That a Problem?

I Just Tried Anal Sex—and Loved Almost Everything About It. Almost.

How Long Should You Wait Before Talking to Your Kids About Death?

Shrill Never Quite Lives Up to Its Name

The Meat Stick on 34th Street

Are Credit Card Points Worth It?

Beto O’Rourke’s Health Care Proposal Is Not Medicare for All, but It Is Ambitious

A Health Insurance CEO Shares His Thoughts on Medicare for All

Here’s What It’s Like to Run the Bar at Medieval Times

David Wallace-Wells Talks Global Warming

To Protect New York City From Rising Seas, Build More of It

Alan Krueger Was the Rare Economist Whose Work Improved the Lives of Millions

The Partner Primary

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Technology Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

How Tucker Carlson Conned America Into Thinking His Heinous Opinions Don’t Matter

Why Capital Punishment Policy Lingers, Even Though Death Penalty Cases Have Cratered in Recent Years

New Zealand Pauses to Observe Nationally Televised Muslim Call to Prayer to Honor Mosque Shooting Victims

Why Did Deutsche Bank Support Trump?

The Ever-Evolving Joe Biden

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