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A new study finds that suspected hoax and propaganda sites have been getting less engagement on Facebook since the 2016 election—and getting more on Twitter.

Pennsylvania Prisons Ban Direct Book Donations in Shift to Expensive E-Books

Mia Armstrong

3D-Printing Gun Pioneer Cody Wilson Charged With Sexual Assault of a Minor

April Glaser

IQ Scores Look to Be Declining. Is There a Complicated Explanation, or Are We Just Getting Dumber?

Daniel Engber

Should You Buy the iPhone XS? Only if You Fall Into One of These Five Categories.

Christina Bonnington

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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The Liberal vs. the Pro-Lifer

Richard Brookhiser and Jeanne Safer

Every time we fight, we’re replaying an old argument that’s rooted in our drastically different political views.

Rabbit Holes: Why I Waste Time Zillowing Apartments in Other Cities and Inventing Different Versions of Myself

Rebecca Renner

Where Are All the Images of Working Pregnant Women?

Rebecca Gale

The Three Best Pimple Patches for All Kinds of Pimples

Strategist Editors

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Envious Heiress

Nicole Cliffe and Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Help! My Dad Revised His Will—and His New Girlfriend Is Getting More Than Me.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian Are Extremely Good at Performing Their Happy Relationship Online. Why Do They Do It?

Heather Schwedel

Business

Where the money goes

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I’m Not Totally Freaked Out by Trump’s Trade War With China—Yet

Jordan Weissmann

Commerce Secretary Uses Office Space Logic to Defend Tariffs

Matthew Zeitlin

Tesla Stock Plummets After Report of Criminal Probe Into Musk’s Buyout Statements

Matthew Zeitlin

Why Trump’s Expected Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Goods Is Actually Not Such a Big Deal

Jordan Weissmann

Jeff Bezos’ $2 Billion Donation to Build Preschools and Fight Homelessness Is, Well, Morally Complicated

Jordan Weissmann

How Homebuilders Made North Carolina Vulnerable to Florence

Henry Grabar

The Rate of Uninsured Americans Had Been Falling for Years. Now It’s Stalled Out.

Jordan Weissmann

For North Carolina, and for the Rest of Us, the Danger Is Rain

Henry Grabar

News & Politics

What really matters

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Close, but No Denuclearization

Fred Kaplan

A new agreement between North and South Korea makes clear that Kim isn’t giving up his nukes, and Trump isn’t interested in making him.

Judiciary Staffer Leading Christine Blasey Ford Investigation Tweets That He Is “Determined” to “Confirm Judge Kavanaugh”

Ben Mathis-Lilley

We Finally Know Why a New Mexico Observatory Was Evacuated for 10 Days

Molly Olmstead

Will Christine Blasey Ford Testify on Monday? Here’s the Current State of Play.

Elliot Hannon

Conservative Super PAC in Wisconsin Recruits the Democrat’s Own Brother to Do a Nasty Campaign Ad

Josh Voorhees

Professor Convicted of Using Carbon Monoxide-Filled Yoga Ball to Murder Wife and Daughter

Molly Olmstead

Republicans Would Love a Hearing Without Christine Blasey Ford. Democrats Might Gift It to Them.

Jim Newell

Notable topics

“Inside, You Just Want to Scream”

Judiciary Staffer Leading Ford Investigation Says He’s “Determined” to Confirm Kavanaugh

Democrats Are Falling Into Republicans’ Trap, Again, With the Christine Blasey Ford Hearing

Another Young Woman Murdered in Iowa, but Trump and Fox Won’t Talk About This One

Midterms

“Iron Stache” Randy Bryce’s Own Brother Attacked Him in a Nasty Campaign Ad

Movies

Cary Fukunaga Replaces Danny Boyle as Director of the Next James Bond Movie

Crime

We Finally Know Why a New Mexico Observatory Was Evacuated for 10 Days

Professor Convicted of Using Carbon Monoxide–Filled Yoga Ball to Murder Wife and Daughter

Golf

The Thrill and Agony of Watching Tiger Woods Attempt a Comeback

A conversation with the co-creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

The Great Endumbening

LeBron James, Ryan Coogler, Terence Nance, and Bugs Bunny Are Remaking Space Jam

Celebs

The Very Public Love of Serena and Alexis

Chrissy Teigen Gave Up on People Who Mispronounce Her Name. I Get It.

