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If we can learn anything from the special counsel’s style, it’s that he’s most likely to drop the report and then disappear.

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America’s 1-percenters weigh their options: higher taxes, or mobs with pitchforks?

Who Wants to Be a Heavily Taxed Millionaire?

Cats and Dogs, Living Together!

How can I get my kitties to live in peace with a new pooch?

OSCARS

The music lover’s ranking.

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Dahlia Lithwick

Mark Joseph Stern

We read that New York Times story about Amy Klobuchar. Then we tried it.

Jenny G. Zhang

Culture

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Don’t just watch the Best Picture nominees!

Technology

How it’s changing us

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Perhaps we don’t want to see climate horrors clearly.

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

We live in complicated times. Lisa Damour is here to help.

Business

Where the money goes

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What really matters

A former Obama staffer explains how he thinks Democrats could effectively respond.

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Be Prepared for Robert Mueller to Ghost

We Tried Eating a Salad With a Comb to See How Amy Klobuchar Did It

Democrats Are Forcing Vulnerable Republicans to Take Their First Tough Vote Ahead of 2020

Pete Buttigieg May Have Just Found a Way to Get Noticed in the 2020 Democratic Primary

Trade

Chinese Official Laughs Out Loud as Trump and Trade Chief Argue Terminology

Basketball

Paul George Demonstrates the Power of Staying Put in the NBA

Ole Miss Players Kneel During Anthem as Pro-Confederacy Groups Hold Campus Rally

Federal Courts

Judge Shuts Down Team Trump’s Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples’ Children

Race

White History Month Is a Horrible Idea, but America Does Need an Education in Whiteness

America’s 1-percenters weigh their options: higher taxes, or mobs with pitchforks?

Cats and Dogs, Living Together!

Should We Be Afraid of Technology That Is Too Good at the Job We Created It For?

OSCARS

Who Should Win the Oscar for Best Original Score?

How Hollywood Uses Warhol to Make Its Characters Larger Than Life

The Best Jokes About This Year’s Oscar Nominees, in a New Honest Trailer

You do not have to bend over backward to extend compassion to your childhood tormentors.

Help! Should I Tell My Friend’s Widow That He Cheated?

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Noncommittal Boyfriend

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! I Gave Away My Boyfriend’s Dog and Lied About It.

Help! I Had a Tough Pregnancy, but My Sisters-In-Law Keep Insisting I Have More Kids.

Venezuela Security Forces Push Back Aid Convoys as Clashes Kill at Least Four

Ole Miss Basketball Players Kneel During National Anthem as Pro-Confederacy Groups Hold Rally On Campus

Mueller Urges no Leniency for Manafort: He “Repeatedly and Brazenly Violated the Law”

Paul George Demonstrates the Power of Staying Put

Kushner Firm in Talks for Federal Loan to Finance $1.15 Billion Purchase

Watch Chinese Official Laugh Out Loud as Trump and His Trade Chief Argue on Terminology

Watch Chinese Official Laugh Out Loud as Trump and His Trade Chief Argue on Terminology

Prepare for Mueller to Ghost

Federal Judge Shuts Down Trump Administration’s Discrimination Against Children of Same-Sex Couples

How Exactly Do You Eat a Salad With a Comb?

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All 52 Movies Nominated for Oscars, Ranked

Ole Miss Basketball Players Kneel During National Anthem as Pro-Confederacy Groups Hold Rally On Campus

Paul George Demonstrates the Power of Staying Put

After High Fidelity, Wild, and Brooklyn, Writer Nick Hornby Still Can’t Tell if He’s Good Enough

How Hollywood Uses Warhol to Make Its Characters Larger Than Life

The Best Jokes About This Year’s Oscar Nominees, in a New Honest Trailer

R. Kelly Charged With Sexual Abuse of Four Victims, Three of Them Underage

Why Do We Fail When We Try to Tell the Story of Climate Change?

When Is Technology Too Dangerous to Release to the Public?

Florida Inmate Sues Prison After Losing $550 Worth of Music

How Netflix’s Oscar-Favorite Roma Is Revolutionizing the Future of Film

Climate Change Is Not a “National Emergency”

The Long, Lovely History of Music and Space Exploration

Now, Even the Freezer Aisle Is Tracking You

Microsoft Workers Say the Company Is War Profiteering, and They’ve Timed Their Protest to Hurt

How to Talk to Your Teens About Sex, Climate Change, and Existential Angst

I Tried the Wellness Fad of Rolling Little Needles All Over My Face at Home. Here’s What Happened.

Help! The Guy I’m Dating Is Friends With Someone Who Once Told Me to Kill Myself.

This $10 Waffle Iron Gives Me Instagram-Worthy Breakfast

White History Month Is a Horrible Idea, but America Does Need an Education in Whiteness

Most Americans Encounter “Diversity” in Their Workplaces—Which May Explain Why American Social Life Isn’t That Diverse

Help! Should I Tell My Friend’s Widow That He Cheated?

Trump’s Bizarre Tweet About China and 6G Wireless Tech, Unpacked

Elizabeth Warren Gets That Child Care Is Key to the Economy

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

Every Democrat Should Talk About Health Care Like Amy Klobuchar Does

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

Mehrsa Baradaran on The Color of Money

Republicans Are Abolishing Judicial Appointment Norms Again

Venezuela Security Forces Push Back Aid Convoys as Clashes Kill at Least Four

Mueller Urges no Leniency for Manafort: He “Repeatedly and Brazenly Violated the Law”

Kushner Firm in Talks for Federal Loan to Finance $1.15 Billion Purchase

Watch Chinese Official Laugh Out Loud as Trump and His Trade Chief Argue on Terminology

Trump’s Pick for U.N. Ambassador is Big GOP Donor Who Believes on “Both Sides” of Climate Change

Ivanka Trump Films Endorsement of Nikki Haley’s Daughter for Student Government Race

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