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The Mosque That Put the Constitution on Trial

Aymann Ismail

Mandates

I’d Love the “Freedom” to Leave My Home Without Getting COVID From Some Unvaccinated Bozo

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Texas Attorney General Sues Six School Districts Over Masks

Daniel Politi

Afghanistan

Last U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Reportedly Targeted Aid Worker Who Didn’t Have Explosives

Daniel Politi

Tech Trouble

Do We Really Have to Feel Bad for Elizabeth Holmes?

Shannon Palus

A New Ruling Against Apple Could Change the Mobile App Ecosystem Forever

Aaron Mak

Jan. 6

Armed Man Who Threatened to Shoot Pelosi Among Seven Capitol Rioters to Plead Guilty

Daniel Politi

Ted Lasso’s Big Revelation Is a Huge Mistake

Anna Nordberg

Kacey Musgraves Is Here to Help You Through Your Divorce

Carl Wilson

9/11

I Was at the Twin Towers. It Was Obvious That the World Would Change. I Never Imagined How.

Fred Kaplan

The Greatest Superhero Movie Action Sequence Ever Was a Tribute to the Day’s Ordinary Heroes

Sam Adams

How August Wilson and the New Yorker’s Theater Critic Processed 9/11 in Real Time on Slate

Are we jerks for skipping holidays?

Help! My Boyfriend’s Cat Is Ruining My Life.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Triggered but Silent”

Help! My Friends Say I’m Bigoted, but I Can’t Help My Feelings About Gay Men.

Help! My Mom Refuses to Tell My Dad’s Siblings About His Debilitated Condition.

How to Do It

I’ve Become So Hot Since I Got Married. My Wife Hasn’t. That Brings Me to My Dilemma.

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Daniel Politi

Last U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Reportedly Targeted Aid Worker Who Didn’t Have Explosives

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Aymann Ismail

The Worst Thing an American Muslim Could Do After 9/11

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Daniel Politi

George W. Bush Warns Against Domestic Extremism on 9/11 Anniversary

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Daniel Politi

Texas Attorney General Sues Six School Districts Over Mask Mandates

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Torie Bosch

We Need a Muppet Version of Frankenstein

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Daniel Politi

Armed Man Who Threatened to Shoot Pelosi Among Seven Capitol Rioters to Plead Guilty

The Five Things Trump Gets Very Wrong in His Statement on Removing the Lee Statue

Fred Kaplan

Did Backlash Over the Shadow Docket Spook the Supreme Court?

Mark Joseph Stern

Do We Really Have to Feel Bad for Elizabeth Holmes?

The once-in-a-generation fraudster is alleging abuse. Do we have to believe this woman?

Shannon Palus

Five Extremely Simple Reasons Why Biden Made the Right Call Mandating Vaccines

Jordan Weissmann

Culture

What it all means

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What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Worth

Matthew Dessem

The Netflix movie stars Michael Keaton as the man in charge of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. Is it accurate?

Wait—Is the Monkey in Y: The Last Man Still Played by the Monkey From Friends?

Matthew Dessem

Ted Lasso’s Big Revelation Is an Origin Story He Doesn’t Need

Anna Nordberg

Who Is Egging Chicago? A Hard-Boiled Detective Story

ICYMI

The Chart-Topping Singles and Albums of 1971

Hit Parade

The Weirdness of Stumbling Upon 9/11 Memorials in Pokémon Go

Marissa Martinelli

Kacey Musgraves Is Here to Help You Through Your Divorce

Carl Wilson

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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How Ivermectin Took Over the COVID Skeptic Internet

Lizzie O’Leary

Could We Use Floods to Prevent Forest Fires?

Nitish Pahwa

Five Extremely Simple Reasons Why Biden Made the Right Call Mandating Vaccines

Jordan Weissmann

A New Ruling Against Apple Could Change the Mobile App Ecosystem Forever

Aaron Mak

Do We Really Have to Feel Bad for Elizabeth Holmes?

Shannon Palus

The Last Time We Worshipped in the Church of the Nightly News

Michael J. Socolow

Howard University’s Devastating Ransomware Attack Can Teach Other Colleges a Valuable Lesson

Josephine Wolff

We Need a Muppet Version of Frankenstein

Torie Bosch

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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What It Was Like to Grow Up Muslim in America After 9/11

Aymann Ismail and Mary Wilson

The Worst Thing an American Muslim Could Do After 9/11

Aymann Ismail

Help! My Family Wants to Do Thanksgiving in Texas, but I Don’t Want to Support the State.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

How and When Should I Disclose My HIV Status to New Dates?

Big Mood Little Mood

Help! My Boyfriend’s Cat Is Ruining My Life.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Dear Care and Feeding: My Wife Wants to Avoid Ever Talking About This Important Issue With Our Kids

Jamilah Lemieux

Dear Care and Feeding: My Pregnant Wife Left Me and Moved Far Away. Should I Follow to Be Close to My Child?

Jamilah Lemieux

News & Politics

What really matters

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Caught in the Net

Leslie J. Reagan

Interrogated, examined, blackmailed: how law enforcement treated abortion-seeking women before Roe.

