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Company Expects a Fine 100 Times Larger Than Previous High for a Tech Co.

Carrie Bauer , Brandon Hersey , Cassy Sarnell , and Amy Scott

How Facebook Is Prepping to Fight Privacy Legislation From Both Sides of the Aisle

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My Kid Was Given the Most Depressing Assignment. What Is This Teacher Thinking?

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Journey into the criminal justice system.

How One Man Landed in One of America’s Most Infamous Jails

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Many Toddlers Know How to Poop in the Toilet, but Refuse

Emily Oster

It’s more common than you think. What gives?

Why Britney Spears Had to Confirm She’s Not Being Held Hostage

#FreeBritney, explained.

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What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Fosse/Verdon

Ellin Stein

We break down everything from the latest episode.

Game of Thrones Is Throwing Daenerys Targaryen Under the Bus

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Here’s What’s Disappearing From Netflix in May

He confessed he still had feelings for one of them a month before he proposed.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Cruel Co-Worker and Kids

Help! My Boyfriend Expects Me to Move Back Home, but I Don’t Want To!

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Sister Thinks She’s a Genius Because of an Online Quiz.

Help! My Husband Says He Is “Done” With Going Out.

Care and Feeding

My 6-Year-Old Lies All the Time. Should I Worry?

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9 Chefs on Their Favorite Sea Salts

Nicole Cliffe and Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Cruel Co-Worker and Kids

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Help! My Fiancé Wants to Invite His Two Former Lovers to Our Wedding.

Carrie Bauer, Brandon Hersey, Cassy Sarnell, and Amy Scott

Ask a Teacher: My Child Was Assigned the Worst School Project Ever. What Should I Do?

Donald Trump’s Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

I Am Donald Trump’s Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and I’ve Seen Enough. It’s Time for Impeachment.

Donald Trump’s Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Emily Oster

Is Your Toddler Straight-Up Refusing to Poop in the Toilet? Join the Club.

Dear Care and Feeding: My 20-Year-Old Just Takes Our Money and Refuses to Get a Summer Job

Carvell Wallace

Raising Kids in Germany Is Wildly Cheap. Just Look at What This Family With Twins Spends in a Week.

Rebecca Onion

The Census Case Will Define the Roberts Court

David H. Gans

Do You Want to Buy a Murder Bird?

The cassowary that killed its owner is for sale, along with the rest of its flock. Here’s our advice for purchasing one.

Shannon Palus

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Waiting for Thanos

Dana Stevens

Avengers: Endgame is like Samuel Beckett with superheroes.

I Am Donald Trump’s Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and I’ve Seen Enough. It’s Time for Impeachment.

Why Did Britney Spears Have to Confirm She’s Not Being Held Hostage?

Hanif Abdurraqib Offers a Final Tribute to Phife Dawg, the Heart of A Tribe Called Quest

Nitish Pahwa

Trevor Noah Weighs Elizabeth Warren’s Policies Against Pete Buttigieg’s Charm

Natalia Winkelman

Here’s What’s Disappearing From Netflix in May

April Glaser and Siva Vaidhyanathan

One of the Most Incredible Buzzer-Beaters in NBA History Happened Tuesday and It Is Going to Inspire a Lot of Future Airballs

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Technology

How it’s changing us

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Even Space Isn’t Safe From Ads

Jane C. Hu

Companies want to turn satellites into billboards.

Facebook Just Hired the Co-Author of the Patriot Act and An Advocate Who Helped Fight It

April Glaser

This Nonprofit Wants to Offer Political Campaigns Free Protection From Hackers. Here’s the Catch.

Aaron Mak

Future Tense Newsletter: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Ad

Anthony Nguyen

What It’s Like to DM With Russian Hackers

Puerto Rico Should Become Ground Zero for the Green New Deal

Alexander C. Kaufman

What’s Going On With the Teenager Suing Apple Over Facial Recognition Technology?

Aaron Mak

Do You Want to Buy a Murder Bird?

Shannon Palus

Human Interest

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Why Parents Panic Way Too Much Over Kids Who Learn to Walk Late

Emily Oster

9 Chefs on Their Favorite Sea Salts

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Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Cruel Co-Worker and Kids

Nicole Cliffe and Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Help! My Fiancé Wants to Invite His Two Former Lovers to Our Wedding.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Ask a Teacher: My Child Was Assigned the Worst School Project Ever. What Should I Do?

Carrie Bauer, Brandon Hersey, Cassy Sarnell, and Amy Scott

Is Your Toddler Straight-Up Refusing to Poop in the Toilet? Join the Club.

Emily Oster

Help! My Boyfriend Expects Me to Move Back Home, but I Don’t Want To!

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Business

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Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Forgive Student Debt Is Smart Politics and Decent Policy. Will Anyone Care?

Herman Cain Says He Decided to Pull Out of the Fed Race Because It Would Be a Pay Cut. LOL.

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

How Does the Comedy Cellar’s Owner Do His Job?

Laura Bennett

How Does It Feel to Be the First Black Woman to Lead the Harvard Crimson?

Allison Benedikt

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Sometimes It Takes a Horrible Fire to Raise a Billion Dollars

Henry Grabar

Herman Cain Says He Is Not Actually Withdrawing His Name From the Fed Race

Stephen Moore Might Be a Slimebag, but Let’s Not Forget That His Economic Ideas Are Terrible Too

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The 2020 Candidates Smell Blood

Jim Newell

The reason so many Democrats are running is they think Biden won’t survive.

This Immigration Judge Has a Fix for the Immigration Courts

Mary Harris

White Supremacist Executed for Racially Motivated 1998 Murder That Changed How Hate Crimes Are Prosecuted

Joe Biden Sits On An Electable Part of the Political Spectrum. But It’ll Take a Lot More Than That to Win the Democratic Nomination.

Mike Pesca

Facebook Expects Government Fine for Data Breaches to Be 100 Times Larger Than Previous High for a Tech Company