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Ask About Rittenhouse at a Gun Range. People Will Give You a Look—and Then Start Talking.

Celebs

Why Taylor Swift Fans Seem Ready to Commit Homicide on Jake Gyllenhaal

Sports

It’s Clear Who This Season’s Best Rookie Quarterback Is

Why the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Should Be Grateful for Escaping With That Draw

Cryptocurrency

The Bitcoin Competitor Beloved by the Alt-Right and Criminals

Food

Try This, and You’ll Never Buy a Pint of Ice Cream Again

How to Do It

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In the ’60s and ’70s, People Kept Dying at Huge Concerts. Punk Rock Had an Answer.

The New 1619 Project Book Is Canny and Provocative—but it Has One Big Problem

Games

The Incredibly Pure Tale of the Teacher Who Invented The Oregon Trail

The Board Games That Are Actually Fun for Kids, Grandparents, and You

The Case Against Open-World Video Games

I am absolutely mortified and don't know how I can look her in the eye.

Help! My Partner Wants Everyone to Use His Phallic-Sounding Nickname.

Help! My Widowed Brother-in-Law Keeps Hitting on Me.

Help! I Left My Ex Because He Didn’t Want Children. Now I’m Pregnant With His Baby.

Help! My Relative’s Massive “Wedding” Feels Like a Gift-Grabbing Scam.

I Don’t Want My Daughter to Be Objectified. I Also Want Her to Be Herself.

A New Twist on the School Board Wars

The Problem With the Washington Post’s Glowing Coverage of “Maternity Ranches”

Why the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Should Be Grateful for Escaping With That Draw

Try This, and You’ll Never Buy a Pint of Ice Cream Again

It’s Clear Who This Season’s Best Rookie Quarterback Is

So, Does Beto Have a Shot?

Ask About Kyle Rittenhouse at a Gun Range, and People Will Give You a Look—and Then Start Talking

Could a New Government Report Spell Felony Charges for Trump?

Make It Small

A Comprehensive Explanation of Why Taylor Swift Fans Seem Ready to Commit Homicide on Jake Gyllenhaal

Ryan Reynolds Has Finally Figured Out How to Make Himself Tolerable

Why the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Should Be Grateful for Escaping With That Draw

It’s Clear Who This Season’s Best Rookie Quarterback Is

Passing Is a Radical Exploration Draped in Silvery Sheen

The Yassification of the Internet

In the ’60s and ’70s, People Kept Dying at Huge Concerts. Punk Rock Had an Answer.

The Case Against Open-World Games

Now Climate Change Is Threatening Renewable Energy, Too

What Should I Do With This Shard of Bitcoin My Evil Ex Left Me?

Are Billionaires Who Go to Space Astronauts, or Just Tourists?

Can an Untreated Urinary Tract Infection Really Cause Acute Psychosis?

Facebook Asked Users What Content Was “Good” or “Bad for the World.” Some of the Results Were Shocking.

What’s Stopping So Many Parents From Giving Their Kids the COVID Vaccine?

The Planet Is Cracking Down on Global Tax Dodgers. Thank Republicans.

The Bitcoin Competitor Beloved by the Alt-Right and Criminals

So, I Tried One of Peloton’s Anti-Racist Classes

Try This, and You’ll Never Buy a Pint of Ice Cream Again

Help! My Partner Wants Everyone to Use His Phallic-Sounding Nickname.

Maria Rubio Saw Jesus on a Tortilla and Became a National Sensation. It Almost Ruined Her Life.

A Complete Explanation of Why Taylor Swift Fans Seem Ready to Commit Homicide on Jake Gyllenhaal

Kids Learn Half-Truths About Global Warming. We Know Exactly Whom to Blame.

My Husband Lashes Out at Me When I Ask Him for Help Preparing for Our Baby

How Can the Man Who Tried to Dispose of the MOVE Victims’ Remains Have a New Job in Public Health?

The Problem With the Washington Post’s Glowing Coverage of “Maternity Ranches”

So, Does Beto Have a Shot?

How L.A. Tried—and Failed—to Hold the Police Chief Accountable for the Beating of Rodney King

Let Us Now Enjoy the Incredibly Pure Tale of the Teacher Who Invented The Oregon Trail

The Battle Over San Francisco’s Schools

What It’s Like to Worship While the FBI Is Watching

A New Twist on the School Board Wars