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Ending Roe Could Send More Women to Prison for Miscarrying

Bobbie Stein

This Is Fine

There’s a Potential Grenade at the Center of the Crypto Economy

Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman

Zebras

It Seems the Only Way to Catch the Escaped Zebras Is to Rope In More Zebras

Julia Craven

Colin Powell

The Moment Powell Squandered His Spectacular Career

Fred Kaplan

History

How a Stubborn, Low-Paid Librarian Hired—Then Fired—Frank Lloyd Wright

Philippa Lewis

Advice

My Wife Went Snooping on My Computer. I’m in Major Trouble for What She Found.

Rich Juzwiak and Jessica Stoya

One of My Twins Outshines the Other

Doyin Richards

The New Metroid Makes the Case for a Controversial Video-Game Practice

Evan Urquhart

My Mother-in-Law Has $100,000 in Student Debt—and She Just Revealed an Alarming Plan for What to Do About It

Pay Dirt

Screen Time

Wes Anderson’s Latest Is a Licorice Movie

Dana Stevens

Introducing the Worst Person in Waystar Royco

Sam Adams and Heather Schwedel

Velvet Underground Director Todd Haynes on the Interview That Made Him Cry

Sam Adams

I am completely in over my head at my new job.

Help! My Husband Called His Ex the “Love of His Life.”

Help! I Took My Best Friend’s Virginity Before His Wedding. Should I Still Attend the Ceremony?

Help! My Ex Is Insisting on an Embarrassing Name for Our Child Out of “Tradition.”

Help! My Brother Did Everything the Wrong Way, and Now He’s Thriving and a Millionaire.

Care and Feeding

Do I Really Have to Bond with My Mom’s New Husband’s Family?

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Henry Grabar

Texas Wants to Force a 20-Lane Highway Through Austin

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Bobbie Stein

Ending Roe Could Send More Women to Prison for Miscarrying

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Evan Urquhart

The New Metroid Makes the Case for a Controversial Video-Game Practice

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Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman

There’s a Potential Grenade at the Center of the Crypto Economy

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Alex Kirshner

The Bigger Reason Washington State Fired Its Vaccine-Refusing Football Coach

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Big Mood Little Mood

If We Open Our Marriage, My Husband Wants Me Only to Date Other Women

The Pathetic Details at the Heart of the Suburban Couple Spy Case

Fred Kaplan

The Supreme Court Deals a Harsh, Unanimous Blow to Police Reform

Mark Joseph Stern

The Moment When Colin Powell Squandered His Spectacular Career

The revered general and statesman, who died Monday, couldn’t outmaneuver his bureaucratic rivals.

Fred Kaplan

Wes Anderson’s Latest Is a Licorice Movie

The filmmaker’s work is as polarizing as those candies, and The French Dispatch is an especially gourmet variety.

Dana Stevens

Culture

What it all means

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Midnight Mass Is Drenched in Blood and Catholicism, but There’s One Thing Missing

Steven D. Greydanus

Whether you’re fighting vampires or addiction, it helps to have a higher power.

The New Metroid Makes the Case for a Controversial Video-Game Practice

Evan Urquhart

The Bigger Reason Washington State Fired Its Vaccine-Refusing Football Coach

Alex Kirshner

Why LSU Dumped Its Title-Winning Coach

Hang Up and Listen

Wes Anderson’s Latest Is a Licorice Movie

Dana Stevens

Introducing the Worst Person in Waystar Royco

Sam Adams and Heather Schwedel

Velvet Underground Director Todd Haynes on the Interview That Made Him Cry

Sam Adams

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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“Oh, Your Hearing Won’t Be Coming Back”

Drew Magary

After surviving a traumatic brain injury and a coma, I was prepared for baddish news—but not for it to be delivered so swiftly and decisively.

There’s a Potential Grenade at the Center of the Crypto Economy

Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman

My Mother-in-Law Has $100,000 in Student Debt—and She Just Revealed an Alarming Plan for What to Do About It

Athena Valentine

I Thought a Wearable Breast Pump Would Solve My Problems

Rachel Alexander

What Colin Powell’s Death Really Means About the Vaccines

Tim Requarth

What Would Religious Leaders Do if Aliens Showed Up?

Josh Wilbur

Future Tense Newsletter: We Need More Low-Stakes Rules for Internet Conduct

Torie Bosch

Texas Wants to Force a 20-Lane Highway Through Austin

Henry Grabar

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Is the German Catholic Church Going Rogue or Saving Itself?

Molly Olmstead

If We Open Our Marriage, My Husband Wants Me Only to Date Other Women

Big Mood Little Mood

Dear Care and Feeding: My Teenager Made a Big Mistake Trying to Hold Her Teacher “Accountable”

Doyin Richards

The First Step to Finding Friends Is Asking for Help (Even if You Don’t Need It)

How To!

Help! I Am Completely in Over My Head at My New Job.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Dear Care and Feeding: One of My Twins Outshines the Other

Doyin Richards

Please Stop Calling This Time of Year “Spooky Season”

Heather Schwedel

News & Politics

What really matters

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“Doing What an Angry 3-Year-Old Would Do” Is the Only Remaining Republican Principle

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Zebra Update: Apparently the Only Way to Catch the Escaped Zebras Is to Rope In More Zebras

Julia Craven

How Should We Remember Colin Powell?

What Next

How a Stubborn, Low-Paid Librarian Hired—Then Fired—Frank Lloyd Wright

Philippa Lewis

The Supreme Court Deals a Harsh, Unanimous Blow to Police Reform

Mark Joseph Stern

What Could Possibly Come From a Meeting Between Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders?

Jim Newell

The States Can Save Us From the Supreme Court’s Brutal Rulings Protecting Bad Police

Chris Kemmitt and Georgina Yeomans

Ending Roe Could Send More Women to Prison for Miscarrying

Bobbie Stein