Why the Feud Between Asia Argento and Rose McGowan Is So Incredibly Dispiriting

Dysphoria is not simply internalized misogyny turned up to 11.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Envious Heiress

Help! I Had to Give My Flaky Friends the Freeze-out—but Now I Really Miss Them.

Help! My Niece and Nephew Took My Teenage Daughter Out of State to Get an Abortion.

Help! My Son’s Summer Fling Is Pregnant, and I Want Her to Keep the Baby.

Judiciary Staffer Leading Christine Blasey Ford Investigation Tweets That He Is “Determined” to “Confirm Judge Kavanaugh”

We Finally Know Why a New Mexico Observatory Was Evacuated for 10 Days

Rabbit Holes: Why I Waste Time Zillowing Apartments in Other Cities and Inventing Different Versions of Myself

Cary Fukunaga Replaces Danny Boyle as Director of the Next James Bond Movie

Where Are All the Images of Working Pregnant Women?

Nigella Lawson’s Magical, No-Churn Gelato Cake

Mollie Tibbetts and Celia Barquin: Two Brutal Murders in Iowa, Two Very Different Reactions

Paul Manafort’s Lawyers May Have Broken the Law

Closing the Wiggle Room

As the Trump Scandals Grow, Believe What You’re Seeing

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Why Is Tiger Woods Even Here?

Cary Fukunaga Replaces Danny Boyle as Director of the Next James Bond Movie

Nigella Lawson’s Magical, No-Churn Gelato Cake

LeBron James, Ryan Coogler, Terence Nance, and Bugs Bunny Are Remaking Space Jam

Trevor Noah Responds to Republican Attacks on Christine Blasey Ford: “Get the F— Out of Here, Man”

Searches for “Toad” Porn Have Skyrocketed Following the Trump Penis Revelation

Watch A Star Is Born, Now With Miss Piggy and Kermit

Facebook’s Crackdown on Misinformation Might Actually Be Working

Pennsylvania Prisons Ban Direct Book Donations in Shift to Expensive E-Books

3D-Printing Gun Pioneer Cody Wilson Charged With Sexual Assault of a Minor

IQ Scores Look to Be Declining. Is There a Complicated Explanation, or Are We Just Getting Dumber?

No One Should Be Shocked by the EU Copyright Law That Would “Ban Memes”

Future Tense Newsletter: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Will Your Universal Basic Income Check Soon Be in the Mail?

Should You Buy the iPhone XS? Only if You Fall Into One of These Five Categories.

The Liberal vs. the Pro-Lifer

Rabbit Holes: Why I Waste Time Zillowing Apartments in Other Cities and Inventing Different Versions of Myself

Where Are All the Images of Working Pregnant Women?

The Three Best Pimple Patches for All Kinds of Pimples

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Envious Heiress

Help! My Dad Revised His Will—and His New Girlfriend Is Getting More Than Me.

Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian Are Extremely Good at Performing Their Happy Relationship Online. Why Do They Do It?

I’m Not Totally Freaked Out by Trump’s Trade War With China—Yet

Commerce Secretary Uses Office Space Logic to Defend Tariffs

Tesla Stock Plummets After Report of Criminal Probe Into Musk’s Buyout Statements

Why Trump’s Expected Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Goods Is Actually Not Such a Big Deal

Jeff Bezos’ $2 Billion Donation to Build Preschools and Fight Homelessness Is, Well, Morally Complicated

How Homebuilders Made North Carolina Vulnerable to Florence

The Rate of Uninsured Americans Had Been Falling for Years. Now It’s Stalled Out.

For North Carolina, and for the Rest of Us, the Danger Is Rain

Close, but No Denuclearization

Judiciary Staffer Leading Christine Blasey Ford Investigation Tweets That He Is “Determined” to “Confirm Judge Kavanaugh”

We Finally Know Why a New Mexico Observatory Was Evacuated for 10 Days

Will Christine Blasey Ford Testify on Monday? Here’s the Current State of Play.

Conservative Super PAC in Wisconsin Recruits the Democrat’s Own Brother to Do a Nasty Campaign Ad

Professor Convicted of Using Carbon Monoxide-Filled Yoga Ball to Murder Wife and Daughter

Republicans Would Love a Hearing Without Christine Blasey Ford. Democrats Might Gift It to Them.

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