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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.

Twitter Is Giving Its Most Rabid Users What They Want: A Reverse-Chronological Timeline

April Glaser

Why Marco Rubio Went on a Twitter Tirade Against Salt Bae

Molly Olmstead

Only Radically Enhancing Humanity Can Save Us All

Phil Torres

The Highs and Lows of @Sweden, a Swedish Government Twitter Account Run by Normal People

Mia Armstrong

To Stop Overfishing in International Waters, Researchers Are Using Birds as Spies

Mallory Pickett

Massachusetts Police Tweeted a Screenshot—and Accidentally Revealed They’re Watching Left-Wing Activist Groups

April Glaser

When You Buy Something From iTunes, You Don’t Really Own It

Aaron Perzanowski

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Am I Really Supposed to Brush My Cat’s Teeth?

Nick Greene

Seems unlikely that my cat would let me do that.

Who Would Buy This $1,250 Novis Cropped Cardigan?

Rachelle Hampton

How Being a Queer Ally Helped Me Better Understand My Disability

Shannon Reed

Amid the Online Glut of Facts and Fake News, We’re Teaching History Wrong

Rebecca Onion

Creepy Picture Books for the Kid Who Loves Halloween Year-Round

Anna Lee Beyer

The Best Gluten-Free Cookbooks, According to Gluten-Free Bakers and Chefs

Strategist Editors

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

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Business

Where the money goes

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Black Space, White Blindness

Henry Grabar

Why white Americans have such a hard time picturing a middle-class black neighborhood.

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

Yes, Trump Should Get Credit for the Strong Economy. But His White House Should Be Honest About How We Got Here.

Jordan Weissmann

Commerce Secretary Uses Office Space Logic to Defend Tariffs

Matthew Zeitlin

News & Politics

What really matters

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Our System Is Too Broken to Assess the Sexual Assault Claim Against Kavanaugh

Dahlia Lithwick

No wonder the accuser wants to stay silent.

How Will the President Respond to His Penis Being Described as “the Mushroom Character From Mario Kart”?

Ben Mathis-Lilley

In the U.S., You Can Get Convicted of Felony Murder Without Killing Anyone. This Case Shows That Needs to Change.

Katie Rose Quandt

Esi Edugyan’s Quest to Understand What It Was Like for a Slave to Become Free

Isaac Chotiner

Trump Orders Declassification of Cherry-Picked Documents Aimed at Discrediting the Russia Investigation

Elliot Hannon

Trump Administration Again Slashes the Number of Refugees Allowed to Resettle in U.S.

Elliot Hannon

Kavanaugh Can’t Be Punished for His Alleged Actions at 17—but He Can Be Held Accountable

Mark Joseph Stern

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Our Strange Times

How Will Trump Respond to His Penis Being Described as “the Mushroom Character From Mario Kart”?

Marco Rubio Went on a Twitter Tirade Against Salt Bae

Tech

When You Buy Something From iTunes, You Don’t Really Own It

Twitter Is Finally Bringing Back the Chronological Timeline

The Emmys

RuPaul’s Drag Race Finally Won Best Reality Series—and RuPaul Wasted the Moment

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

Do I Really Have to Brush My Cat’s Teeth?

A Killer Who Didn’t Kill

#MeToo

The Version of Woody Allen in Soon-Yi Previn's Profile Is a Charade

John Hockenberry’s Attempt at Self-Redemption Achieves the Opposite

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Adds Her Name to Letter Supporting Kavanaugh’s Accuser

If my sister found out about this, she might well disown her kids.

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

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Abused Husbands

Help! My Boyfriend Tricked Me Into Becoming Friends With His Other Girlfriend.

Help! My Friend Can’t Keep a Job. Should I Tell Her That Her Personality Is the Problem?

Commerce Secretary Uses Office Space Logic to Defend Tariffs

In Tom Arnold’s Hunt for the Trump Tapes, One “Old-School Dumbass” Chases Another

Who Would Buy This $1,250 Novis Cropped Cardigan?

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

This Was the Greatest Passing Week in NFL History

When You Buy Something From iTunes, You Don’t Really Own It

The Worst Part of That Soon-Yi Previn Profile Is the Way It Portrays Woody Allen as an Oblivious Lunk

Christine Blasey Ford’s Accusation Against Kavanaugh Isn’t an Eleventh-Hour Attack

The Office That Became a Circus of Barking Dogs

Brett Kavanaugh Can Be Held Accountable for His Alleged Actions at Age 17

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The Emmys Shower The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel With Awards as Best Drama Goes to Game of Thrones

In Tom Arnold’s Hunt for the Trump Tapes, One “Old-School Dumbass” Chases Another

This Was the Greatest Passing Week in NFL History

Watch the Trailer for Captain Marvel, the Studio’s First Superhero Movie With a Female Lead

Barthes, NME, Depression, and the Consolation of Reading

The Emmys Were an Island of Boredom in a Sea of Chaos

A Supercut of Every Time Les Moonves Was Mentioned at the 2018 Emmys

Facebook’s Crackdown on Misinformation Might Actually Be Working

Twitter Is Giving Its Most Rabid Users What They Want: A Reverse-Chronological Timeline

Why Marco Rubio Went on a Twitter Tirade Against Salt Bae

Only Radically Enhancing Humanity Can Save Us All

The Highs and Lows of @Sweden, a Swedish Government Twitter Account Run by Normal People

To Stop Overfishing in International Waters, Researchers Are Using Birds as Spies

Massachusetts Police Tweeted a Screenshot—and Accidentally Revealed They’re Watching Left-Wing Activist Groups

When You Buy Something From iTunes, You Don’t Really Own It

Am I Really Supposed to Brush My Cat’s Teeth?

Who Would Buy This $1,250 Novis Cropped Cardigan?

How Being a Queer Ally Helped Me Better Understand My Disability

Amid the Online Glut of Facts and Fake News, We’re Teaching History Wrong

Creepy Picture Books for the Kid Who Loves Halloween Year-Round

The Best Gluten-Free Cookbooks, According to Gluten-Free Bakers and Chefs

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

Black Space, White Blindness

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.

Yes, Trump Should Get Credit for the Strong Economy. But His White House Should Be Honest About How We Got Here.

Commerce Secretary Uses Office Space Logic to Defend Tariffs

Our System Is Too Broken to Assess the Sexual Assault Claim Against Kavanaugh

How Will the President Respond to His Penis Being Described as “the Mushroom Character From Mario Kart”?

In the U.S., You Can Get Convicted of Felony Murder Without Killing Anyone. This Case Shows That Needs to Change.

Esi Edugyan’s Quest to Understand What It Was Like for a Slave to Become Free

Trump Orders Declassification of Cherry-Picked Documents Aimed at Discrediting the Russia Investigation

Trump Administration Again Slashes the Number of Refugees Allowed to Resettle in U.S.

Kavanaugh Can’t Be Punished for His Alleged Actions at 17—but He Can Be Held Accountable

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