George W. Bush Warns Against Domestic Extremism on 9/11 Anniversary

Daniel Politi

Texas Attorney General Sues Six School Districts Over Mask Mandates

Daniel Politi

Armed Man Who Threatened to Shoot Pelosi Among Seven Capitol Rioters to Plead Guilty

Daniel Politi

9/11 and the Legal Architecture of the War on Terror

Amicus

How August Wilson and the New Yorker’s Theater Critic Processed 9/11 in Real Time on Slate

John Lahr and August Wilson

Republicans Want to Help Afghans—As Long As They Don’t Come to the U.S.

William Saletan

Last U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Reportedly Targeted Aid Worker Who Didn’t Have Explosives

Daniel Politi

The Mosque That Put the Constitution on Trial

Did Backlash Over the Shadow Docket Spook the Supreme Court?

What Bush Told America’s Most Prominent Muslim Leader in Private on 9/11

Five Extremely Simple Reasons Why Biden Made the Right Call Mandating Vaccines

Mandates

I’d Love the “Freedom” to Leave My Home Without Getting COVID From Some Unvaccinated Bozo

Texas Attorney General Sues Six School Districts Over Masks

Afghanistan

Last U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Reportedly Targeted Aid Worker Who Didn’t Have Explosives

Tech Trouble

Do We Really Have to Feel Bad for Elizabeth Holmes?

A New Ruling Against Apple Could Change the Mobile App Ecosystem Forever

Jan. 6

Armed Man Who Threatened to Shoot Pelosi Among Seven Capitol Rioters to Plead Guilty

Ted Lasso’s Big Revelation Is a Huge Mistake

Kacey Musgraves Is Here to Help You Through Your Divorce

9/11

I Was at the Twin Towers. It Was Obvious That the World Would Change. I Never Imagined How.

The Greatest Superhero Movie Action Sequence Ever Was a Tribute to the Day’s Ordinary Heroes

How August Wilson and the New Yorker’s Theater Critic Processed 9/11 in Real Time on Slate

Are we jerks for skipping holidays?

Help! My Boyfriend’s Cat Is Ruining My Life.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Triggered but Silent”

Help! My Friends Say I’m Bigoted, but I Can’t Help My Feelings About Gay Men.

Help! My Mom Refuses to Tell My Dad’s Siblings About His Debilitated Condition.

I’ve Become So Hot Since I Got Married. My Wife Hasn’t. That Brings Me to My Dilemma.

Last U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Reportedly Targeted Aid Worker Who Didn’t Have Explosives

The Worst Thing an American Muslim Could Do After 9/11

George W. Bush Warns Against Domestic Extremism on 9/11 Anniversary

Texas Attorney General Sues Six School Districts Over Mask Mandates

We Need a Muppet Version of Frankenstein

Armed Man Who Threatened to Shoot Pelosi Among Seven Capitol Rioters to Plead Guilty

The Five Things Trump Gets Very Wrong in His Statement on Removing the Lee Statue

Did Backlash Over the Shadow Docket Spook the Supreme Court?

Do We Really Have to Feel Bad for Elizabeth Holmes?

Five Extremely Simple Reasons Why Biden Made the Right Call Mandating Vaccines

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Worth

Wait—Is the Monkey in Y: The Last Man Still Played by the Monkey From Friends?

Ted Lasso’s Big Revelation Is an Origin Story He Doesn’t Need

Who Is Egging Chicago? A Hard-Boiled Detective Story

The Chart-Topping Singles and Albums of 1971

The Weirdness of Stumbling Upon 9/11 Memorials in Pokémon Go

Kacey Musgraves Is Here to Help You Through Your Divorce

How Ivermectin Took Over the COVID Skeptic Internet

Could We Use Floods to Prevent Forest Fires?

Five Extremely Simple Reasons Why Biden Made the Right Call Mandating Vaccines

A New Ruling Against Apple Could Change the Mobile App Ecosystem Forever

Do We Really Have to Feel Bad for Elizabeth Holmes?

The Last Time We Worshipped in the Church of the Nightly News

Howard University’s Devastating Ransomware Attack Can Teach Other Colleges a Valuable Lesson

We Need a Muppet Version of Frankenstein

What It Was Like to Grow Up Muslim in America After 9/11

The Worst Thing an American Muslim Could Do After 9/11

Help! My Family Wants to Do Thanksgiving in Texas, but I Don’t Want to Support the State.

How and When Should I Disclose My HIV Status to New Dates?

Help! My Boyfriend’s Cat Is Ruining My Life.

Dear Care and Feeding: My Wife Wants to Avoid Ever Talking About This Important Issue With Our Kids

Dear Care and Feeding: My Pregnant Wife Left Me and Moved Far Away. Should I Follow to Be Close to My Child?

Caught in the Net

George W. Bush Warns Against Domestic Extremism on 9/11 Anniversary

Texas Attorney General Sues Six School Districts Over Mask Mandates

Armed Man Who Threatened to Shoot Pelosi Among Seven Capitol Rioters to Plead Guilty

9/11 and the Legal Architecture of the War on Terror

How August Wilson and the New Yorker’s Theater Critic Processed 9/11 in Real Time on Slate

Republicans Want to Help Afghans—As Long As They Don’t Come to the U.S.

Last U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Reportedly Targeted Aid Worker Who Didn’t Have Explosives